Aug 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 13-14 of RCA Box

Listening

  • Abraham Adzinyah/Anthony Braxton - Duo (Wesleyan) 1994 (Leo)
  • The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Apple/EMI)
  • Björk - Vespertine (Elektra)
  • Anthony Braxton - Recital Paris 1971 (Futura, LP)
  • Phil Cohran - Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble (Aestuarium)
  • Gal Costa - Gal Costa (1969) (Mercury)
  • Miles Davis - Live at the Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Columbia)
  • Bill Dixon/Tony Oxley - Papyrus Vol. I (Soul Note)
  • Guillermo Gregorio - Degrees of Iconicity (hat[now]ART)
  • Julius Hemphill - Raw Materials and Residuals (Black Saint)
  • Andrew Hill - Hommage (East Wind)
  • Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes (Blue Note)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Everything Scatter / Noise For Vendor Mouth (Barclay)
  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Yellow Fever / Na Poi (Barclay)
  • Bob Marley - Catch A Fire (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong/Island)
  • Charles 'Baron' Mingus - West Coast 1945-49 (Uptown)
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter - Mutter Modern: Works For Violin & Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
  • Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Arkestra - It Is Forbidden: at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival in Exile 1974 (Total Energy)
  • various artists - The Secret Museum of Mankind: Vol. 1 (Yazoo)

Reading

  • Captain Beefheart - Mike Barnes
  • The Parade's Gone By - Kevin Brownlow
  • The Films of Jacques Tati - Michel Chion
  • Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller

Watching

  • Apocalypse Now Redux - Francis Ford Coppola (McClurg Court)
  • Under The Sand - François Ozon (Gene Siskel Film Center)
        
  • Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - Mark Achbar & Peter Wintonick (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • Gloria - John Cassavetes (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Jacques Demy (Music Box)
  • Juliet of the Spirits - Federico Fellini (Music Box)
  • Fellini Satyricon - Federico Fellini (Gene Siskel Film Center)
  • The Son of the Sheik - George Fitzmaurice (Gateway Theatre) with live orchestra accompaniment
  • Weekend - Jean-Luc Godard (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • I Am Twenty [Mne Dvadcat Let] - Marlen Khutsiev, 1964 (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • Hamlet [Gamlet] - Grigory Kozintsev, 1964 (Facets Cinémathèque)
  • Cure - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Gene Siskel Film Center)
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  • Careful; The Heart of the World - Guy Maddin (Music Box)
  • Meet Me In St. Louis - Vincente Minnelli (Chicago Outdoor Film Festival)
         
  • Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (CATV)
  • The Mortal Storm - Frank Borzage (CATV)
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - John Cassavetes (CATV)
  • Soigne Ton Gauche [Watch Your Left] - René Clément (DVD)
  • Nights of Cabiria - Federico Fellini (DVD)
  • Orphans Of The Storm - D.W. Griffith (CATV)
  • The Scent of Green Papaya - Tran Anh Hung (CATV)
  • The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (CATV)
  • They Won't Forget - Mervyn LeRoy (CATV)
  • Detroit 9000 - Arthur Marks (DVD)
  • D.O.A. - Rudolph Mate (CATV)
  • Klute - Alan J Pakula (CATV)
  • The Outrage - Martin Ritt (CATV)
  • M. Hulot's Holiday - Jacques Tati (DVD)
  • This Gun For Hire - Frank Tuttle (CATV)
  • Hairspray - John Waters (DVD)
  • Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (CATV)