Wednesday, April 24th
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William Basinski (1958-), Vivian & Ondine, 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2019
Thursday, April 18th
what’s new
William Basinski (1958-), On Time out of Time, 3/8/19
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lagniappe
reading table
today too
looking at the same mountain . . .
spring rain—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2019
Wednesday, April 10th
sounds of New York
Lily Maase and the Suite Unraveling (LM, guitar, compositions; Jeff Tobias, tenor saxophone, keyboards; Nick Millevoi, bass; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; with guests Val Jeanty, electronics, and Chelsea Baratz, tenor saxophone), live, New York (The Stone), 3/12/19
“Made to Be Broken”
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“Life at Stylus Point”
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Tuesday, April 9th
sounds of New York
Tyshawn Sorey (drums), Graham Haynes (trumpet), Brandon Ross (guitar), Val-Inc (AKA Val Jeanty, electronics, percussion, turntables), live (studio), New York, 2018
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Monday, April 8th
Why not start the week with a trip to Haiti?
Val-Inc (AKA Val Jeanty), live (studio), Haiti (Le Studio, Port-au-Prince), 2018
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Sounds shape reality.
—Val Jeanty
2019
Saturday, March 9th
more
Tim Hecker, “That World,” 2019
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Wednesday, March 6th
soundtrack to a dream
Tim Hecker, Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006)
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reading table
A life that is here and now is timeless.
—William Carlos Williams, Selected Essays (1969)
2019
Wednesday, February 20th
Feel like floating?
Brian Eno, Thursday Afternoon, 1985 (Jonathan Jolly, video, 2014)
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lagniappe
reading table
Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2019
Monday, February 18th
sounds of Iceland
Bára Gísladóttir (acoustic bass) & Skúli Sverrisson (electric bass), live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 11/6/18
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, February 7th
sounds of the Netherlands
Binkbeats (drums, percussion, bass, electronics) feat. Niels Broos (keyboards), “Little Nerves,” live (studio), Netherlands (Utrecht), 2017
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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