Tuesday, November 17th
weightless
Roger Eno & Brian Eno, “Iris,” 2020
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
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Category: hard-to-peg
2020
Monday, November 16th
sounds of Paris
György Ligeti (1923-2006), excerpts from Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano; Études for Piano; Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet; Ensemble Intercontemporain, live, Paris, 8/6/20
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2020
Friday, November 13th
sounds of Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Alyona Alyona (Ukraine), “Rayon” (feat. Fatbelly [Kazakhstan]), 10/23/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Tuesday, November 10th
more
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), Anahit (1965); Ensemble Intercontemporain (feat. Diego Tosi [violin]; Matthias Pintscher, cond.) , live, Paris, 2014
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random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2020
Monday, November 9th
Feel like losing yourself?
John Luther Adams (1953-), Become Ocean (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2014); Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Leonard Slatkin, cond.), live (performance begins at 6:45), Detroit, 2019
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other day, Chicago
2020
Saturday, November 7th
sounds of Mexico
Belafonte Sensacional, live (“Marris,” “Noche Total,” “Laser Funk,” “Epic Aris,” “Sácate a la Carretera”), live, Mexico City, published 9/19/20
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yesterday, Chicago
2020
Friday, November 6th
sounds of Mexico
Son Rompe Pera, live (“Proteus,” “FOS,”” Reina de Cumbias,” “Ay David!,” “El Palo Poste”), Mexico City, published 10/17/20
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other day, Chicago
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reading table
All I want
is not to befirst on one side,
then the other,but to conjure
a streamof sounds and images
for which I am notresponsible.
and maneuver within it—mouth and tail
one thought.—Rae Armantrout, from “Conjure” (Conjure, 2020)
2020
Thursday, November 5th
like nobody else
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), String Quartet No. 3 (1963)
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yesterday, Chicago (riding the L)
2020
Tuesday, November 3rd
alone
Jeff Parker (guitar, electronics), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 10/4/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, November 2nd
Hop on this train; you won’t want to get off.
Steve Coleman and Five Elements (Steve Coleman, alto saxophone; Jen Shyu, vocals; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Tim Albright, trombone; Reggie Washington, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums), live (performance begins at 2:10), France (Amiens), 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
gathering dewdrops—
each one
the life of a daughter—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
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