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Category: London

Saturday, January 21st

sounds of London, and Beirut, and Palestine

Sama’ Abdulhadi (1991-, DJ), live, London, 1/6/23

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, January 14th

more

Pinty Ricketts (DJ), playing “Musical Fever” (The Enforcers [1960s]), London (The Night Owl), 12/4/22

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Friday, January 13th

sounds of London (and Kingston)

Pinty Ricketts (DJ), playing “Big Big Boss” (Johnny Moore [1960s]), London (The Night Owl), 12/4/22

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reading table/passings

The more I read, the less I understand.

—Charles Simic (May 9, 1938–January 9, 2023), from “Serving Time” (New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012)

Sunday, December 11th

sounds of London

Gavin Bryars (1943-), “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet” (1971): Phaedra Ensemble with recorded voice, live, London (Shoreditch Church), 2018

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, November 3rd

never enough

When it comes to sparkling clarity—something that, these days, seems to be in painfully short supply—no one outdoes Mozart.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466): Leif Ove Andsnes (piano, direction) and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, live, London, 8/7/22

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, July 19th

sounds of London

BBC Radio 1: Essential Mix, Kieran Hebden (AKA Four Tet, KH, 1977-; musician, producer, DJ), 7/9/22

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Copper Harbor, Michigan (Lake Superior)

Friday, July 8th

sounds of London

Sons of Kemet (Shabaka Hutchings, tenor saxophone; Theon Cross, tuba; Tom Skinner, drums; Eddie Hick, drums), live (“Pick Up Your Burning Cross,” “Think of Home,” “In Remembrance of Those Fallen,” “Throughout the Madness, Stay Strong”), London, 2022

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Saturday, January 15th

passings

Stephen Sondheim, composer, March 22, 1930–November 26, 2021

Terry Teachout, critic (among other things), February 6, 1956–January 13, 2022 (this was his “favorite Sondheim,” according to Scott Simon on this morning’s Weekend Edition Saturday [NPR])

Bernadette Peters, “Not a Day Goes By” (Merrily We Roll Along), live, London, 1998

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lagniappe

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, January 10th

alone

This I could listen to all day.

Tony Allen (1940-2020, drums), live (studio), London, 2019

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, October 19th

like nobody else

Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987, cello) with New Philharmonia Orchestra (Daniel Barenboim, cond.), live (studio), London, 1967: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cello Concerto in E minor (Op. 85, 1919)

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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