more
Does any pianist play Mozart with more verve?
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) playing Mozart (Sonata in D major [K 311], Sonata in F major [K 332]), Germany (Munich), 1991
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), Fruits of the Midi1881
sounds of Iceland
Kiasmos, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
Once I enter this world I never want to leave.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano and String Quartet (1985); Musica Nova Consort, live, Israel (Tel Aviv), 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
Going home,
the horse stumbles
in the winter wind.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
old school
Robert Pete Williams (1914-1980), “Goodbye Slim Harpo,” 1971
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Slim Harpo (AKA James Isaac Moore, 1924-1970), The Best of Slim Harpo, 1983*
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*01 – Baby Scratch My Back (1965); 02 – I Got Love If You Want It (1957); 03 – I’m A King Bee (1957); 04 – Little Queen Bee (Got A Brand New King) (1964); 05 – Shake Your Hips (1966); 06 – Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu (1968); 07 – Buzz Me Babe (1960); 08 – Buzzin’ (1963); 09 – Rainin’ In My Heart (1961); 10 – Still Rainin’ In My Heart (1964); 11 – Late Last Night (1960); 12 – Tip On In, Part 1 (1967); 13 – Bobby Sox Baby (1961); 14 – Don’t Start Cryin’ Now (1961); 15 – I Need Money (Keep Your Alibis) (1964); 16 – Strange Love (1958); 17 – Rock Me Baby (1976); 18 – Blues Hang-Over (1960).
sounds of Iceland
GusGus, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Iceland
I’m not quite sure what these guys are doing but whatever it is they sure know what they’re doing.
ADHD, live, Iceland (Hafnarfjörður), 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
today, Oak Park, Ill.
two takes
“I’ll Live On” (T.J. Laney)
Thomas Sisters, live, Eclectic, Ala., 2004
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Doc Watson, On Praying Ground, 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
You can listen, on NPR, CNN, XYZ, to today’s noise (Trump: “This is an American disgrace!”), or you can listen to this—your call.
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) playing Mozart (Sonata in F major [K 332], Fantasy in C minor [K 475], Sonata in C minor [K 457]), Germany (Munich), 1990
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Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, live, Washington, D.C. 2016
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Four Tet, “Morning Side,” live, Australia (Sydney), 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Georges Braque (1882-1963), Landscape at L’Estaque, 1906
