Jun 2001 Doings
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2001: A Ducal Odyssey
      an aural/autodidactic journey into Ellingtonia
, supplemented by readings in 
        The Duke Ellington Reader -
Mark Tucker, ed.;
         Duke Ellington: A Listener's Guide - Eddie Lambert; and
         The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings ["RCA Box"] liner notes

  • Discs 9-12 of RCA Box
  • Fargo 1940 (Jazz Classics)

Listening

  • Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith & Joseph Jarman @ HotHouse
        
  • AMM - Laminal (Matchless)
  • Anthony Braxton/Evan Parker - Duo (London) 1993 (Leo)
  • Anthony Braxton/Brett Larner - 11 Compositions (Duo) 1995 (Leo)
  • Anthony Braxton/Alex Horwitz - Four Compositions (Duets) 2000 (CIMP)
  • Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Virgin)
  • Roy Campbell's Pyramid Trio - Ethnic Stew and Brew (Delmark)
  • Ornette Coleman - Languages (Moon)
  • Bill Dixon - Odyssey (Bill Dixon Inc)
  • Ellery Eskelin - Ramifications (hatOLOGY)
  • Herb Geller - Plays (Emarcy)
  • Habarigani - Habarigani (hatART)
  • György Ligeti - 5: Mechanical Music (Sony Classical)
  • Jimmy Lyons/Andrew Cyrille - Something In Return (Soul Note)
  • The Mingus Dynasty - Mingus' Sounds of Love (Soul Note)
  • Don Pullen/Don Moye - Milano Strut (Black Saint)
  • Dannie Richmond - Plays Charles Mingus (Timeless)
  • ROVA Saxophone Quartet - As Was (Atavistic/Unheard Music Series)
  • various artists - The Secret Museum of Mankind: Central Asia (Yazoo)
  • Sun Ra - Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (ESP-Disk)
  • Sun Ra and his Arkestra - The Other Side of the Sun (Universe)

Reading

  • Jean Vigo - Salles Gomes
  • Available Light: Anthopological Reflections on Philosophical Topics - Clifford Geertz

Watching

  • Bread and Roses - Ken Loach (Landmark Century Centre)
  • The Circle - Jafar Panahi (Music Box)
        
  • if... - Lindsay Anderson (Music Box)
  • The Conformist - Bernardo Bertolucci (Music Box)
  • Thieves' Highway - Jules Dassin (LaSalle Theatre)
  • On The Town - Stanely Donin & Gene Kelly (Music Box)
  • His Girl Friday - Howard Hawks (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Scarface - Howard Hawks (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • The Breakfast Club - John Hughes (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • M - Fritz Lang (Music Box)
  • Mickey One - Arthur Penn (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Black Narcissus - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (Music Box)
  • "Short Films 1: 1964-72" - Jan Svankmajer (Facets Cinémathèque)
    • The Last Trick of Mr. Schwarzwald and Mr. Edgar
    • J.S. Bach: Fantasy in G Minor
    • Punch and Judy (The Coffin Factory)
    • Et Cetera
    • Historia Naturae
    • The Flat
    • Jabberwocky
    • Leonardo's Diary
           
  • "Post-Modern Pulp Friction: A Look at the Films of Seijun Suzuki & Sam Fuller (A Comparative Analysis)" class (Facets Cinémathèque)
    • Shock Corridor - Samuel Fuller (DVD)
    • The Naked Kiss - Samuel Fuller (DVD)
    • Youth of the Beast - Seijun Suzuki (VHS)
  • Two or Three Things I Know About Her - Jean-Luc Godard (VHS)
  • The Decalogue: I-II - Krzysztof Kieslowski (DVD)
  • Do The Right Thing - Spike Lee (DVD)
  • Cours du Soir - Nicolas Ribowski (DVD)
  • Traffic - Jacques Tati (VHS)
  • L'ecole des facteurs - Jacques Tati (DVD)