music clip of the day

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Sometimes I want to hear something that will quicken my pulse; sometimes I want something that will slow it—like this, for instance, which I heard the other night in Chicago, played by the group for whom it was written (a.pe.ri.od.ic). One sound . . . another . . . another . . .

Jürg Frey (1953-), Fragile Balance (2014), excerpt; Ensemble Grizzana (Jürg Frey, clarinet; Mira Benjamin, violin; Richard Craig, flute; Emma Richards, viola; Philip Thomas, piano; Seth Woods, cello); 2015

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Winter seclusion—
sitting propped against
the same worn post

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets)

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2016

Tuesday, December 6th

two takes

“Ride ‘Em on Down”

Rolling Stones, 2016

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Eddie Taylor, 1955

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The announcement [that he was the president-elect’s choice to lead HUD] was delayed as Mr. Carson, who once had planned to learn to play the organ in retirement, gave himself several days to mull it over.

—Trip Gabriel, “Trump Chooses Ben Carson to Lead HUD,” New York Times, 12/5/16

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2016

Monday, December 5th

sounds of New York

Taylor Ho Bynum’s Rank Sentimentalist (THB, cornet; Marika Hughes, cello; Evan Patrick, guitar; Stomu Takeiship, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), “Black Lake” (Bjork), New York, 10/7/16

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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2016

Saturday, December 3rd

tonight in Chicago

She’ll be playing at Constellation (where I’ll be listening).

Okkyung Lee (cello), live, Netherlands (Nijmegen), 2015

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On the Anniversary of the Death of Matsuo Basho

Winter rain on moss
soundlessly recalls those
happy bygone days

—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets)

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2016

Sunday, November 27th

back to church

Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church Choir (feat. Donishisa Ballard), “Stretch Out,” live, Chicago, 2010

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random thoughts

The four most important words in the English language: How can I help?

(Taking a break—back in a while.)

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2016

Saturday, November 26th

sounds of Christchurch*

Roy Montgomery, “Five Bears,” 2016

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The way “The Tennessee Waltz”
is about having heard

“The Tennessee Waltz”
before:

an almost floral
nostalgia,

is what we call
beautiful.

—Rae Armantrout (1947-), “Overhearing,” fragment (Veil: New and Selected Poems)

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the beat goes on

2,500 posts—and counting.

*New Zealand.

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2016

Friday, November 25th

sounds of Kinshasa*

Baloji with Konono No. 1, “Karibu Ya Bintu,” 2011

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One needs to keep a clear head when facing pirates in the Amazon.

—Hubert Kinski, 43-year-old Polish explorer, quoted in “‘There’s No Law on the Amazon’: River Pirates Terrorize Ships by Night,” New York Times, 11/18/16

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*Democratic Republic of Congo.