Wednesday, September 27th
what’s new
Björk, “The Gate,” 9/20/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Said is missaid.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “Worstword Ho” (1983)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
2017
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Tuesday, September 26th
sounds of New York
The Full Salon, “Bish,” “Sriracha Michelada,” live, New York (Silent Barn), 9/7/17
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Monday, September 25th
Ever heard this instrument before? (Me neither.)
Kazue Sawai (1941-), bass koto, live, Tokyo, 2009
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lagniappe
reading table
All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “Worstword Ho” (1983)
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Sunday, September 24th
Bumping into something wonderful you never heard before—something you didn’t even know existed—can lift up your entire week, as this did mine when I encountered it the other day (WFMU, Sinner’s Crossroads, 9/21/17 [archived]).
Theotis Taylor, “If I Could Just Hold out until Tomorrow,” live, Atlanta, c. 1976
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Saturday, September 23rd
mesmerizing
Enno Poppe (1969-), Stoff (2015); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
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lagniappe
found words
I’m above the soil—and I love it.
—Neighbor’s response this morning when I asked how he was doing.
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Friday, September 22nd
what’s new
Moses Sumney, “Doomed” (Aromanticism), 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Izumi Masatoshi (1938-), Islands (Shima tachi), 2000
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Thursday, September 21st
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
András Schiff (piano), live, London, 9/7/17
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lagniappe
reading table
Cold night: the wild duck,
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
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Wednesday, September 20th
sounds of Jamaica
Gregory Isaacs (1951-2010), “Kingston 14” (Made in Jamaica), 2006
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Tuesday, September 19th
sounds of Jamaica
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, The Congos, The Upsetters, “Play On Mr. Music,” live, Jamaica (Roots Rock Reggae [1977])
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Monday, September 18th
sounds of Jamaica
Burning Spear, live, France (Carhaix), 1999
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