Friday, May 7th
what’s new
black midi, live (studio), “John L,” “Dethroned,” “Sugar/Tzu,” “Hogwash and balderdash,” “Slow,” London, 4/6/21
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Category: London
2021
Saturday, January 9th
never enough
Andras Schiff (piano) playing (and discussing) Bach (Capriccio in B flat major [Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother] BWV992; Sinfonia No. 5 in E flat BWV791; Sinfonia No. 9 in F minor BWV795; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903; Italian Concerto in F major BWV971; Ouvertüre nach französischer Art BWV831), live, London, yesterday
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Saturday, December 26th
alone
Need more air?
Mitsuko Uchida (piano), live, London, 12/16/20: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Piano Sonatas in C major (“Reliquie,” 3:40-) and G major (“Fantasy,” 42:00-)
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Listening deeply,
sometimes—in another—you can hear
the sound of a hermit, sighing
as he climbs a mountain trail to reach
a waterfall
or a Buddhist nun reciting prayers
while moonlight falls through the window
onto an old clay floor,
and once in a while, a child
rolling a hoop through the alleyways of Tokyo,
laughing,
or a farmer pausing in a rice field to watch
geese fly,
the thoughts on his lips he doesn’t think to say.—Dick Allen (1939-2017), “Listening Deeply”
2020
Saturday, September 26th
Enter this sound-world; you won’t want to leave.
Jean-Guihen Queyras (1967-, cello), live (Ahmet Adnan Saygun [1907-1991], Partita for solo cello, op. 31; Benjamin Britten [1913-1976] Cello Suite No. 3, op. 87; Zoltán Kodály [1882-1967] Sonata for solo cello, op. 8),performance begins at 4:50, London, 9/24/20
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Thursday, September 24th
sounds of London
Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone), live (“Source,” “Pace,” “Boundless Beings”), London, 9/16/20
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2020
Friday, May 22nd
only rock ‘n’ roll
PJ Harvey, live, London, 2004
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Falling blossoms.
Blossoms in bloom are also
falling blossoms.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2020
Saturday, March 7th
what’s new
Greentea Peng (aka Aria Wells), “Ghost Town” (A. Wells), 3/4/20
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), One: Number 31, 1950 (detail)
2020
Thursday, January 2nd
sounds of London
Brilliant Corners, London, 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, November 22nd
only rock ‘n’ roll
black midi, live, London, 10/29/19
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Wednesday, September 25th
more
Anderson .Paak, “Jet Black,” live (studio), London, 9/16/19
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yesterday, Chicago
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