Monday, January 29th
what’s new
St. Vincent, “New York,” “Los Ageless,” “Slow Disco,” live, Washington, D.C., 1/22/18
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: rock/pop
2018
Friday, January 19th
This guy—this voice—gets under my skin.
Moses Sumney, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2017
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)
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