Saturday, August 27th
timeless
Fats Waller (1904-1943), “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” (F. Ahlert & J. Young), 1935
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2016
Friday, August 26th
summer in the city
Moses Sumney, “Plastic,” live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/15/16
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reading table: two takes
Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
—Henry James (1843-1916)
There is a kind of sullenness that summer / alone possesses.
—Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), “In Isley Church Lane (3)”
2016
Friday, August 19th
what’s new
A Tribe Called Red with Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Narcy, Black Bear
“R.E.D.,” 8/17/16
*****
the beat goes on
2,401 posts—and counting.
2016
Thursday, August 18th
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be playing at Elastic.
Dave Rempis (saxophones) & Tim Daisy (percussion), live, Copenhagen, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Tuesday, August 16th
If I could dance like this, I’d never sit down.
Jimmy Slyde (1927-2008) and Bob Moses, dancing, playing, talking
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lagniappe
reading table
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), “One Art”
2016
Monday, August 15th
What better way to begin the week?
Nicholas Brothers, “I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo” (Orchestra Wives), 1942
2016
Saturday, August 13th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), For Philip Guston (1984), excerpt; Claire Chase (flute, alto flute, piccolo), Steven Schick (percussion), Sarah Rothenberg (piano, celesta), live, Houston (Rothko Chapel), 2014
2016
Friday, August 12th
wake up!
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (MR, guitar, vocals; Ches Smith, drums; Shahzad Ismaily, bass), live (studio performance), Seattle, 6/22/16
2016
Thursday, August 11th
sounds of London
DJ EZ, live, London, 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
She went around pre-registered
for her own eventual absence.—Rae Armantrout, “Hoard”
2016
Tuesday, August 9th
sounds of London
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden), live, London, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
father and son
go their separate ways . . .
blossom viewing—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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