sounds of Nigeria and Chile
Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti (vocals) and Cheick Tidiane Seck (keyboards), “Opposite People” (F. Kuti), live (studio), Chile (Santiago), 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Should we have stayed at home, / wherever that may be?
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Questions of Travel”
what’s new
Bon Iver, “iMi,” 8/8/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
passings
Something cheery to start the week.
David Berman (January 4, 1967–August 7, 2019), “All My Happiness Is Gone” (D. Berman), 2019 (Purple Mountains)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Chicago
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Bridegroom Cometh,” live, Chicago
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
Weary of this too-much world?
Sounds this spare, this spacious, offer a refuge—a way in.
Brian Eno (1948-), “Neroli (Thinking Music Part IV),” 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
summer in the city
Stereolab, live, Chicago, 7/20/19
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
If I were to count, on my fingers, the number of times I have listened to this over the years, I would need an awful lot of hands.
Bill Evans (piano, 1929-1980), “Never Let Me Go” (J. Livingston, R. Evans), 1968 (Alone)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
D. A. Pennebaker (director, July 25, 1925–August 1, 2019), Dont Look Back (1967, filmed 1965), trailer
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my back pages
I saw this when it came out—must have been 14 years old. Aardvark Theater, Chicago (Old Town, Piper’s Alley). Some things stay with you.
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
spellbinding (part two)
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live (Chopin, Prelude No. 15 [“Raindrop”])
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