sounds of India
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938-, bansuri), Raag Hansadhwani, live
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reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past into the present(which amounts to the same thing).
—Rae Armantrout, from “Pretty Little” (London Review of Books, 7/19/18)
sounds of India
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986, sitar), Zakir Hussain (1951-, tabla), live (Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu), San Francisco, 1985
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
more
Marion Williams and Alex Bradford, “Take Me to the Water,” live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Nate Wooley (trumpet), Michael Foster (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Ben Bennett (percussion), live, New York, 6/21/18
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random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “Soon All Cities,” 2018
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random thoughts
Each moment is an open door.
basement jukebox
Buddy Guy, “This Is the End,” 1959
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reading table
Butterfly
sleeping
on the temple bell.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
basement jukebox
Otis Rush, “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
basement jukebox
Magic Sam, “All Your Love” (S. Maghett), 1957
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001), Andrew Ferdig (marimba), Kevin Keith (vibraphone), Danica Smith (violin), Andy Sproule (bass), James Wehe (piano), live, Denver, 2017
In case you need a reminder.
“Mean Old World,” Marion Williams and the Stars of Faith, live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 1962
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