sounds of Detroit
DJ/producer Theo Parrish (1972-)
“Black Music” (feat. Craig Huckaby), Sound Sculptures Vol. 1 (2007)
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Shopping, talking, etc., 2013
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Painting with Green Center (1913), detail
like nothing else
Mat Maneri (viola), Brandon Lopez (bass), live, New York (Fridman Gallery), 8/30/22
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (studio [CBC broadcast]), 1955: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
timeless
Dixie Hummingbirds (feat. Ira Tucker [lead vocals], Howard Carroll [guitar]), live: “Jesus Is Coming Soon”
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Avner Finberg (violin, electronics, compositions), live (excerpts), Baltimore, Md., 2022
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Burt Bacharach, songwriter, composer, pianist, record producer, May 12, 1928–February 8, 2023
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Dionne Warwick, live (with BB, piano), New York (Rainbow Room), 1996
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“A House Is Not a Home” (B. Bacharach & H. David): Luther Vandross, live, 1988
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“I Just Don’t Know What To Do with Myself” (B. Bacharach & H. David): White Stripes, live, Australia, 2006
sounds of New York
Edwin Torres (voice), Fred Moten (voice), Brandon Lopez (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums), live, New York, 2019
#1
#2
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Sun Ra Arkestra (Sun Ra [1914-1993, keyboards, composition], et al.), “The Lady With the Golden Stockings” (aka “The Golden Lady”), c. 1958 (Chicago)
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art beat: other day, Des Moines Art Center
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Untitled (1984)
Beautiful, delicate, ever-changing: what better way to begin the week?
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes (Op. 28): Maria João Pires (piano), live, Portugal (Évora), 1987
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed,” 1927 (Dallas)
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art beat: yesterday, Des Moines Art Center
Anselm Kiefer (1945-), Untitled (1987-88), detail
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