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Sunday, May 3rd

more sounds of Charlotte

The United House of Prayer Band, live, Charlotte, N.C., 2012

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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Goodbye to forever now.
Hello to the empty present and.

—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “No More” (Elegy, 2007)

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Bang on a Can Marathon: today, six hours, beginning at 3 p.m. (ET). Meredith Monk, Vijay Iyer, George Lewis, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Adams, Mary Halvorson, et al. If this turns out to be even half as good as it might be, it’ll be monumental. (In the department of delicious serendipity, I just learned about this, waiting for tea water to boil, here.)

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2019

Monday, October 28th

Why not begin the week with something that shimmers?

John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2017

Tuesday, September 5th

soundtrack to a dream

John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016

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reading table

John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)

The bad news is the ship hasn’t arrived;
the good news is it hasn’t left yet.

—He Who Loves And Runs Away (fragment; Planisphere, 2009)

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random sights

this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2017

Monday, August 7th

Why not begin the week with something beautiful?

John Luther Adams (1953-), In a Treeless Place, Only Snow (1999); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016