Friday, July 10th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Wire with St. Vincent, “Drill,” live, Chicago, 6/12/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Brooklyn, 1974
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2015
Saturday, July 4th
Happy 4th of July!
This country has gotten a lot of things wrong—music it got right.
The Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago (south side blues bar), 1962
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radio: WKCR (Columbia University)
What better way to celebrate Louis Armstrong’s adopted birthday than to play his music around the clock?
2015
Friday, July 3rd
only rock ‘n’ roll
Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) with Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue (DW, bass; Randy Jacobs, guitar; Luis Resto, keyboards; Terry Thunder, drums), “Stop,” live, Detroit, 2008
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Brooklyn), 1959
2015
Saturday, June 27th
heaven, n. a place where music is playing all the time, you don’t understand a word anyone’s saying, and it all sounds great.
Zoé, Tú, 2003
2015
Friday, June 19th
what’s new
Björk, “Stonemilker” (360 degree virtual reality), 2015
2015
Friday, June 12th
only rock ‘n’ roll
MC5, “Looking at You,” live, Detroit, 1970
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lagniappe
radio
As you may have heard, Ornette Coleman died yesterday; WKCR (Columbia University) will be playing his music around the clock today, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, wrapping up its memorial broadcast Wednesday morning.
2015
Friday, June 5th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Ride, live, Barcelona (Primavera Sound), 2015*
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
00. 00:00:00 – 00:01:58 Intro: This Mortal Coil – Fyt
01. 00:01:58 – 00:10:30 Leave Them All Behind
02. 00:10:30 – 00:13:45 Like A Daydream
03. 00:13:45 – 00:18:35 Polar Bear
04. 00:18:35 – 00:26:35 Seagull
05. 00:26:35 – 00:30:44 Sennen
06. 00:30:44 – 00:33:15 Black Nite Crash
07. 00:33:15 – 00:40:45 OX4
08. 00:40:45 – 00:46:52 Dream Burn Down
09. 00:46:52 – 00:50:22 Time Of Her Time
10. 00:50:22 – 00:54:28 Chrome Waves
11. 00:54:28 – 01:00:23 Paralysed
12. 01:00:23 – 01:03:52 Taste
13. 01:03:52 – 01:08:22 Vapour Trail
14. 01:08:22 – 01:18:16 Drive Blind
15. 01:18:16 – 01:22:55 Mouse Trap
16. 01:22:55 – 01:26:02 Chelsea Girl
2015
Friday, May 29th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Oblivians, live, Bartlett, Tenn., 1996
2015
Friday, May 8th
what’s new
Son Lux, “Change Is Everything,” 2015
2015
Tuesday, May 5th
sounds of Cambodia
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll, 2014
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