Friday, June 23rd
what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “ASR ,” published 6/20/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2023
Wednesday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Sun Ra, “I Am Strange,” early 1950s
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Thursday, June 15th
sounds of New York
Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2023
Thursday, June 8th
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2023
Wednesday, May 31st
sounds of England
Sleaford Mods, “Out There,” 2021
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Little Simz, “Speed,” 2021
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Friday, May 26th
like nothing else
Lionel Marchetti (1967-), Inland Lake (le lac intérieur), 2019; Decibel (new-music ensemble founded in Western Australia in 2009), film by Karl Ockelford, published 5/23/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Monday, May 22nd
basement jukebox
Meters, “Cissy Strut” (A. Neville, Z. Modeliste, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2023
Saturday, May 20th
sounds of Chicago
Mark Feldman (violin), Dave Rempis (saxophones), Tim Daisy (drums), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/11/23
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lagniappe
art beat: this morning, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through Sept. 4th)
Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Factories at Clichy (1887), detail
2023
Wednesday, May 17th
what’s new
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Anthony Pirog (guitar), Jarrett Gilgore (alto saxophone), Janel Leppin (cello), live, Washington, D.C., 5/1/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Wednesday, May 3rd
alone
George Dumitriu (viola), “Crepuscule with Nellie” (Thelonious Monk, 1917-1982), Amsterdam (Bimhuis), published 1/31/23
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lagniaappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day 