Wednesday, February 17th
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Steve Reich (1936-), The Desert Music (1983)
Schönberg Ensemble, Slagwerkgroep Den Haag, BBC Singers, Reinbert de Leeuw (cond.), live, Amsterdam, 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2016
2016
Tuesday, February 16th
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Steve Reich (1936-), Six Marimbas (1986), arranged for gamelan (Iwan Gunawan)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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my back pages
Years ago, at the University of Chicago Law School, I took classes from the late Antonin Scalia. He was one of the first professors I encountered, as I had him for Contracts, a first-year staple. Two-word review: Very funny.
2016
Saturday, February 13th
another take
Africa Express, “Terry Riley’s In C Mali,” live, London (Tate Modern), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
I wouldn’t try to capture it
on the page, or in a blog, the inauspicious
leavings of a day. Closer to dream
than the hum of streets, and people
who once walked along them.—John Ashbery (1927-), “Gravy for the Prisoners,” excerpt (Breezeway, 2015)
2016
Thursday, February 11th
timeless
Terry Riley (1935-), In C (1964); Terry Riley & Friends, live, Amsterdam, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Saturday, February 6th
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948)
Michael Compitello (marimba), live, c. 2013
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Saturday, January 30th
serendipity
What a joy to bump into this.
Charles Curtis (cello), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2015
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2016
Friday, January 29th
sounds of Japan
Frothiness is next to godliness.
Perfume, “Pick Me Up,” 2015
2016
Wednesday, January 27th
sounds of Mali
Tinariwen with Lalla Badi, “Tinde Final Tinariwen,” live, Paris, 2014
2016
Tuesday, January 26th
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley (trumpet, electronics), For Kenneth Gaburo, live, New York, 2015
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 