Monday, August 6th
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How many drummers say so much so softly?
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, live (studio), Seattle, 2016
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2018
Sunday, August 5th
sounds of Shreveport
Pastor Brady Blade Sr., Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band (Brian Blade, drums, et al.), Hallelujah Train, Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, “Let Your Light Shine on Me,” live, Shreveport, La., 2017
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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reading table
Bring me the sunset in a cup –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 140 (Franklin)
2018
Saturday, August 4th
sounds (and sights) of New York
Critical Response Trio (Jason Kao Hwang, violin; Anders Nilsson, guitar; Michael TA Thompson, drums) & Douglas Dunn + Dancers, live, New York, 2018
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Friday, August 3rd
serendipity
Just stumbled upon this—it’s improved my day immeasurably.
Tan Dun (1957-), Elegy: Snow in June (1991); Third Coast Percussion and Joshua Roman (cello), live, Seattle, 2015
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random sites
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Thursday, August 2nd
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), Everything That Rises (2017); JACK Quartet, live, Ojai, Calif., 6/8/18
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Wednesday, August 1st
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Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2016
Tonight she’ll be playing at a Chicago art gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey, beginning at 6 p.m., with reed players Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee.
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Tuesday, July 31st
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), Barcelona, 6/15/18
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Monday, July 30th
Last night I heard her at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Otherworldly. Tonight she’ll be playing, and talking (with reed player Ken Vandermark), at the Experimental Sound Studio—all of which will be streamed, beginning at 7:30 (CST).
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), live, Rochester, N.Y., 6/18/18
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Sunday, July 29th
sounds of the 1920s
Rev. J. M. Gates, “Baptize Me,” 1926
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Saturday, July 28th
basement jukebox
Gene Pitney, “Just One Smile” (Randy Newman), 1966
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Dusty Springfield, “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore” (Randy Newman), 1969
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
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