sounds of London
Yussef Dayes (drums) and Alpha Mist (keyboards), with Mansur Brown (guitar), Rocco Palladino (bass), “Love Is the Message,” live (studio), 2018
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opening the window
I see the butterfly off . . .
into the field—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
more
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II; András Schiff (piano), live, London, 2018
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radio
WKCR’s Bach Festival continues through midnight New Year’s Eve.
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musical thoughts
If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is God. Without Bach, God would be a third-rate character.
—Emil Cioran (1911-1995)
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), live, London, 6/12/18
only rock ‘n’ roll
PJ Harvey, “The Letter,” live (TV show), London, 2004
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baseball: Chicago Cubs
You have to believe in order to see things, and I do believe.
—Joe Maddon, after Game 7
sounds of London
DJ EZ, live, London, 2014
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She went around pre-registered
for her own eventual absence.—Rae Armantrout, “Hoard”
sounds of London
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden), live, London, 2016
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father and son
go their separate ways . . .
blossom viewing—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
More Wadada.
Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet), Louis Moholo (percussion), Steve Noble (percussion), live, London, 2010
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musical thoughts
Listening to live music, as I was over the weekend (hearing this guy with a quartet Saturday night, then by himself Sunday afternoon), reminds one, repeatedly, that this moment is irretrievable.
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.