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Tuesday, February 9th

more

PJ Harvey, The Hope Six Demolition Project (album trailer), 2016

Monday, February 8th

what’s new

PJ Harvey, “The Wheel,” 2016

Friday, January 29th

sounds of Japan

Frothiness is next to godliness.

Perfume, “Pick Me Up,” 2015

Friday, January 22nd

only rock ‘n’ roll

More of Tenement.

Live, Madison, Wis., 1/15/16


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lagniappe

my back pages

On a cold, snowy night thirty-nine years ago, at a church outside Chicago, tenor saxophonist Von Freeman (MCOTD Hall of Fame) and pianist John Young performed at a wedding ceremony. Both are now gone. All of what they played that night – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “It Never Entered My Mind,” “More” (before); “In a Sentimental Mood” (unaccompanied saxophone, as the bride walked down the aisle); “My Favorite Things,” “Song for My Father” (after) – may be heard here (0:15-).

Friday, January 15th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Tenement, “Rock Eating People,” live, Milwaukee, 2014

Monday, January 11th

passings

Friday: “what’s new.”

Saturday: the guys who back him on his new album.

Today: “passings.”

David Bowie, singer, songwriter, January 8, 1947-January 10, 2016

“Blackstar,” 2015

Friday, January 8th

what’s new

David Bowie, “Lazarus,” 2016

 

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lagniappe

reading table

The World – feels Dusty
When We stop to Die –
We want the Dew – then –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #491 (Franklin), beginning

Wednesday, November 4th

two takes

“I Never Learnt to Share” (J. Blake)

Spektral Quartet (arr. Chris Fisher-Lochhead), live, Chicago, 2015


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James Blake, live, Berlin, 2011


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lagniappe

musical thoughts

When we’re full of music, we’re free of everything else.

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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Friday, October 30th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Courtney Barnett, live, Chicago, 2015


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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago

Unidentified artist (active in Cuzco, Peru), Our Lady of Bethlehem with a Male Donor, 18th Century

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Friday, October 9th

only rock ‘n’ roll

Foxygen, live, Paris, 2014


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lagniappe

road to the World Series

It’s not a complicated issue. The more basic we can become in our approach, the more successful we’ll become.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon