not the same old stuff
Dana Jessen (bassoon), Points Against Fields (Sam Pluta), live, Chicago, 2016
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
So many sounds, made by so many people, we’ll never hear, no matter how much we listen.
*****
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
tonight in Chicago
She’ll be at Stony Island Arts Bank.
Sarah Davachi (1987-), “As the Morning,” 2014
art beat: other day, The Guggenheim (New York)
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #5, 1998
three takes
Mica Levi, “Love” (soundtrack, Under the Skin)
Oliver Coates (cello and electronics), live, London, 2014
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Stargaze, live, Netherlands (The Hague), 2016
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Recording, 2014
sui generis
Sculpture, “Untitled,” 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Trumpenstein)
*****
baseball: Chicago Cubs
. . . Cleveland leads this World Series 3-2, but it feels very close—like, as close to tied as it can be without being, you know, actually tied.
—Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 10/31/16
Repetitive?
Yes.
Boring?
Not to these ears.
William Basinski, Watermusic II, 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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baseball: Chicago Cubs
Now, it’s onto Cleveland, with a confident team, a DH in [Kyle] Schwarber, [Aroldis] Chapman knowing he’s capable of going longer than two innings, and a “Rocky’’ tape stuffed in their equipment bag.
“The boys are feeling real good right now,’’ said [Anthony] Rizzo, who was impersonating Rocky Balboa with shadow-boxing before the game, even playing the “Rocky’’ theme as his walk-up music before his first at-bat. “We had a good time in here before the game. We’re going the bout. We’re going the distance.
“We’re bought in.
“And we believe in it.’’
—Bob Nightengale, USA Today, 10/31/16
what’s new
Banabila & Machinefabriek, “Kaleidoscope,” 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
*****
reading table
Whenever I sleep
with my socks on
I have bad dreams—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
career plans for the next life
If none of those other things work out (tap dancer, rubboard player in a zydeco band, bass player in a reggae band, guitar player in a Malian band, cellist in a string quartet, bird), maybe I’ll be an accordionist.
Dre Hocevar Collective Effervescence,* live, New York, 2016
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*DH, drums; Elias Stemeseder, accordion; Chris Pitsiokos, alto saxophone; Lester St. Louis, cello; Philip White, electronics.
Ever feel like listening to something that doesn’t remind you of anything else?
Francisco Meirino (electronics), live, New York, 2013
sounds of London
DJ EZ, live, London, 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
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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lagniappe
reading table
father and son
go their separate ways . . .
blossom viewing—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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