Wednesday, January 23rd
out of this world
DJ Carl Craig and drummer Francisco Mora play Sun Ra, live, Paris, 2018
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Paris
2018
Friday, December 21st
what’s new
Bon Iver, “Woods” (J. Vernon), live, Paris, 11/3/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Tuesday, December 18th
sounds of Paris
Erik Satie (1866-1925), Gnossiennes 1-6 (1889-97); Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Silence
of an oak grove
the moon high in the trees—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
2018
Monday, December 17th
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
2018
Wednesday, December 12th
more
Heaven: hearing, together, a favorite drummer and a favorite bassist.
Ed Blackwell (drums, 1929-1992) with Malachi Favors (bass, 1927-2004) and Dewey Redman (tenor saxophone, 1931-2006), “Paris? Oui” (Tarik), 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, September 18th
alone
Brad Mehldau (piano), “Three Pieces After Bach,” live, Paris, 2018
2018
Tuesday, June 19th
what’s new
Joris Voorn (DJ), live, Paris, 6/11/18
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lagniappe
reading table
little tub—
pond snails ready for shelling
play sliding games—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Sunday, May 6th
God has given me a ministry. It’s about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God’s truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.
—Floorplan (aka Robert Hood), New Yorker, 5/7/18
Live, Paris, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Prairie Path, Bellwood)
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2017
Wednesday, September 6th
one of the most absorbing pieces I know
Morton Feldman (1927-1986; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Rothko Chapel (1971); Ensemble Intercontemporain, live, Paris, 2017
(Rothko Chapel, located in Houston, reportedly was not damaged by Harvey.)
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lagniappe
reading table
John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)
. . . as though wondering
whether forgetting
The whole thing might not, in the end, be the only solution.—Soonest Mended (fragment)
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Tuesday, July 25th
voices I miss
Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone, 1934-2004), “Wasted” (S. Lacy), live, Paris, 1982
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Yatsumi Bridge, 1856
