alone
Eva-Maria Houben (1955-), lines; R. Andrew Lee (piano), live, Denver, 3/8/17
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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People are startled to discover
that their inner monologues
are ghost-written.—Rae Armantrout, from “Startle Reflex” (London Review of Books, 10/8/20)
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 8/3/20
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Kris Davis (piano), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), live (performance begins at 3:50), New York (live-streamed by Skopje Jazz Festival, North Macedonia), 10/17/20
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “Magic Square” (P. Brennan), published 10/16/20
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
William Parker Trio (WP, bass; Ava Mendoza, guitar; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live (performance begins at 3:10), New York (live-streamed by Skopje Jazz Festival, North Macedonia), 10/15/20
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random sights
other day, Chicago
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Now is the time to experiment, and there is no choice but to experiment.
—Gustavo Dudamel (1981-), Music & Artistic Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic (quoted in Alex Ross, “The L.A. Philharmonic’s Emotional Return to an Empty Hollywood Bowl,” New Yorker, 9/28/20)
This I could listen to all day.
John Luther Adams (1953-), songbirdsongs (1974-80), excerpt (Mvt. V, Mourning Dove); Sandbox Percussion (marimba) with Jessica Sindell, Martha Aarons, Zack Patten, John Luther Adams (ocarinas); live, Montana (Fishtail), 2018
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random sights
other day, Chicago
alone
Kayhan Kalhor (1963-, setar), live, Tehran, 5/21/20
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path, Bellwood, Ill.)
alone
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), Un Adieu (1978); Marianne Schroeder (1949-, piano), 1992
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random sights
other day, Chicago
alone
Sam Newsome (1965-, soprano saxophone), live, published 10/9/20
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radio
Today, the birthday of Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), it’s all Monk all day at WKCR (Columbia University).
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Ani DiFranco (1970-), “Do or Die” (A. DiFranco), 9/30/20
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I am speaking now
the way you do. I speak
because I am shattered.***
I became a criminal when I fell in love.
Before that I was a waitress.***
I’m sick of your world
that lets the outside disguise the inside.***
One of the few good things to say about old age is that you have a new experience. Diminishment is not everybody’s most anticipated joy, but there is news in this situation.
—Louise Glück (1943-, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature yesterday), from “The Red Poppy,” “Siren,” “Circe’s Power,” and an interview
