Monday, February 25th
Why not start the week with a trip to Paris?
Lianne La Havas, “No Room for Doubt” (L. La Havas), live, Paris, 2011
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2019
Saturday, February 23rd
three takes
“Hello Stranger” (B. Lewis)
Julia Holter
Live (soundcheck), 2013
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Recording, 2013
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Barbara Lewis, 1963 (The Dells, background vocals; recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago; Billboard R&B #1, Pop #3)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Winter solitude—
in a world of one color
the sound of wind.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2019
Friday, February 22nd
next week in Chicago
She’s playing Thursday at Thalia Hall.
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 2013
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
There was nobody as good as her when I was making music back in the day. If Julia Holter had existed in the 1970s she would be a goddess.
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, February 20th
Feel like floating?
Brian Eno, Thursday Afternoon, 1985 (Jonathan Jolly, video, 2014)
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reading table
Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2019
Tuesday, February 19th
what’s new
Sun of Goldfinger (David Torn, electric guitar, live-looping, electronics; Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Ches Smith, drums, electronics); video, 2/6/19; album, 3/1/19
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, February 18th
sounds of Iceland
Bára Gísladóttir (acoustic bass) & Skúli Sverrisson (electric bass), live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 11/6/18
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2019
Saturday, February 9th
more
Tim Buckley (1947-1975) with Lee Underwood (guitar), Carter C.C. Collins (percussion), “Sing a Song for You” (T. Buckley), live, Amsterdam (Dutch TV), 1968
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, February 8th
voices I miss
Tim Buckley (1947-1975) with Lee Underwood (guitar), Carter C.C. Collins (percussion), “Happy Time” (T. Buckley), live, Amsterdam (Dutch TV), 1968
2019
Thursday, February 7th
sounds of the Netherlands
Binkbeats (drums, percussion, bass, electronics) feat. Niels Broos (keyboards), “Little Nerves,” live (studio), Netherlands (Utrecht), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, February 6th
timeless
Fats Waller (1904-1943, piano, vocals), “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” (F. E. Ahlert, J. Young), 1935
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this morning, Chicago (Monadnock Building, 1891-93)
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