Tuesday, July 29th
summer in the city
DJ Spinn (Teklife, feat. The Era Dancers), live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/20/14
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), New York (subway), 1979
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2014
Monday, July 28th
Let’s start the week with something that jumps.
Dirty Projectors, “Imagine It,” live, New York (Silent Barn, Brooklyn), 2007
2014
Sunday, July 27th
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011), “I Am Redeemed” (J. Dixon), live, Chicago, 1999
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (subway), 1980
2014
Saturday, July 26th
2ⁿ
Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann, “Hocket” (M. Monk, from Facing North), live, Santa Fe, 2004
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
With the music, it’s about opening up space for people and making something that they can experience in themselves, in their own way. It could be memories. It could be that they feel more themselves when they hear the music. They feel more alive. They feel that magic. That’s what I’m trying for.
—Meredith Monk (interview, Believer, July/August 2014)
2014
Friday, July 25th
summer in the city
St. Vincent, live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/19/14*
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lagniappe
reading table
the scrawny pine, too
looks extravagant . . .
summer moon—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827; translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Rattlesnake
5:39 Digital Witness
9:13 Cruel
13:10 Marrow
17:40 Every Tear Disappears / Shout (Tears for Fears)
22:16 Surgeon
27:35 Cheerleader
31:19 Prince Johnny
37:15 Birth In Reverse
41:10 Huey Newton
46:47 Bring Me Your Loves
50:52 Your Lips Are Red
2014
Thursday, July 24th
Why not listen to something new?
Iva Bittova (voice, violin), Don Byron (clarinet), Hamid Drake (drums), live, Paris, 2008
2014
Wednesday, July 23rd
Johnny Cash, live (Town Hall Party), 1958-59
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Czechoslavakia, 1963
Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
2014
Tuesday, July 22nd
only rock ’n’ roll
Gene Vincent (1935-1971),* Eddie Cochran (1938-1960, 40:45-),* live (Town Hall Party), 1950s
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*Set lists (courtesy of YouTube):
Gene Vincent
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula
2. High Blood Pressure
3. Rip it Up
4. Dance to the Bop
5. You Win Again
6. For Your Precious Love
7. Rocky Road Blues
8. Pretty Pearly
9. Be-Bop-A-Lula
10. High School Confidential
11. Over The Rainbow
12. Roll Over Beethoven
13. Over The Rainbow
14. She She Little Sheila
Eddie Cochran
1. C’mon Everybody
2. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
3. Don’t Blame It On Me
4. Summertime Blues
5. School Days
6. Be Honest With Me
7. Money Honey
2014
Monday, July 21st
only rock ’n’ roll
Jeff Beck and The Big Town Playboys, live (music begins at 2:10),* London (Ronnie Scott’s), 2007
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*Set list (courtesy of YouTube):
1) Race with the Devil
2) Crazy Legs
3) Train Kept A-Rollin’
4) My Baby Left Me
5) Matchbox
6) Baby Blue
7) Honky Tonk
2014
Sunday, July 20th
testify
Neal Roberson, “Don’t Let the Devil Ride,” live
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lagniappe
reading table
I am running out of life, Olga thinks. What am I going to do? What is there without life?
—Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project
