Friday, May 26th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Janis Joplin, “Piece of My Heart” (J Ragovy, B. Berns), live, Germany, 1968
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2017
Thursday, May 25th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 2 in D minor
Itzhak Perlman (violin), live, London, 1978
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bullfinch on a camellia branch
2017
Wednesday, May 24th
How can something so solid make sounds so liquid?
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Bunita Marcus (1985), excerpts; Marc-André Hamelin (piano), 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Japanese white-eyes on a maple branch1854
2017
Tuesday, May 23rd
never enough
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM, piano; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), live, Tokyo, 1963
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lagniappe
reading table
Men are children. They must be pardoned for everything, except malice.
—Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824 (The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, translated from French by Paul Auster)
2017
Monday, May 22nd
what’s new
Novo Amor, “Carry You,” 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Stanley Greene (February 14, 1949-May, 19, 2017), Chechnya (Grozny), April, 2001 (Zelina, after the death of her child)
2017
Sunday, May 21st
old school
Robert Blair & The Fantastic Violinaires, “Where He Leads Me,” live, North Carolina (Wilson), 1988
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Washington, D.C., May 17, 1957*
*Demonstration commemorating the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
2017
Saturday, May 20th
In Oslo in December each sound is clear and distinct, or that, at least, is what I imagine.
Transitory Meeting of Minds,* live, Oslo, 12/5/16
#1
#2
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*Dré Hočevar, drums, interaction; Christian Balvig, piano, electronics; Michal Wróblewski, alto saxophone; Jean Dousteyssier, clarinets.
2017
Friday, May 19th
what’s new
Everything Is Recorded, “Close But Not Quite,” featuring Sampha and sampling Curtis Mayfield (“The Makings of You”), 2017
2017
Thursday, May 18th
more
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), “Sadie,” 1974
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lagniappe
reading table
one man, one fly
one large
sitting room—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2017
Wednesday, May 17th
voices I miss
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), live, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
music clip of the day 