World of Abstract Dreams

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

ROVA's Larry Ochs on the Power of Music

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  The best compliment I ever had after a concert was a guy who came up to me--he said he was a conceptual artist, a sculptor--and he said, ...
Monday, June 8, 2026

Playlist, Week of 2026-06-07

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  Familiar with Pat Thomas mostly through his work with Tony Oxley , and later with [ Ahmed ]... I love his acoustic piano playing, but I r...

Reading List, Week of 2026-06-07

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Reading List 2026-06-08: *Birkerts, Sven. Reading Life: Books for the Ages (started) *Sorrentino, Gilbert. Imaginative Qualities of Actual T...
Friday, June 5, 2026

Sven Birkerts on Rereading

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Possibly I believed, as most survivors of higher education believe, that a book is somehow used up, finished, by our reading; that it is a d...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Magic Jukebox Time: Walkin'

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Here's another Magic Jukebox shuffled playlist... the weather's fine for walking! And I don't mind when the MJ plays three Elli...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Playlist, Week of 2026-05-31

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Henry Now : nice to hear these old timers crank it... starting another run of live Art Ensemble , this time in 1978 with Lester Bowie ... I ...

Reading List, Week of 2026-05-31

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Reading List 2026-06-01: *Christgau, Robert. Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017 (started) *Boyd, Brian. Naboko...
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