Friday, April 14th
Who says words can’t dance?
Jungle Brothers, live (studio: “Brain,” “Straight Out the Jungle,” “Beads on a String,” “Jungle Brother”), Seattle, 2/22/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hip-hop
2023
Friday, February 24th
what’s new
Ab-Soul, live (“MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE,” “Bohemian Grove,” “IT BE LIKE THAT,” “FOMF,” “Terrorist Threats,” “FALLACY,” “DO BETTER,” “The Book of Soul,” “GOTTA RAP”), Washington, D.C., published yesterday
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 25th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-)
“Рими на бітах,” 12/6/21
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“Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 2020
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“Голови,” 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
. . . all news feels foreign today . . .
—Mike McCormack, Solar Bones (2016)
2021
Friday, October 15th
what’s new
Robert Glasper (keyboards), “Shine” (feat. D Smoke, Tiffany Gouché), 10/6/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
I miss this moment
as it goes on happening.—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Crescendo” (New Yorker, 10/18/21)
2021
Friday, October 8th
what’s new
Common, “When We Move” (feat. Black Thought, Seun Kuti), 9/28/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
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reading table
Clear and clearer
with the moon the heart
swells widening
out toward
what distant end I know not—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
2021
Friday, April 9th
what’s new
DUCKWRTH, live (“Kiss U Right Now,” “make u go,” “Birthday Suit,” “Super Good”), published 4/7/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Friday, February 26th
what’s new
Rae Khalil, live (“Way Down,” “FATHER,” “UP LATE,” “MARIA”), Los Angeles, published 2/18/21
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Interchanged, 1955 (detail)
2021
Friday, February 19th
what’s new
Rick Ross, live (“Super High,” “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast),” “Aston Martin Music,” “I’m Not A Star,” “F*ckwithmeyouknowigotit,” “Tears of Joy”), Miami, published 2/16/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2020
Friday, October 23rd
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 8/3/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Friday, September 25th
what’s new
Anderson .Paak (feat. Rick Ross), “Cut Em In,” 9/23/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago
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reading table
What makes anyone draw one line and then add another? How does the second affect the first and determine the character of a third or fourth?
—Peter Schjeldahl, “Lineage: French drawings from the nineteenth century,” New Yorker, 9/14/20
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