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"heavenly labials in a world of gutturals"
Monday, April 01, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
This afternoon ...
Sitting on the bench by the pond in the woods and I hear that familiar mewing cry. Sure enough, through the trees, I see heavy wings flapping. Then, in circles, it starts its ascent until finally glides clear of the tree line.
I watch it riding the air currents high up there. It’s impossible not to feel that the bird is flying for the sheer enjoyment of doing so. Without any other purpose or itinerary or need of self-justification.
Think buzzard.
Sunday, February 17, 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/feb/17/jeanette-winterson-wine-lover-cellar-secrets
No doubt heading straight for Pseud’s Corner but so what? Fundamentally I agree with her.
No doubt heading straight for Pseud’s Corner but so what? Fundamentally I agree with her.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Appropriately enough - for Valentine's Day - Paul Bley's Open, to love (ECM).
He's such a strange pianist - I'm trying to follow the way his interpretation unfolds, veers, cul de sacs, short runs, plus the wildly varying dynamics and the violent way he strikes the keys at times and then ... and then .. a sudden coalescence ... and something truly beautiful emerges.
'Ida Lupino' is such a one.
(Carla wrote it, of course).
He's such a strange pianist - I'm trying to follow the way his interpretation unfolds, veers, cul de sacs, short runs, plus the wildly varying dynamics and the violent way he strikes the keys at times and then ... and then .. a sudden coalescence ... and something truly beautiful emerges.
'Ida Lupino' is such a one.
(Carla wrote it, of course).
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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