What better experience for playing with the Velvet Underground, whose mentor, Andy Warhol, once observed “the channels switch, but it’s all television,” than to appear on I’ve Got a Secret?
I’ve Got a Secret (Garry Moore, host; John Cale, guest), 1963
The piece he plays at the end, Vexations, was composed in the early 1890s by Erik Satie.
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lagniappe
MCOTD’s granddog, and muse, Roscoe
what’s new
Let’s pick up where we left off—Mali.
Amadou & Mariam (with Tunde Adibimpe & Kyp Malone [TV on the Radio]), “Wily Kataso,” 2012
career plans for the next life
If none of the other things I’ve mentioned pan out (tap dancer, rubboard player, reggae bassist), I might take a stab at playing guitar in a Malian band.
Salif Keita & Band, live, Germany (Leverkusener), 2010
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lagniappe
reading table
a glimpse of moon
over my home village . . .
then clouds—Kobayashi Issa, 1807 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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taking a break
I’m going to take a little break—back soon.
Listening to this is like surfing: the trick is to catch a wave and ride it.
Charles Gayle Trio,* live, New York (Knitting Factory), 1996
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More? Here.
*Charles Gayle (piano, tenor saxophone), Gerald Benson (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums).
only rock ’n’ roll
What’s old is new again.
Alabama Shakes, live
Pegasus Records, Florence, Alabama, 8/21/11
“I Found You”
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“Hold On”
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lagniappe
Just Like Being There (2012)
Happy (82nd) Birthday, Ornette!
Ornette Coleman Quartet with guests Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone), James Blood Ulmer (guitar), Charlie Haden (bass), live, Netherlands (North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam), 2010
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radio
WKCR-FM (Columbia University): all Ornette, all day.
John Cage, Two (1987)
Live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2009
Dante Boon (piano), Rutger van Otterloo (soprano saxophone)
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Recording, 1991 (hat Art)
Marianne Schroeder (piano), Eberhard Blum (flute)
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musical thoughts
Every something is an echo of nothing.
—John Cage, Silence (1961)
what’s new
Grimes, “Genesis”
Recording, Visions, 2/12
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Live, San Francisco (The Sub), 5/11
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lagniappe
found words
Your password will expire after 9999 day(s).
—message from my health club, after registering at their website
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