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2016

Saturday, November 5th

This I could listen to all day.

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Rain Tree (1981); Bard Percussion (Amy Garapic, vibraphone; Petra Elek, marimba; Zihan Yi, marimba), live, Annandale-on-Hudson (Bard College), New York, 2012


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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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We see with memory. My memory is different from yours, so if we’re both standing in the same place we’re not quite seeing the same thing. Different individuals have different memories, therefore other elements are playing a part. Whether you have been in a place before will affect you, and how well you know it. There’s no objective vision ever—ever.

—David Hockney (1937-), A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Grayford)

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2016

Tuesday, October 25th

like nobody else

Ran Blake (1935-), “‘Round Midnight” (T. Monk), live, Italy (Milan), 2015

 

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Not quite dark yet
and the stars shining
above the withered fields.

—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass

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2016

Monday, October 24th

like nobody else

How about a trip to Paris?

Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), “C’est le Printemps” (“It Might as Well Be Spring”)
(R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II; adaptation, J. Sablon), “Plus je t’embrasse” (“Heart of My Heart”) (B. Ryan; adaptation, Max François), live, Paris, 1961

 

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Autumn again
getting old is like
a bird flying into a cloud

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Young

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2016

Saturday, October 22nd

This I could listen to all day.

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Three Voices (1982); Sonya Holowell (live and recorded voices), Australia (Sydney), 2016


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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

—Simone Weil (1909-1943)

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baseball: Chicago Cubs

Greg Maddux on tonight’s starting pitcher, Kyle Hendricks:

If it was a radar contest, then why play the game, right? Velocity is nice, but command and movement are better.

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He has the ability to throw a two-seam fastball to both sides of the plate. Most pitchers are four-seam to one side and two-seam to the other. If you can throw your two-seamer to both sides of the plate, that’s an advantage to the pitcher.

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He has the ability to recognize when a hitter is sitting on a certain pitch and throw something else.

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He relies on the low fastball that sinks pretty good. Very good at trying to keep the ball in front of the outfield with that pitch. That’s what it’s about—locating your fastball, changing speeds and keeping the ball in the ballpark.

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He’s fun to watch.

 

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2016

Wednesday, October 19th

sounds of New York

Nate Wooley Quartet (NW, trumpet, compositions; Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Brandon Lopez, bass; Dre Hocevar, drums), live, New York, 10/6/16

 

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Seen in plain daylight
the firefly’s nothing but
an insect

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)

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2016

Saturday, October 15th

more

Jürg Frey (1953-), 60 Pieces of Sound (2009); a.pe.ri.od.ic, live, Chicago, 2013

 

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a solitary
crow on a bare branch—
autumn evening

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

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2016

Thursday, October 13th

voices I miss

Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (1923-2012, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “Footprints” (W. Shorter), live, Minneapolis, 1996 (Live at the Dakota);* Dead of Summer (Jean Seberg), 1970


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Autumn weighs upon me
but tomorrow will come
and I will miss tonight

—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento

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*With Bobby Peterson, piano; Terry Burns, bass; Phil Hey, drums.

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2016

Wednesday, October 12th

more

Jürg Frey (1953-), Memory of Perfection (2010); Mira Benjamin (violin), live, London, 2013

 

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autumn wind
through an open door—
a piercing cry

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Landis Barnhill

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2016

Tuesday, October 11th

sounds of Mali

Toumani Diabate (kora), live, Switzerland (Geneva), 2013

 

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like clouds drifting apart,
a wild goose separates, for now,
from his friend

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by David Landis Barnhill

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2016

Monday, October 10th

Sometimes no word seems more beautiful—quiet.

Jürg Frey (1953-), Paysage pour Gustave Roud; Jürg Frey (clarinet), Dante Boon (piano), Stefan Thut (cello), live, 2011


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In the middle of the road there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
there was a stone
in the middle of the road there was a stone.

Never should I forget this event
in the life of my fatigued retinas.
Never should I forget that in the middle of the road
there was a stone
there was a stone in the middle of the road
in the middle of the road there was a stone.

—Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987), “In the Middle of the Road,” translated from Portuguese by Elizabeth Bishop

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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