Tuesday, November 29th
more sounds of Brazil
Tom Zé (1936-, vocals, compositions), live, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2022
Saturday, November 26th
sounds of Pakistan
Malik (DJ, producer), live, Pakistan (Karachi), 6/22/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, November 25th
sounds of all over
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, marimba, electronics, compositions), with Kim Cass (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Mauricio Herrera (percussion), from the recording sessions for More Touch, 2022
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, November 15th
basement jukebox
Jungle Rat USA, “Just Love One Another” (1971)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, November 11th
sounds of New York
Bad Brains, live, New York (CBGB), 1982
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, November 10th
sounds of New York
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water (MM, piano, composition; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Tomeka Reid, cello; Lesley Mok, drums), live, New York, 11/7/22
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Monday, October 31st
sounds of Chicago
Marvin Tate’s D-Settlement with Theaster Gates and the Black Monks, live (performance begins at 21:00), Chicago, 10/29/22
2022
Friday, October 28th
what’s new—and old
Andrew Bird (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” (Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886), published yesterday
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, October 24th
what’s new
The Crossing, live, Washington, D.C., published today: Shara Nova (1974-), from “Titration” (“Turn Ya Head,” “Safety in Peril or Calm,” “I’m So Mad I Could Spit Nails,” “Pulses”), 2022
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lagniappe
reading table
In the small beauty of the forest
The wild deer bedding down—
That they are there!—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Psalm”
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2022
Friday, October 21st
sounds of Peru
Susana Baca, “Negra Presuntuosa,” live (studio), 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day 