i meant to do that

i have seen so much art in the last two weeks.  klimt, rodin, picasso, monet, manet, kandinsky, kubin, and my personal favorite paul klee!!!  there is so much detail in each of these paintings & sculptures, and many imperfections... or are they mistakes after all?  it is difficult to tell if the work itself is supposed to have an extra distress mark, another chunk of a hand, a blob on the face of the woman, or an abbreviated line that is out of whack with the other side of the painting. 

many mistakes in music are replicated and adored.  people love hearing ella make up lyrics to 'mack the knife', dig monk twisting around lines as he misses the bridge, are charmed by the keith jarrett trio when they blow form and try to find themselves artfully, cheer freddie hubbard as he bangs at the door of a big line before he breaks off a lick on 'soothsayer', and are infatuated with miles davis' career of fracking notes. 

the beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.  just like when pee wee went head over handlebars in his big adventure, lept to his feet, and declared that acrobatic move intentional.  gracefully hilarious.

studying abroad

here's what i stuck in my iPod touch for my european vacation

bjork - volta
black dub - black dub
boulez conducts stravinsky
brian blade fellowship - season of changes
charlie haden, lee konitz, brad mehldau - alone together
ches smith & these arches - finally out of my hands
chris batchelor - big air
chris lightcap's bigmouth - deluxe
chris potter - lift: live at the village vanguard
craig taborn - junk magic 
darcy james argue's secret society - infernal machines
dave douglas - charms of the night sky
django bates - like life: the jazzpar prize
dolly parton - little sparrow
drew gress - seven black butterflies
eivind opsvik - overseas II
envy corps - dwell
flying lotus - cosmogramm
gretchen parlota - in a dream
hakon kornstad - dwell time
halloween, alaska - champagne downtown; too tall to hide; halloween, alaska
jerry granelli v16 the sonic temple 
jonsi - go
kronos quartet - early music
liberty ellman - ophiuchus butterfly
martha argerich - live from concertgubouw
mary halvorson trio - electric fruit
michael formaneck - the rub and spare change
michael lowenstern - ten children
miles davis - 1964 concert/four and more
miles okazaki - mirrors
ornette coleman - the empty foxhole
pat metheny - 80/81
pete rock - soul survivor
rebecca martin - the growing season
spekbot
sting - soul cages
the bad plus - never stop
the books - the way out
theo bleckman & kneebody - 12 songs by charles ives
tim berne bloodcount - memory select
tom rainey trio - pool school
tom waits - the heart of saturday night
trent reznor - the social network soundtrack
tyondai braxton - central market