sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago (Constellation), 6/2/22
1st Set (3:30-): ZRL (Zachary Good, clarinet; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Lia Kohl, cello)
2nd Set (1:11:50-): RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo, keyboards, electronics; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Charlie Kirchen, bass; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

never enough
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor (Op. 31, No. 2; 1801-02; “The Tempest”); Maria João Pires (1944-, piano), live, published 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
In this world
we walk on the roof of hell,
gazing at flowers.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
back to church
White Hill Hymn Choir, “Ezekiel Prophesize,” live, Mt. DoWell Baptist Church, McConnells, South Carolina, 1987
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lagniappe
reading table
Not once did I think
I’d throw these fresh spring blossoms
into this dense smoke
and stand back to watch it rise
and vanish into the sky—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill