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)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2015
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
2015
Tuesday, August 18th
sounds of summer
Paul Kalkbrenner, live, Belgium (Tomorrowland), 7/26/15
2015
Thursday, August 6th
sounds of Peru
Dengue Dengue Dengue!, live, Mexico City, 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), New York
2015
Monday, July 27th
Sometimes I want more. Sometimes less.
Billy Gomberg, “False Heat,” 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning
Oak Park, Illinois
