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This I could listen to all day.
Steve Reich (1936-), Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ (1973); Alarm Will Sound, live, New York, 2004
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random sights
yesterday morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
basement jukebox
The Mellotones, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (J.B. Scaife), 1963
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yesterday morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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reading table
Two dangers never cease threatening the world: order and disorder.
—Paul Valéry (1871-1945), Analects (quoted in Lyn Hejinian, “The Rejection of Closure”)
tonight in Chicago
She’s performing at Graham Foundation, Madlener House.
Matchess (aka Whitney Johnson, 1981-), “Of the Living” (video footage shot on Washington Island, Lake Michigan), 2018
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (snow lightly falling)
what’s new
Agnes Obel, “Camera’s Rolling” (A. Obel), 2/20/20
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yesterday, Chicago
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Omar Sosa (piano), Yilian Cañizares (vocals, violin), “Dos Bendiciones” (Two Blessings), live (studio), New York, 2/18/20
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Herbie Nichols Trio (HN, 1919-1963, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums), “The Third World” (H. Nichols), 1955
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other morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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musical thoughts
Thank you all for listening. Your open ears, open minds, and open hearts are essential to resisting the gathering darkness of our times.
—composer John Luther Adams, 2/18/20 email
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain VI (NW [trumpet, composition], Susan Alcorn [pedal steel guitar], C. Spencer Yeh [violin], a choir, et al.), live, New York (St. Peter’s Church), 2019
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other morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Why not begin the week with sounds that are enlivening?
Steve Reich (1936-), Double Sextet (2007), Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76); Ensemble Signal (Brad Lubman, cond.), live, New York, 2016
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Cory Henry (1987-, organ), “He Has Made Me Glad,” live
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Air for solo flute (1995); John McMurtery (flute), live, 2007
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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