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2015

Saturday, August 15th

How about a trip to Paris?

Steve Lacy Trio (SL [1934-2004], soprano saxophone; Jean Jacques Avenel, bass; John Betsch, drums), “Epistrophy” (T. Monk), “Revenue,” live, Paris (Sunset Jazz Club), 1993

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A gentleman of the better type is, in our opinion, only he who entertains a fair number of vain and foolish ideas about himself, and who above all imagines that his nose is better than any other good and sensible human nose whatsoever.

—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “The Walk” (translated from German by Christopher Middleton)

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2015

Monday, August 10th

Why not start the week with something strange?

Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), Tetras (1983); JACK Quartet, live, Philadelphia, 2014

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Trust in the Unexpected —

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #561 (Franklin)

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2015

Tuesday, August 4th

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I don’t care what you had planned: it can’t compare to this.

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes; Ivan Moravec (1930-2015), piano

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Why did I / shrink into a story?

—Alice Notley, “Are Loyal” (Poetry, 7-8/15)

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2015

Sunday, August 2nd

old school

Mighty Clouds of Joy, “I’ve Been in the Storm Too Long,” live, Chicago, 1990

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There comes an hour when begging stops,
When the long interceding lips
Perceive their prayer is vain.
‘Thou shalt not’ is a kinder sword
Than from a disappointing God
‘Disciple, call again.’

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1768 (Franklin)

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Danny Lyon (1942-), Colombia, 1972

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2015

Saturday, August 1st

Even in death he remains a source of rare beauty.

Henry Threadgill (MCOTD Hall of Fame, bass flute) and Jason Moran (piano), “Sail” (H. Threadgill), live, New York (Ornette Coleman Memorial Service), 6/27/15

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The world she grew up in was so different it was hard to believe she was ever in it.

—Anne Enright, The Green Road (2015)

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2015

Sunday, July 26th

back to church

Hymn Choir of Langrum Branch Baptist Church (York, S.C.), “Calvary,” live, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 2010

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The Blood is more showy than the Breath
But cannot dance as well—

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1558 (Franklin)

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2015

Saturday, July 25th

Back to Brooklyn.

Trio Caveat (James Ilgenfritz, bass; Chris Welcome, guitar; Jonathan Moritz, saxophone) with Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York (Barbes), 2012

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musical thoughts

Too much music suffers from too little mystery.

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[T]hose who know her [nature], know her less / The nearer her they get.

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1433 (Franklin)

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2015

Friday, July 24th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Patti Smith, live, England (Glastonbury Festival), 6/28/15

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Robert Frank (1924-), from The Lines of My Hand (1972)

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I have no Life but this

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #1432 (Franklin)

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2015

Saturday, July 18th

Here’s more of drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and reed player Ken Vandermark—this time together.

Live, Romania (Oradea), 2012

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These Songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. / They are only meant to terrify & comfort.

—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Dream Song 366

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random sights

last night
Columbus Park, Chicago