like nobody else
Arthur Russell (1951-1992), singer, songwriter, cellist, producer; “That’s Us/Wild Combination” (A. Russell), with Jennifer Warnes (Calling Out of Context, 2004)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden, DJ), New York, 12/28/18
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019?
Hard to believe.
But then so much is.
Arvo Pärt (1935-), Fratres for violin, string orchestra, and percussion (1992); Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (Sergej Krylov, soloist and conductor), live, Lithuania (Vilnius), 2018
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New Year’s morning—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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The Future is exactly the same . . .
—The Baffler, Jan.-Feb., 2019
sounds of London
NÉRIJA, “The Fisherman,” live (studio), 2016
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of London
Yussef Dayes (drums) and Alpha Mist (keyboards), with Mansur Brown (guitar), Rocco Palladino (bass), “Love Is the Message,” live (studio), 2018
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opening the window
I see the butterfly off . . .
into the field—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
what’s new
Bon Iver, “Woods” (J. Vernon), live, Paris, 11/3/18
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Turkey
Özgür Baba (cura, voice), “Dertli Dolap” (words by Turkish poet Yunus Emre), live, Turkey, 2018
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yesterday, Chicago
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
timeless
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, 1936-1970) with Donald Tyler (trumpet), et al., “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), Live in Greenwich Village (Village Vanguard), 1967
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more
Ayaléw Mesfin, “Katefahu Liketa,” 1970s
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Hasabe (My Worries), 2018
