Friday, January 19th
This guy—this voice—gets under my skin.
Moses Sumney, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2017
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: rock/pop
2018
Thursday, January 18th
timeless
Gregory Porter, “You Send Me” (S. Cooke), live, London, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), Moonlit Scene with Hut and Flowers, 1909/10 (from the series Worlds of Things)
2018
Wednesday, January 3rd
sounds of Canada
Lydia Ainsworth, “White Shadows,” 2014 (track)–2015 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Garfield Park Conservatory)
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Tuesday, January 2nd
what’s new
Like her or not, you’ve got to give her this: she’s unafraid to go her own way.
Björk, “Arisen My Senses,” 12/20/17 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Berkeley, Calif.
2017
Friday, December 22nd
what’s new
Sufjan Stevens, “Tonya Harding” (S. Stevens), 12/6/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Tarsila do Amaral, Logoa Santa, 1925 (Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil, through January 7th)
2017
Tuesday, November 28th
what’s new
Björk, “Blissing Me,” 11/16/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Mortality is fatal
Gentility is fine
Rascality, heroic
Insolvency, sublime—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 2 (Franklin), excerpt
2017
Saturday, November 25th
passings
Warren “Pete” Moore, singer (The Miracles, bass), songwriter, vocal arranger, producer, November 19, 1937-November 19, 2017
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (WPM, far left)
“Tracks of My Tears” (S. Robinson, P. Moore, M. Tarplin), 1965
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“Ooo Baby Baby” (S. Robinson, P. Moore), 1965
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Jon Hendricks, singer, songwriter, September 16, 1921-November 22, 2017
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (JH scats first), “Airegin” (S. Rollins), live, Newport, R.I., 1960
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Tommy Keene, singer, songwriter, guitarist, June 30, 1958-November 22, 2017
Live, New York, 1986
2017
Thursday, October 26th
passings
Antoine Dominique “Fats” Domino Jr., February 26, 1928-October, 24, 2017, singer, songwriter, piano player
“Don’t You Hear Me Calling You” (A. Domino, D. Bartholomew), 1954
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Friday, October 13th
what’s new
St. Vincent, “Pills” (Masseduction, 10/13/17)
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lagniappe
reading table
A crow
has settled on a bare branch—
autumn evening.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2017
Friday, October 6th
more
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, live, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl), 9/25/17 (last show)
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