Monday, August 12th
passings
Something cheery to start the week.
David Berman (January 4, 1967–August 7, 2019), “All My Happiness Is Gone” (D. Berman), 2019 (Purple Mountains)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Sunday, August 11th
sounds of Chicago
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Bridegroom Cometh,” live, Chicago
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, August 10th
Weary of this too-much world?
Sounds this spare, this spacious, offer a refuge—a way in.
Brian Eno (1948-), “Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV),” 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Friday, August 9th
summer in the city
Stereolab, live, Chicago, 7/20/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, August 7th
If I were to count, on my fingers, the number of times I have listened to this over the years, I would need an awful lot of hands.
Bill Evans (piano, 1929-1980), “Never Let Me Go” (J. Livingston, R. Evans), 1968 (Alone)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, August 6th
passings
D. A. Pennebaker (director, July 25, 1925–August 1, 2019), Dont Look Back (1967, filmed 1965), trailer
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my back pages
I saw this when it came out—must have been 14 years old. Aardvark Theater, Chicago (Old Town, Piper’s Alley). Some things stay with you.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2019
Monday, August 5th
spellbinding (part two)
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live (Chopin, Prelude No. 15 [“Raindrop”])
2019
Sunday, August 4th
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price, “Change My Name,” live (TV show), Chicago, 1972
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lagniappe
reading table
What function hath the Air?
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1513 (Franklin)
2019
Saturday, August 3rd
spellbinding
Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live (Chopin: “Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66”; Schumann: “Chopin. Agitato” (from Carnaval); Grieg: “Hommage à Chopin, Op. 73, No. 5”; Chopin: “Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ (from Mozart’s Don Giovanni) – Coda. Alla Polacca”), Washington, D.C., 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
the rice planter’s
sunshade . . .
billowing cloud—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
music clip of the day 