two takes
“In My Secret Life” (L. Cohen, S. Robinson)
Bettye LaVette, live, Montreal, 2017
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Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), live
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lagniappe
reading table
Could live – did live –
Could die – did die –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 59 (Franklin; excerpt)
sounds of Iceland
GusGus, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Iceland
I’m not quite sure what these guys are doing but whatever it is they sure know what they’re doing.
ADHD, live, Iceland (Hafnarfjörður), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, live, Washington, D.C. 2016
more
Four Tet, “Morning Side,” live, Australia (Sydney), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Georges Braque (1882-1963), Landscape at L’Estaque, 1906
what’s new
Chris Dave and the Drumhedz, “Black Hole” (feat. Anderson .Paak), 1/18/18
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Albert Bloch (1882-1961), Harlequin and Three Pierrots, 1914
sounds of all over
Four Tet & Anthony Naples, live, New York (The Lot Radio, Brooklyn), 11/2/17
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
This guy—this voice—gets under my skin.
Moses Sumney, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2017
sounds of Canada
Lydia Ainsworth, “White Shadows,” 2014 (track)–2015 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Garfield Park Conservatory)
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
what’s new
Like her or not, you’ve got to give her this: she’s unafraid to go her own way.
Björk, “Arisen My Senses,” 12/20/17 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Berkeley, Calif.
music clip of the day 