Saturday, March 9th
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Tim Hecker, “That World,” 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
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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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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lagniappe
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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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, January 23rd
out of this world
DJ Carl Craig and drummer Francisco Mora play Sun Ra, live, Paris, 2018
2018
Monday, December 17th
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
2018
Monday, December 10th
more
Brian Eno (1948-), “An Ending (Ascent)”, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno), 1983 (remastered 2005)
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, October 10th
this weekend in Chicago
Saturday night they’re playing at the University of Chicago.
Thomas Meadowcroft (1972-), Walkman Antiquarian (2013); Yarn/Wire, live, New York, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, June 23rd
what’s new
Various DJs (Muqata’a, Sama’, et al.), live, Palestine (Ramallah), 6/22/18
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reading table
[W]e may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “The Expelled”
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