Friday, March 4th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-), “Open,” 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Any fence maintains the other / side is “without form.”
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “As We’re Told”
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2022
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Thursday, March 3rd
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composition, piano), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
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Tuesday, March 1st
sounds of Berlin
Stephan Bodzin (DJ), live, Berlin, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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Monday, February 28th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Requiem for Larissa (1997-1998, written in memory of the composer’s wife); Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra (Hobart Earle, cond.) and the National Choir of Ukraine (Yevhen Savchuk, choirmaster ), live, Odessa (Ukraine), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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Sunday, February 27th
like nobody else
Shirley Caesar (1938-), live (“It’s Alright, It’s Ok,” “I Remember Mama,” “Armor of God,” “Take Your Knee off My Neck”), published 2/25/22
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, February 26th
A sound-world like no other.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Prozession (2015/20); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Enno Poppe, cond.), live, Leipzig (Germany), 11/22/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 25th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-)
“Рими на бітах,” 12/6/21
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“Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 2020
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“Голови,” 2018
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reading table
. . . all news feels foreign today . . .
—Mike McCormack, Solar Bones (2016)
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Thursday, February 24th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, Hamburg (Germany), 1981
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Wednesday, February 23rd
sounds of New York
Yoni Kretzmer Trio (YT, tenor saxophone; William Parker, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), live, New York, last night
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lagniappe
random sight
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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