next week in Chicago
She’s playing Thursday at Thalia Hall.
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 2013
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
There was nobody as good as her when I was making music back in the day. If Julia Holter had existed in the 1970s she would be a goddess.
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
another take
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude in C-sharp minor (Op. 45); Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995), live, Italy (Prato), 1967
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
[N]ow Miles [Davis] was relaxed and pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was sending him into several shades of ecstasy.
‘Listen to those trills!’ Miles ordered.
—1961 interview, The Miles Davis Reader
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Feel like floating?
Brian Eno, Thursday Afternoon, 1985 (Jonathan Jolly, video, 2014)
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lagniappe
reading table
Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
what’s new
Sun of Goldfinger (David Torn, electric guitar, live-looping, electronics; Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Ches Smith, drums, electronics); video, 2/6/19; album, 3/1/19
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Iceland
Bára Gísladóttir (acoustic bass) & Skúli Sverrisson (electric bass), live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 11/6/18
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Brother Joe May (1912-1972) and Jackie (AKA Jacqui) Verdell (1937-1991), “You’re Gonna Need Him After a While,” live (TV broadcast), 1963
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
A still – Volcano – Life –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 517 (Franklin)
Want to be swept away?
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Violin Concerto in D major; Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Paavo Järvi, cond.) with Hilary Hahn (violin), live, Frankfurt, 2014
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke, Paul Foster), live, Los Angeles, 1955
“I Have a Friend Above All Others,” “Be With Me Jesus”
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“Nearer My God to Thee”
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
I am alive – I guess –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 605 (Franklin)
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(Taking a break—back in a while.)
more
Tim Buckley (1947-1975) with Lee Underwood (guitar), Carter C.C. Collins (percussion), “Sing a Song for You” (T. Buckley), live, Amsterdam (Dutch TV), 1968
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
voices I miss
Tim Buckley (1947-1975) with Lee Underwood (guitar), Carter C.C. Collins (percussion), “Happy Time” (T. Buckley), live, Amsterdam (Dutch TV), 1968
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