Thursday, September 24th
sounds of London
Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone), live (“Source,” “Pace,” “Boundless Beings”), London, 9/16/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
music clip of the day
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Tag: music clip of the day
2020
Wednesday, September 23rd
alone
Sometimes the right music, heard at the right time, can change the entire trajectory of your day, as happened late yesterday afternoon when I stumbled upon this.
Chris Abrahams (1961-, piano), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 8/29/20
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
We liken ourselves—
our bodies, frail and vagrant—
to floating clouds.
And all along, in the end,
that is what we shall become.—Fujiwara no Kintō (966-1041), translated from Japanese by Steven D. Carter
2020
Tuesday, September 22nd
passings
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, singer, songwriter, December 8, 1942–September 11, 2020
The Maytals (later Toots and the Maytals), “Pressure Drop” (F. Hibbert), 1970 (original recording)
It’s a song about revenge, but in the form of karma: If you do bad things to innocent people, then bad things will happen to you. The title was a phrase I used to say. If someone done me wrong, rather than fight them like a warrior, I’d say: “The pressure’s going to drop on you.”
—Toots Hibbert, The Guardian, 9/6/16
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, September 21st
Last night, driving in Chicago with the windows down, I had this track, recorded thirty years ago, on repeat.
Arthur Russell (1951-1992, vocals, cello, keyboards) with Jennifer Warnes (1947-, vocals), “That’s Us/Wild Combination” (A. Russell), late 1980s
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2020
Sunday, September 20th
more
Sounds of Zion (United House of Prayer), live, published 2013
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random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Saturday, September 19th
Feeling glum? (Not anymore.)
Caroline Shaw (1982-), Partita for 8 Voices (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2013); Roomful of Teeth, live, Canada (Vancouver), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Friday, September 18th
what’s new
James Blake, “Godspeed” (Frank Ocean cover), 9/10/20
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random sights
this morning, Chicago
2020
Thursday, September 17th
like nobody else
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (piano), 9/10/20
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Wednesday, September 16th
always fresh
Steve Reich (1936-), Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76); Amadinda Percussion Group & Musicians, live, Budapest, 2003
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2020
Tuesday, September 15th
alone
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “For Susanna Kyle” (L. Bernstein, from “Five Anniversaries”), live, 2020
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random sights
other day, Chicago
