Thursday, January 19th
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Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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random sights
last night, Chicago
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2023
Wednesday, January 18th
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, compositions), et al., live (performance begins at 3:25), Amsterdam, 2015
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Piet Mondrian, Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray, 1921
2023
Tuesday, January 17th
like nobody else
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Bunita Marcus (1985): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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reading table
Ultimately the air / Is bare sunlight where must be found / The lyric valuables.
—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “From Disaster”
2023
Monday, January 16th
sounds of New York
Subtle, inventive, empathic: she’s one of my favorite saxophonists.
Ingrid Laubrock (1970-, tenor and soprano saxophones), Brandon Lopez (bass), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 2022
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timeless
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), “I Have a Dream,” Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963
2023
Wednesday, January 11th
sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (drums and percussion [MCOTD Hall of Fame]) & Michael Zerang (drums and percussion), et al., live, Chicago (Constellation), 12/21/22 (1st set, 23:40-: Michael Zerang, The Velvet Bell [solo] + Velvet Bell Ensemble; 2nd Set, 1:42:40-: Hamid Drake’s Indigenous Mind)
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Saturday, January 7th
sounds of Chicago
This I could listen to all day, happily.
Augusta Read Thomas (1964-), Dance Mobile (in memoriam Oliver Knussen), 2021: Grossman Ensemble (with guest artists; Stefan Asbury, cond.), live, Chicago (University of Chicago), 2022
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2023
Thursday, January 5th
like nothing else
Daniel Bachman (1989-, guitar, banjo, video production), Almanac Behind, posted 12/15/22 (audio from the album [11/18/22])
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Taking a break—back in a bit.
2022
Saturday, December 31st
like nobody else
What Is Man and What Is Guitar? Keith Rowe (Bob Burnett, Alan F. Jones), 2021
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), The Plough and the Song (1946), detail
2022
Tuesday, December 27th
like nothing else
Susan Alcorn Quintet (SA, pedal steel guitar; Eddie Kwon, violin; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Michael Formanek, bass; Ryan Sawyer, drums), “Night in Gdansk” (S. Alcorn), live, Berlin (Berlin Jazz Festival), 11/4/21
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, December 26th
untying imaginary knots
Josh Berman Quartet (JB, cornet; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Devin Hoff, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums), live, San Francisco (Red Poppy Art House), 2009
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reading table
This is on a day
when I want to say all kinds of things three times,
and: silence, silence, silence,
as if it were music,
someone else’s who doesn’t know it.—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “I Love Life” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
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