Wednesday, January 21st
what’s new
Khruangbin, live, Seattle, published 1/20/26 (rec. 11/19/25)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Seattle
2025
Wednesday, November 26th
what’s new
Nate Smith (drums) with James Francies (keyboards, synthesizer), Josh Johnson (alto saxophone), Ben Williams (bass), “Magic Dance,” live (studio), Seattle, 10/1/25 (published yesterday)
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lagniappe
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2024
Monday, March 4th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Veldt, live (“The Everlasting Gobstopper,” “Aurora Borealis,” “In a Quiet Room,” “Forever Green,” “Joi”), Seattle, 12/13/23
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (Conservatory)
2023
Friday, July 21st
what’s new
Tamikrest, live (studio), Seattle, published yesterday
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), A Woman Walking in a Garden (1887), detail
2023
Friday, April 14th
Who says words can’t dance?
Jungle Brothers, live (studio: “Brain,” “Straight Out the Jungle,” “Beads on a String,” “Jungle Brother”), Seattle, 2/22/23
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, May 31st
what’s new
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 3/6/19 (published today)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Friday, February 22nd
next week in Chicago
She’s playing Thursday at Thalia Hall.
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 2013
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
There was nobody as good as her when I was making music back in the day. If Julia Holter had existed in the 1970s she would be a goddess.
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, September 19th
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Jesse Myers (piano), live, Seattle, 2018
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), First Stone (print, artist’s proof), 1961
2018
Tuesday, June 12th
what’s new
Neko Case, live (studio), Seattle, 5/17/18
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2017
Tuesday, October 17th
sounds of Seattle
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, live, Seattle, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Pine and Henry Streets, New York, 1936
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