Friday, July 1st
what’s new
Aphex Twin, “CIRKLON3” (video by Ryan Wyer, age 12, Ireland), 6/21/16
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2016
Wednesday, June 8th
sounds of New York
Lea Bertucci, “The Cepheid Variations,” live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
New sounds are heard in the dark.
2016
Thursday, May 26th
sounds of Sweden
Klara Lewis, live, England (Gateshead), 2015
2016
Thursday, March 3rd
Ever tire of a world so busy?
Alvin Lucier (1931-), Charles Curtis (solo cello with slow sweep pure wave oscillators [2002]), on the carpet of leaves illuminated by the moon (solo cello with pure wave oscillator [2000]), Alvin Lucier (electronics), Charles Curtis (cello), live, Detroit, 2014
2016
Thursday, January 28th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, Paris, 1988
2016
Thursday, January 14th
sounds of Chicago
Still fresh after seventy years.
John Cage (1912-1992), Credo in Us (1942)
Third Coast Percussion, live, Chicago, 2011
2016
Wednesday, January 13th
sounds of New York
More from the drummer on the new David Bowie album.
Mark Guiliana Beat Music (MG, drums; Stu Brooks, bass; Yuki Hirano, keyboards; with guests Steve Wall [tape recorder], Jeff Taylor [vocals]), live, New York, 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
Unknown –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #778 (Franklin), last line
2016
Monday, January 4th
more sounds of Kinshasa*
Mbongwana Star, “Malukayi” (feat. Konono No. 1), 2015
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*Democratic Republic of Congo.
2015
Saturday, December 26th
sounds of Kinshasa*
Mbongwana Star, “Kala,” 2015
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Birds, plants, music—one of the most astonishing things about this most astonishing world is its variousness.
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*Democratic Republic of Congo.
2015
Thursday, December 10th
alone
Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board), live, England
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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