Monday, February 8th
what’s new
PJ Harvey, “The Wheel,” 2016
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2016
Sunday, February 7th
sounds of Chicago
Jubilee Showcase (TV show), Chicago, 1963-1984
***
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2016
Saturday, February 6th
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948)
Michael Compitello (marimba), live, c. 2013
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2016
Sunday, January 31st
sounds of Chicago
Thompson Community Singers, “Christ Is the Answer,” TV show (Jubilee Showcase), 1960s
**********
lagniappe
reading table
I stepped from Plank to Plank
A slow and cautious way
The Stars about my Head I felt
About my Feet the Sea –I knew not but the next
Would be my final inch –
This gave me that precarious Gait
Some call Experience –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #926 (Franklin)
*****
I’m taking a break—back in a while.
2016
Saturday, January 30th
serendipity
What a joy to bump into this.
Charles Curtis (cello), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2015
**********
lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2016
Friday, January 29th
sounds of Japan
Frothiness is next to godliness.
Perfume, “Pick Me Up,” 2015
2016
Thursday, January 28th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, Paris, 1988
2016
Wednesday, January 27th
sounds of Mali
Tinariwen with Lalla Badi, “Tinde Final Tinariwen,” live, Paris, 2014
2016
Tuesday, January 26th
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley (trumpet, electronics), For Kenneth Gaburo, live, New York, 2015
**********
lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2016
Monday, January 25th
The last time I heard a trumpeter this quiet, this subtle, this interesting was . . . hmmm . . .
Ambrose Akinmusire (ah-kin-MOO-sir-ee) Quintet,* live, Luxembourg (Dudelange), 2014
*****
*AM, trumpet; Charles Atura, guitar; Sam Harris, piano; Harish Raghavan, bass; Justin Brown, drums.
