Dec 1999 Doings
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Listening

  • "Chicago Improvisers Group" (Abrams, Baker, Bishop, Drumm, Kessler, Rempis, Vandermark, A. Vida) play music of Bishop & Vandermark @ Green Mill
  • "Broken Shadows" (Rempis/Vandermark/Mulvenna/Kessler/Daisy) play the music of Ornette Coleman @ Velvet Lounge 
  • Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang sunrise show @ Link's Hall Studio (9th Annual Winter Solstice Percussion Concert)
  • John Corbett - I'm Sick About My Hat (Atavistic)
  • The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas (Mango)
  • Kevin Norton Ensemble & Anthony Braxton - For Guy Debord (in nine events) (Barking Hoop)
  • Louis Armstrong - Hot Fives & Sevens, vol. 2 (JSP)
  • The Congos - Heart of the Congos (Blood & Fire Limited)
  • Eugene Chadbourne & John Zorn - 1977-1981 (Materiali Sonori, companion to book below)
  • DKV Trio - Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998 (Okkadisk) wow!!
  • Barney Wilen - Auto Jazz: Tragic Destiny of Lorenzo Bandini (MPS)
  • Cecil Taylor - The World of Cecil Taylor (Candid)
  • Mahmoud Ahmed - Erè Mèla Mèla - ethiopiques 7 (Buda Musique)
  • Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble - Drawn Inward (ECM)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Opposite People/Sorrow Tears and Blood (Barclay)
  • Henry "Red" Allen - World On A String (RCA/Bluebird)
  • Evan Parker/Paul Lytton Duo - Ra (Moers)
  • Max Roach - Trio, Featuring The Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited (Collectables)
  • Lee Morgan - The Sixth Sense (Blue Note)
  • Harry Partch - Collection, Vol. 1 (CRI)
  • Sun Ra - Life Is Splendid (Total Energy)

Reading

  • Sonora: John Zorn - Walter Rovere & Carla Chiti, ed.
  • Time and the Art of Living - Robert Grudin

Watching

  • American Buffalo (play) - David Mamet (American Theater Company)
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella (McClurg Court; benefit for HotHouse)
  • Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson (Film Center)
  • American Beauty - Sam Mendes (Esquire)
  • Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (UofC Graham School)
  • Rope - Alfred Hitchcock (Music Box)
  • Topaz - Alfred Hitchcock (Music Box)
  • Gilda - Charles Vidor (Film Center)
  • Salesman - Albert & David Maysles (Music Box)
  • Dog Star Man - Stan Brakhage (Film Center)
         
  • The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (VHS)
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel (VHS)
  • Hakuchu no Torima [Violence At Noon] - Nagisa Oshima (VHS)
  • À Bout de Souffle [Breathless] - Jean-Luc Godard (VHS)
  • Vivre Sa Vie [My Life To Live] - Jean-Luc Godard (DVD)
  • A Very Brady Sequel - Arlene Sanford (VHS)
  • The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan (DVD)
  • Exotica - Atom Egoyan (DVD)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (DVD)
  • Pleasantville - Gary Ross (DVD)
  • Taste Of Cherry - Abbas Kiarostami (DVD)
  • Sleepless In Seattle - Nora Ephron (DVD)
  • Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola (DVD)
  • Miller's Crossing - Joel Coen (VHS)
  • Fargo - Joel Coen (VHS)
  • Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (DVD)
  • C'est Arrivé Près de Chez Vous [Man Bites Dog] - Remy Belvaux & André Bonzel (VHS)
  • Raise The Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou (VHS)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus vol. 1 (DVD)
  • Short Cinema Journal #1 (DVD)
    • Black Rider - Pepe Danquart
    • The Big Story - Tim Watts & David Stoten
    • Some Folks Call It A Sling Blade - George Hickenlooper
    • Shape Without Form - Stephen Berkman
    • Mr. Resistor - Mark Gustafson
    • This Unfamiliar Place - Eva Ilona Brzeski
    • Baraka - Ron Fricke
    • Henry Rollins - Easter Sunday in NYC - Albert Watson