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
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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.
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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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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.)
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Friday, October 21st
sounds of Peru
Susana Baca, “Negra Presuntuosa,” live (studio), 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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Thursday, October 20th
sounds of Leeds
NikNak (DJ/Turntablist), live (We Out Here Festival), Leeds (England), 2021
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reading table
the rain falls
that had not been falling
and it is the same world—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Of Being Numerous”
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Wednesday, October 19th
alone
Kim Kashkashian (viola), live, Cambridge, Mass., 2018, playing György Kurtág (1926-)
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other day, Chicago
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Monday, October 17th
timeless
Les McCann (1935-, piano, vocals) and Eddie Harris (1934-1996, tenor saxophone), “Compared to What” (G. McDaniels), live, Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), 1969
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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If you want to rob a bank, it really is best to start with a small one because then you might remember what you wanted to say once you’re inside.
—Nachoem M. Wijnberg (1961-), from “Can You Ask Your Banker, or Another Banker Who’s Still Awake, to Quickly Get Some Cheap Money, but a Great Deal, Not a Little?” (translated from the Dutch by David Colmer)
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Saturday, October 15th
what’s new
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, marimba, electronics, composition), with Kim Cass (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Mauricio Herrera (percussion): “Sizigia (Syzygy),” published 10/13/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Friday, October 14th
more sounds of Niger (and all over)
Mdou Moctar, live (“Takoba,” “Ya Habibti,” “Chismiten,” “Afrique Victime”), Port Townsend, Washington, 8/26/22
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
timeless
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for 12 instruments (1948, rev. 1954; Ralph Shapey [1921-2002], cond.)
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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