Heavy Spirits, 1975.
Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist
Heavy Spirits, 1975.
“Wallace Stevens Comes Back to Read His Poems at the 92nd Street Y,” by Mark Strand | The New Yorker
So much for the past. May the worst of it fall by the wayside
Tonight. May other more intricate powers convene.
Rather than subject myself to the endless appetite of endless scrolling, I’ve lately been spending time surfing the web again. This shouldn’t seems like such an archaic path,[footnote]even if the nomenclature demands that the undirected act of clicking through links online appear in italics or quotes.[/footnote] but it sort of feels like one. Heading in several directions, perhaps, with no algorithm to guide me, [footnote]Algorithms, of course, are the drivers of platforms, not the internet.[/footnote] the only guiding force is my own curiosity.
Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions, 1977.
Music in Twelve Parts, 1976.
Grand Pianola / Eight Lines, 1984.
Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens De Couleur Libres, 2011.
For anyone who might want to follow along, here’s an approximate Apple Music version of a-record-a-day from January. I missed a few days but since a) I’m sure I can make them up this year, and b) I was making a record those days, I believe I remain on track. There are a few titles that aren’t streaming, so I substituted wherever it made sense. Winfried Mühlum-Pyrápheros does not appear at all.
In These Times, 2022.