Friday, May 10th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Joy Division, “Disorder,” 1972 (Trainspotting, 1996)
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lagniappe
reading table
The Poets light but Lamps –
Themselves – go out –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 930 (Franklin)
music clip of the day
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Tag: Joy Division
2019
2018
Monday, November 5th
what’s new
Hot 8 Brass Band, “Love Will Tear Us Apart, 10/24/18
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Here’s the original (remastered).
Joy Division, 1980, 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Deep autumn—
my neighbor,
how does he live, I wonder?—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
2016
Friday, September 16th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” 1980
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)
Stuart Davis (1892-1964), Lucky Strike, 1921 (Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, through 9/25/16)
2016
Friday, March 25th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Joy Division, live (“Digital,” “New Dawn Fades,” “Colony,” “Autosuggestion”), Netherlands, 1980
2012
Saturday, 6/30/12
only rock ’n’ roll
Joy Division, live (TV show), England, 1979
“Transmission”
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“She’s Lost Control”
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
On any given day—today, for instance—how many dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions of people will be making, or listening to, music?
