two takes
Music for Airports, “1/1” (B. Eno, R. Davies, R. Wyatt)
Bang on a Can All-Stars, live, Düsseldorf Airport (Germany), 2011
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Brian Eno, recording, 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (while waiting for the jury in my federal bribery-conspiracy trial to return a verdict, which, alas, they did)
Bowl, 150/50 B.C.
Greek, Hellenistic, Eastern Mediterranean
Glass, mosaic technique
old stuff
This I could listen to all day.
Fats Waller (1904-1943), “Numb Fumbling,” 1929
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lagniappe
reading table
Two of us
brush painting in turn;
autumn night.—Ryokan, 1758-1831 (translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi [Sky Above, Great Wind: The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan])
sounds of Chicago
Bangs & Works Vol. 2 (The Best of Chicago Footwork), 2011
Jlin, “Erotic Heat”
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Young Smoke, “Space Muzik Pt. 3”
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RP Boo, “Off Da Hook”
Most musicians are no more able than anyone else to talk about what they do in ways that are fresh and absorbing. This guy, to these ears, is something rare: a compelling player who is, as well, a provocative thinker and talker.
Vijay Iyer (piano), playing and talking, 2010
kinetic
Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto saxophone), Rez Abbasi (guitar), Rich Brown (bass), Rudy Royston (drums), “Killer,” “Playing with Stones,” Washington, D.C., 2012
alone
Cecil Taylor, piano, live, Germany (Nürnberg), 1984
alone
Matthew Shipp, piano, “Greensleeves,” “Symbol Systems,” 2012
Some voices wrap themselves around you and hold you. And you don’t want them to let go.
Ted Hawkins (1936-1995), singer, songwriter, street performer
“Happy Hour” (T. Hawkins)
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“Long As I Can See The Light” (J. Fogerty)
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musical thoughts
For some of us, music isn’t life or death, it’s much more important than that.
what’s new
Dirty Beaches, “Casino Lisboa,” 5/13
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lagniappe
found words
trap-music phenomenon
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the moombahton sound
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prolific chiptune band
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technical death metal
—Chicago Reader, 5/23/13, music listings
Some singers are so distinctive that when you’re in the mood for them no one else will do.
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), “They Say It’s Spring,” 1958*
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lagniappe
reading table: Albion Beatnik Bookstore, Oxford, England
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*BD, vocals, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Jo Jones, drums.
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