sounds of New York
Ingrid Laubrock Sextet (IL, tenor saxophone, composition; Craig Taborn, piano; Miya Masaoka, koto; Dan Peck, tuba; Tyshawn Sorey, drums; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, New York, 2015
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Joe Morris (guitar), Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone, preparations), Charmaine Lee (voice, electronics), live, New York, 2018
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Do search. But in order to find other than what is searched for.
—painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993), Washington Post, 7/7/20
sounds of Paris
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), . . . explosante-fixe . . . (for solo MIDI flute, two “shadow” flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics, 1991–93); Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, cond.), live, Paris, 2015
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nothing else
Evan Parker ElectroAcoustic Nonet (Evan Parker, saxophone; Barry Guy, bass; Paul Lytton, drums; Peter Evans, trumpet; Okkyung Lee, cello; Sten Sandell, piano; Richard Barrett, electronics; Paul Obermayer, electronics; Sam Pluta, electronics), live, France (Mulhouse), 2015
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other day, Chicago
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A melancholic introspection retrospective
Was taking place in a white-walled room called Summer Was.—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “Don’t” (Elegy, 2007)
what’s new
Drew McDowall (1961-, electronics), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/23/20
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yesterday, Chicago
This I could listen to all day.
Ikue Mori (1953-, electronics), Steve Noble (1960-, percussion), live, Copenhagen, 2016
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Susan Alcorn (1953-, pedal steel guitar), Nels Cline (1956-, guitar, electronics), Chris Corsano (1975-, drums, electronics), live, New York, 2016
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yesterday, Chicago
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As the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi said, life is like getting into a boat that’s just about to sail out to sea and sink.
—Pema Chödrön (1936-), When Things Fall Apart (1997)
what’s new
Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/1/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (vocals, guitar, compositions), live (“Un Día Punk,” “Eras,” “Estalacticas”), Mexico City, 3/7/20
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Susana Santos Silva (trumpet, electronics, etc.), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/18/20
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random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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The whole country devastated,
only mountains and rivers remain.
In springtime, at the ruined castle.
the grass is always green.—Tu Fu (712-770), translated from Chinese by Sam Hamill
