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Tag: Emily Dickinson

Friday, October 28th

what’s new—and old

Andrew Bird (feat. Phoebe Bridgers), “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” (Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886), published yesterday

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lagniappe

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, August 10th

alone

Peter Evans (1981-, trumpet, composition), “Mirrors of Infinity,” live (studio), 2016

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reading table

To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter to Thomas Higginson, late 1872

Thursday, May 20th

alone

John Cage (1912-1992), Sonata X for prepared piano (1946-48); Tim Ovens, live, published 2009

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Forever – is composed of Nows –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 690 (Franklin)

Thursday, March 4th

basement jukebox

Irma Thomas (1941-), “Time Is on My Side” (J. Ragovoy, J. Norman), 1964

 

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Wild night – Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 269 (Johnson)

Thursday, February 25th

sounds of New York

Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Tom Rainey (drums), Brandon Lopez (bass), with artwork by Yuko Otomo, live (performance begins at 4:00), New York, 2/23/21

 

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

I can wade Grief –
Whole pools of it –
I’m used to that –
But the least push of Joy
Breaks up my feet –
And I tip – drunken –
Let no Pebble – smile –
‘Twas the New Liquor –
That was All!

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 312 (Franklin)

Tuesday, February 16th

sounds of Paris

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), And then I knew ’twas Wind (1992); Ensemble Intercontemporain, live, Paris, 2017

 

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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Like Rain it sounded till it curved
And then we knew “twas Wind –
It walked as wet as any Wave
But swept as dry as Sand –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 276 (Franklin)

Saturday, January 2nd

2n

Daniel Carter (flute, trumpet, tenor saxophone) and Hamid Drake (percussion, voice; MCOTD Hall of Fame), live, New York, 2014

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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Civilization – spurns – the Leopard!

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 276 (Franklin)

Sunday, December 13th

another take

“Mary Don’t You Weep” (trad.), Caravans (feat. Inez Andrews), 1958

 

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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The Star’s whole secret – in the Lake –
Eyes were not meant to know.

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 450 (Franklin)

Friday, December 11th

more

Ela Minus, live (“Porch Song [by Jesse and Forever]/Jamaica”), New York, 2016

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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reading table

Who has not found the Heaven – below –
Will fail of it above –
For Angels rent the House next ours,
Wherever we remove –

—Emily Dickinson, 1609 (Franklin)

Happy (belated) birthday, Emily (b. December 10, 1830).

Monday, September 7th

serendipity

This morning I stumbled upon this after encountering the phrase “the crowded air” in an Emily Dickinson poem (229 [Franklin], “Musicians wrestle everywhere –”) and googling it. The moment it ended, I wanted to hear it again.

Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), The Crowded Air (1988); Boston Modern Orchestra Project, 2013

 

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random sights

other day, Chicago

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