Monday, November 2nd
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Ches Smith (percussion, electronics), live, Italy (Catania), 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Lincoln, Nebr.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2015
2015
Friday, October 16th
two takes
St. Germain (aka Ludovic Navarre), “Real Blues” (sampling Lightnin’ Hopkins’ “You Caused My Heart to Weep”), 2015
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Lightnin’ Hopkins (1912-1982), “You Caused My Heart to Weep”
2015
Thursday, October 8th
Some music you listen to—some you inhabit.
John Luther Adams (1953-), Red Arc/Blue Veil (2001); Kirsten Volness (piano), Nick Gleason (percussion), live (studio performance), New York, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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road to the World Series
[W]hen we’re playing these games that are very meaningful in September and October, I want them to go out there and play the game as though it were March 15, June 15, August 15 and then hopefully October 15. Don’t ever change the way you play the game.
2015
Friday, September 18th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Battles, “The Yabba,” live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
And this brief Drama in the flesh –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #279 (Franklin)
2015
Thursday, September 17th
tonight in Chicago
These guys are playing at Constellation.
São Paulo Underground (Rob Mazurek, cornet, electronics; Mauricio Takara, percussion, cavaquinho, electronics; Guilherme Granado, keyboards, electronics, vocals), live, Italy (Pisa), 2012
2015
Wednesday, September 16th
This sounds like a communication from some distant planet—which I mean as a compliment.
Olivia Block, Aberration of Light, 2015
2015
Thursday, September 10th
sounds of Norway
Maja Ratkje (voice, electronics) & Lasse Marhaug (electronics), live, Norway (Oslo), 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
Fragile the minutes. / Fragile the line between wonder / and woe.
—Linda Gregerson, “Pajama Quotient” (The Selvage)
2015
Wednesday, September 9th
serendipity
When this came on the radio the other day (WKCR, Columbia University), background became foreground.
Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Differences (1959)
2015
Friday, August 28th
summer in the city
Chvrches, live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/17/15
“Clearest Blue”
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“Leave a Trace”
2015
Wednesday, August 19th
sounds of summer
Masters at Work (“Little” Louie Vega, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez), live, Chicago (Chosen Few Old School Reunion Picnic, Jackson Park), 7/4/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago, 1963
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