Wednesday, April 4th
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Salif Keita, live, London, c. 2002
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lagniappe
reading table
We humans—
squirming around
among the blossoming flowers.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
music clip of the day
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2018
2018
Tuesday, April 3rd
basement jukebox
Bobby “Blue” Bland, “I’ll Take Care of You” (B. Benton), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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random thoughts
We’re in this boat—a boat with no bottom—together, sinking.
2018
Monday, April 2nd
tonight in Chicago
They’ll be playing at Corbett v. Dempsey.
Peter Evans (trumpet), Levy Lorenzo (electronics, percussion), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Xu Longsen (1956-), from Light of Heaven (through June 24th)
2018
Saturday, March 31st
sounds of Mali
Salif Keita, live, London, c. 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, March 30th
basement jukebox
Tyrone Davis (1938-2005), “Can I Change My Mind,” 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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reading table
Nature repeats itself, or almost does . . .
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), “North Haven”
2018
Thursday, March 29th
When did you last hear this combination—piano, drums, turntables?
Sophie Agnel (piano), Michael Vatcher (drums), Joke Lanz (turntables), live, France (Mulhouse), 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, March 26th
How many composers do so much with so little?
Anton Webern, Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 11 (1914); Juliane Trémoulet (cello), Vincent Planès (piano), live, France (Pau), 2016
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lagniappe
random thoughts
The door is never locked.
2018
Sunday, March 25th
back to church
Henderson Sisters, live, Troy, Ala., 1993
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Chicago Botanic Garden)
2018
Saturday, March 24th
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations, op. 27 (1936); Vincent Planès (piano), live, France (Pau), 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Moon, plum blossoms,
this, that,
and the day goes.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Friday, March 23rd
what’s new
August Greene (Common, vocals; Robert Glasper, keyboards; Karriem Riggins, drums; et al.) with guest singers Samora Pinderhughes, Maimouna Youssef, Brandy, Andra Day, live, Washington, D.C., 2/21/18
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