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Tuesday, February 6th

sounds of Iceland

GusGus, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2011

 

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lagniappe

random sights

today, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, February 5th

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.

Friday, February 2nd

more

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, live, Washington, D.C. 2016

 

Thursday, February 1st

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

 

Wednesday, January 31st

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

Tuesday, January 30th

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.

Friday, January 19th

This guy—this voice—gets under my skin.

Moses Sumney, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2017

 

Wednesday, January 3rd

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.)

Tuesday, January 2nd

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.

Monday, January 1st

Feel like getting lost?

Navpične misli (Vertical Thoughts), Karmina Šilec (original idea and music direction), !KEBATAOLA! (performers), Morton Feldman (music: Three Voices, excerpts; MCOTD Hall of Fame), 2010

 

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lagniappe

reading table

New Year’s morning—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.

—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)