drum fest
day three
Perhaps the greatest drummer ever.
Tony Allen—three takes.
Recording studio, 2009
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Paris, 2015
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Istanbul, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
opening the window
I see the butterfly off . . .
into the field—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
Imaginary Landscapes: A Film on Brian Eno (1989)
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
I wanted to make a kind of music that had the long now and the big here.
—Brian Eno
This I could listen to all day.
Brian Eno (1948-), sound installation (“Music for the Great Gallery”), Palace of Venaria, Italy (near Turin)
two takes
Music for Airports, “1/1” (B. Eno, R. Davies, R. Wyatt)
Bang on a Can All-Stars, live, Düsseldorf Airport (Germany), 2011
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Brian Eno, recording, 1978
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago (while waiting for the jury in my federal bribery-conspiracy trial to return a verdict, which, alas, they did)
Bowl, 150/50 B.C.
Greek, Hellenistic, Eastern Mediterranean
Glass, mosaic technique
Perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived . . .
—Brian Eno
Tony Allen
Live, “New Morning”
Vodpod videos no longer available.***
Secret Agent, 2010
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lagniappe
When I sit down there [at the drums], that’s what I’ve been waiting for . . .
—Tony Allen
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reading table
The time to make up your mind about people is never!
—Tracy Lord, The Philadelphia Story
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You get to decide what to worship.
Zadie Smith, Changing My Mind (2009), epigraphs
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