Thursday, February 18th
alone
Helene Vogelsinger (electronics), “Cognitive Dissonance,” published 12/4/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: miscellaneous electronics
2021
Friday, January 8th
what’s new
Sevdaliza (with Anthony Amirkhan, drums; Leon den Engelsen, keyboards; Jonas Pap, cello; Mihai Puscoiu, violin), live (“Human,” “Dormant,” “All Rivers at Once,” “Gole Bi Goldoon”), Amsterdam, published 1/5/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Saturday, December 19th
sounds of Chicago
Mars Williams presents: An Ayler Xmas Vol. 4 (Night 1) (Mars Williams, tenor saxophone, toy instruments; Josh Berman, cornet; Jim Baker, piano, viola, ARP synthesizer; Krzysztof Pabian, bass; Brian Sandstrom, bass, guitar, trumpet; Steve Hunt, drums; Peter Maunu, violin), live (performance begins at 3:45), Chicago (Constellation), last night
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other day, Chicago
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Such a moon—
the thief
pauses to sing.—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
2020
Monday, December 14th
alone
Why not begin the week in an abandoned French castle?
Hélène Vogelsinger, “Reminiscence,” live, France, published 11/5/20
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other day, Chicago
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Because there is no me
and because I feel
how much there is no me.—Anna Swir (1909-1984), “A Double Rapture” (translated from Polish by Czesław Miłosz and Leonard Nathan)
2020
Friday, December 11th
more
Ela Minus, live (“Porch Song [by Jesse and Forever]/Jamaica”), New York, 2016
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Who has not found the Heaven – below –
Will fail of it above –
For Angels rent the House next ours,
Wherever we remove –—Emily Dickinson, 1609 (Franklin)
Happy (belated) birthday, Emily (b. December 10, 1830).
2020
Friday, December 4th
sounds of Colombia
Ela Minus, live (studio), Colombia (Bogota), published 9/10/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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On the street corner
the blind musician dances,
fan held high overhead—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
2020
Thursday, November 19th
alone
Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics, etc.), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/23/20
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Maywood)
2020
Tuesday, November 17th
weightless
Roger Eno & Brian Eno, “Iris,” 2020
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Thursday, October 1st
sounds of Chicago
Ben LaMar Gay (flute, melodica, electronics), “Bridge Lift,” live, Chicago (DuSable Bridge), 10/9/19
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yesterday, Chicago
2020
Saturday, September 5th
soundtrack to a dream I’d love to have
Jon Hassell (1937-, trumpet), “Sketches of the Mediterranean” (with Paolo Fresu, trumpet, flugelhorn; Rick Cox, guitar; Kheir-Eddine M’Kachiche, violin; Peter Freeman, bass), live, France (Junas), 2013
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yesterday, Chicago
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a knotwood-eating bug
likes what it likes . . .
evening dew—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
