The World Made By Women

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Jazz24.org's top one hundred tracks.

#59. Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo (3-minute version; a 15-minute version, with vocal).

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Conrad Herwig, Blue In Green.
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Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars, Live At The Village Gate.
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Laurie Anderson, O Superman.
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Pat Metheny And Charlie Haden, Our Spanish Love Song.
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Anat Cohen, As Rosas Nao Falam.
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Rokia Traore, Sabali.
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King Tubby, Take Five.
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Mark Knopfler, Brothers In Arms.
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Snarky Puppy, Gø.
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Vinicius Cantuária And Bill Frisell, Calle 7, Lagrimas Mexicanas.
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Bill Frisell. An old chestnut. Another old chestnut. Actually, all he seems to play are old chestnuts, but what playing.
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Duke Ellington, Melancholia.

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Monday, 2016 September 5

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'I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.'--John Cage (1912-1992)
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Tuesday, 2016 September 6

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Paul Klee (1879-1940).
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reading about orphism, an art style from around 1910, described as coloured cubism, and paul klee's the thinking eye and the nature of nature. orphism was 'perceived as key in the transition from cubism to abstract art'. it 'relaunched the use of colour'. watched predict my future--the science of us (the early years).

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Wednesday, 2016 September 7

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because we have an election reform meeting tonight, reading about voting systems. watched the agenda (open or closed to the world?, the great provincial divide) and joe bonamassa: live at the greek theatre. yeah, look at him. he's in a lot of pain. no wonder he plays the blues.

Bonamassa

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Star Trek at fifty--has the franchise lost its edge? fiction meets fact (tx, sh).
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Thursday, 2016 September 8

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had a urology appointment at the gbgh. watched the ascent of women: a 10,000 year story.
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International Literacy Day (tx, sh)
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Friday, 2016 September 9

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reading a review of the world made by women. watched a biopic about nina simone, which may have been inaccurate, or at least, omissive.
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Saturday, 2016 September 10

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reading 'form follows fiction: art and artists in toronto' in the star, 'part local art history and part civics lesson', which runs from 2016-09-21 to 2016-12-10 at the art museum, uoft.
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Sunday, 2016 September 11

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Irene Parlby (1868-1965), one of the The Famous Five, was a 'lifelong advocate for rural Canadian women and children, Parlby was president of the United Farm Women of Alberta from 1916 to 1919. On behalf of the UFWA, she pushed to improve public health care services and establish municipal hospitals as well as mobile medical and dental clinics. In 1921, Parlby was elected to the provincial legislature and made a cabinet minister (the second woman in Canada to hold a provincial cabinet post).'
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watched the nature of things (wild canada: ice edge) and rome: empire without limit.