what’s new
Rae Khalil, live (“Way Down,” “FATHER,” “UP LATE,” “MARIA”), Los Angeles, published 2/18/21
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Interchanged, 1955 (detail)
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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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 8/3/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Anderson .Paak (feat. Rick Ross), “Cut Em In,” 9/23/20
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other day, outside Chicago
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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
what’s new
Flatbush Zombies, live (“when i’m gone,” “Palm Trees,” “Afterlife”), Los Angeles, published 8/13/20
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other day, Chicago
what’s new
Public Enemy, “State of the Union (STFU)” (feat. DJ Premiere), 6/19/20
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Дикі танці,” 1/30/20
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
three takes
“Stakes Is High” (K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason, J. Yancey [AKA J Dilla])
Robert Glasper Experiment with Mos Def (AKA Yasiin Bey), live
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“Suite for Ma Dukes—Stakes Is High” featuring Posdnuos (De La Soul) and Talib Kweli, live, Los Angeles, 2009
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De La Soul, recording (produced by J Dilla and De La Soul), 1996
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There are all kinds of gospel.
Common, William Murphy, Erykah Badu, “God Is Love,” “The Light,” live (TV show), Newark, N.J., 2019
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other day, Chicago
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A tethered horse,
snow
in both stirrups.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1783 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
sounds of Ukraine
When you live in a country where words seem to mean less and less, what a relief it can be to listen to a language you know not at all.
Alyona Alyona, live (acoustic session), Slovakia (Pohoda Festival), 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
