Tuesday, June 27th
Do you listen to contemporary rap and R&B?
I do. I like Anderson .Paak, that’s for sure! That “Come Down” piece.
—Roscoe Mitchell (featured yesterday), New York Times, 6/23/17
Anderson .Paak, “Come Down,” 2016
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Another take.
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Saturday, April 1st
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Tank and the Bangas, “Quick,” 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
It seems unlikely that so much literature
could be made from twenty-six letters.—Brenda Shaughnessy, “Card 12: The Hanged Man,” fragment (Our Andromeda)
2017
Wednesday, March 22nd
sounds of Flint*
Tunde Olaniran, “Namesake,” 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
viewing fireflies
he takes a tumble . . .
There’s one!—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
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*Michigan.
2017
Tuesday, March 21st
what’s new
Tank and the Bangas, live (“Boxes and Squares,” “Quick,” “Rollercoasters”), Washington, D.C., 3/6/17
2016
Friday, November 25th
sounds of Kinshasa*
Baloji with Konono No. 1, “Karibu Ya Bintu,” 2011
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lagniappe
reading table
One needs to keep a clear head when facing pirates in the Amazon.
—Hubert Kinski, 43-year-old Polish explorer, quoted in “‘There’s No Law on the Amazon’: River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night,” New York Times, 11/18/16
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*Democratic Republic of Congo.
2016
Thursday, November 10th
serenade to the President-elect
Public Enemy, “Ball of Confusion”/”Arizona”/”Fight the Power,” live, Australia (Sydney), 2008
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lagniappe
art beat: early September, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Danny Lyon (1942-), Arrest of Taylor Washington, Atlanta, 1963
2016
Friday, October 21st
sounds of Chicago
Common (with Robert Glasper [keyboards], Bilal [vocals], et al.), “I Used To Love H.E.R.,” “Letter To The Free,” “The Day The Women Took Over,” “Little Chicago Boy,” live, Washington, D.C. (White House Library), 10/3/16
2016
Friday, September 9th
summer in the city
Future, live, Chicago, 7/29/16
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Friday, September 2nd
sounds of Seattle
Shabazz Palaces, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2014
2016
Friday, August 19th
what’s new
A Tribe Called Red with Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Narcy, Black Bear
“R.E.D.,” 8/17/16
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the beat goes on
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