Tuesday, December 12th
sounds of New York
Daniel Levin (cello) and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (bass), live, New York, 2015
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Monday, December 11th
more
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), sitar (with Zakir Hussain [1951-; tabla], et al.), Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu, live, San Francisco, 1985
2017
Sunday, December 10th
more
The Pure Heart Travelers, “I Like to Talk About Jesus,” live, Detroit, 7/12/17
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lagniappe
reading table: variations on a theme
History is approaching a speechless end,
As Henry Adams said. Adams was right.—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), “The Moon and the Night and the Men,” excerpt
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Never has human extinction seemed so richly merited . . .
—A.O. Scott, New York Times, 12/10/17
2017
Saturday, December 9th
sounds of India
That Which Colors the Mind (documentary on sitarist Nikhil Banerjee, 1931-1986; work in progress), excerpt
2017
Friday, December 8th
more
Moses Sumney, live, Washington, D.C., 11/29/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Nature is a Haunted House – but Art – a House that tries to be haunted.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter (459A, Thomas H. Johnson, ed.)
2017
Thursday, December 7th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D minor, excerpt (Sarabande); Hilary Hahn, violin
2017
Wednesday, December 6th
Think you’ve heard it all?
How about a septet with six string players and a drummer?
Tomeka Reid Septet,* “Tokens” (T. Reid), New York, 2017
*TR, cello, composition; Christopher Hoffman, cello; Mazz Swift, violin; Sarah Bernstein, violin; Jason Kao Hwang, viola; Adam Hopkins, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums, percussion.
2017
Tuesday, December 5th
more
Miles Davis (with John Scofield, guitar; Darryl Jones, bass, et al.), live, Tokyo, 1985
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art (Chicago)
Howard Finster, 1916-2001
2017
Monday, December 4th
more
Miles Davis (with John Scofield, guitar; Darryl Jones, bass, et al.), live, Montreal, 1985
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lagniappe
reading table
“Living here is like a joke without a punch line.”
—Bulgarian bar owner, quoted in New York Times Book Review, 12/3/17, review of Border: Journey to the Edge of Europe
2017
Sunday, December 3rd
sounds of Detroit
The Pure Heart Travelers, “The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow” (T. Dorsey), live, Detroit, 7/12/17
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
