Saturday, August 31st
sounds of Kenya and Uganda
Slikback (DJ, Kenya) featuring MC Yella, Bandana, Swordman (Uganda), live, Uganda (Nyege Nyege Festival), 2018
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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2019
Tuesday, August 27th
sounds of New York
Craig Taborn (piano, electronics), Cory Smythe (piano, electronics), “X’s and Y’s,” live, New York, 2018
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reading table
SHOE FROM THE WAVES
oh he got a shoe from the waves
—Robert Grenier (1941-), A Day at the Beach (1984)
2019
Wednesday, July 10th
The more I listen to this, the more I hear.
Brian Eno, “New Space Music,” 2014
2019
Wednesday, May 29th
The world today: two guys from Ukraine—DJs/producers—playing a set in Rio de Janiero.
Artbat, live, 2019
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Mountain streams flow down
into each other
out of their sounds—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
2019
Monday, May 6th
soundtrack to a dream
Why not begin the week with something new?
Christopher Trapani (1980-), Writing Against Time (2014); Yarn/Wire, live, New York, 2014
2019
Wednesday, April 24th
more
William Basinski (1958-), Vivian & Ondine, 2009
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random sights
other day, Chicago
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2019
Thursday, April 18th
what’s new
William Basinski (1958-), On Time out of Time, 3/8/19
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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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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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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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musical thoughts
Sounds shape reality.
—Val Jeanty
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