Monday, August 1st
Best five minutes you’ll have today?
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, excerpt (4th mvt.); Martha Argerich, live, 1966
She’s one of a handful of pianists whose every note I’m hungry to hear.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
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2016
2016
Sunday, July 31st
testify!
Jewel Gospel Singers (Richmond, Va.), “My God Don’t Change”
Live (TV show), 1960s
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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random thoughts
This instant.
2016
Saturday, July 30th
keep on dancing
M.A.K.U. SoundSystem, live (TV show), New York, 2016
2016
Friday, July 29th
summer in the city
Kamasi Washington, “The Rhythm Changes,” live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/17/16
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991), Chicago 42 1952 (Abstractions, through 8/14/16)
2016
Thursday, July 28th
percussion festival
day four
Augusta Read Thomas (1964-), Resounding Earth (2012)
Third Coast Percussion, live
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lagniappe
reading table
In my room, the world is beyond my understanding;/ But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four/ hills and a cloud.
—Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), from “Of the Surface of Things”
2016
Wednesday, July 27th
percussion festival
day three
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), “Claviers” (from Pléïades [1978]); Yale Percussion Group, live, 2009
2016
Tuesday, July 26th
percussion festival
day two
John Cage (1912-1992), Third Construction (1941); So Percussion, live
2016
Monday, July 25th
percussion festival
day one
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965), Ionisation (1929-31); Ensemble InterContemporain (Pierre Boulez [1925-2016], cond.), live
2016
Sunday, July 24th
sounds of Chicago
Otis Clay (1942-2016) and Willie Rogers, “When the Gates Swing Open,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” live, Indianola, Miss. (B.B. King’s funeral service), 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
whatever the day brings
the nightingale’s alone
I’m alone—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1828 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2016
Friday, July 22nd
summer in the city
Savages, “Fuckers,” live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/16/16
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