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)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Paris
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
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
2017
Monday, June 12th
what’s new
Oumou Sangaré, “Kamelemba,” 2017
2017
Wednesday, January 4th
New Year’s resolution
More accordion.
Live, Paris, 2012
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