Monday, June 17th
Thursday in Chicago
He’s playing Bach’s six cello suites in Millennium Park.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; Yo-Yo Ma, live, London, 2015
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2019
Sunday, June 16th
timeless
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “God Don’t Never Change,” recorded 12/10/1929 (New Orleans)
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reading table
Within this temporal body composed of a hundred bones and nine holes there resides a spirit which, for lack of an adequate name, I think of as windblown.
—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), The Knapsack Notebook (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2019
Saturday, June 15th
soundtrack to a dream
Clara Iannotta (1983-), The people here go mad. They blame the wind. (2013-14); Uusinta Ensemble and Clara Iannotta (music boxes), live, Helsinki, 2018
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The Spirit is the Conscious Ear –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 718 (Franklin)
2019
Friday, June 14th
another take
Amy Winehouse (1983-2011), “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (D. Hathaway), live, France, 2007
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Thursday, June 13th
more
Tyshawn Sorey (1980-), Nebulae (2018); PRISM Quartet and Tyshawn Sorey (percussion), live, New York, 2018
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Wednesday, June 12th
basement jukebox
Donny Hathaway (1945-1979), “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” (D. Hathaway), 1972
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Tuesday, June 11th
what’s new
Yasmin Williams (guitar), “Restless Heart,” live, Washington, D.C., published 5/20/19
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
2019
Monday, June 10th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” (B. Dylan), live, 1975 (Martin Scorsese, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, 6/12/19)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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And were You lost, I would be –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 706 (Franklin)
2019
Sunday, June 9th
sounds of Chicago
This track, even after forty years, I never tire of hearing.
Albertina Walker (1929-2010) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), “Please Be Patient with Me” (J. Cleveland), live, Chicago, 1979 (Please Be Patient with Me)
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Monday, June 3rd
what’s new
Mavis Staples with Ben Harper, “We Get By” (B. Harper), published 5/15/19
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Another take.
Live (TV show), published 5/21/19
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musical thoughts
Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe
—album title, saxophonist Albert Ayler, 1969
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
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