Tuesday, August 24th
sounds of Chicago
Patti Cudd (percussion, electronics), live (performance begins at 25:15), Chicago, 8/22/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2021
Wednesday, August 18th
what’s new
Ela Minus (voice, electronics), “Close,” live, Mexico City, published 8/2/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, July 19th
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago (Constellation), 7/9/21
First set: Josh Berman (cornet), Joshua Abrams (bass), 19:00-
Second set: Dustin Laurenzi (tenor saxophone, electronics), Jeremy Cunningham (drums), Katie Ernst (bass, vocals), 1:05:00-
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, July 13th
another take
Caroline Shaw & Sล Percussion, โTo the Skyโ (lyrics by Anne Steele, 1717-1778), live, Philadelphia, published 6/30/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, June 19th
alone
Helene Vogelsinger (electronics),ย “Reappearance,” live, France (Hendaye), published 6/9/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, June 10th
sounds of France
Yann Tiersen (synthesizer [Buchla Music Easel]), “Palestine” (Y. Tiersen), live, France (Ushant), published 5/18/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Friday, May 28th
what’s new
Laurie Anderson (1947-, vocals, electronics, violin, compositions) with Roma Baran (synthesizer), Rubin Kodheli (cello), live (“Let x=x,” “Violin Cello Improv,” “O Superman”), New York, published 5/20/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Glen Ellyn)
*****
reading table
The distant mountains
are reflected in the eye
of the dragonflyโKobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2021
Wednesday, May 12th
like nobody else
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebden, 1977-, musician/producer/dj), streaming since 10/28/20
**********
lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicagoย
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), The Bay of Marseilles, Seen From LโEstaque, c. 1885, detail
2021
Saturday, May 8th
sounds of Chicago
Kimmel/Ali/Harris (Jeff Kimmel, clarinet, electronics; Ishmael Ali, cello, guitar, electronics; Bill Harris, drums, synthesizer), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Summer night
transforms to daybreak.
I count fleas.โRyokan (1758-1831), translated from the Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2021
Friday, March 26th
what’s new
Scary Pockets featuring Solomon Dorsey, “Shake It Off” (Taylor Swift cover), live, Los Angeles, published 3/22/21
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
who is the owner of unremembered moments
would they open their great book
if I stood
at the door
and begged?–Xiao Yue Shan, from “details escape” (Poetry, 4/21)
music clip of the day 