Study
Study is an important (maybe the most important) aspect of growth. I enjoy keeping lists of things I’ve been checking out: music, books, art, podcasts, etc. This log is really more for myself than anything or anyone else. It’s interesting to look back and track a line of discovery through things I’ve been listening to, watching, and reading. It’s great looking back through the months and years to see how how my tastes have shifted and drifted over time, influencing and “pushing” my creative direction.
MY CURRENT LISTENING / “Not Enuf Souls” – Apple Music
• Don Cherry Interview — KJAZ 1988
• The Art of Songwriting with Stephen Sondheim
• Don Cherry with Jabbo Smith – Village Vanguard (1987)
• Interview with Dizzy Gillespie in Milwaukee
MUSIC
RAINBOW SIGN / Ron Miles
FORWARD / Chad McCullough
ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT / Ambrose Akinmusire
THANKSGIVING AT THE VANGUARD / Jason Moran
MIXING COLORS / Roger and Brian Eno
READING
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME / Ta-nehisi Coates
TO BE OR NOT TO BOP / Dizzy Gillespie
GO AHEAD IN THE RAIN: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest / Hanif Abdurraqib
CULTURE IS NOT ALWAYS POPULAR / Michael Bierut & Jessica Helfand
ARTWORK / Virgil Abloh
ART & DESIGN
DECHAZIER PYKEL
RICHARD NEUTRA
PIERRE SOULAGES
MUSIC
I,I / Bon Iver
MR. HOOD / KMD
FORFOLKS / Jeff Parker
EVERY NOTE IS TRUE / Ethan Iverson
PODCASTS
BY EVERY MEASURE / Tarik Moody & Radio Milwaukee
SMARTLESS / David Cross
READING
THE COLOR OF LAW / Richard Rothstein
DILLA TIME / Dan Charnas
ORGANIC MUSIC SOCIETIES / Blank Forms Editions
ART & DESIGN
FRANK STELLA
EERO SAARINEN
TV & FILM
SEVERANCE / S1 (Apple+)
ATLANTA / S1 (FX/Hulu)
100 YEARS OF BAUHAUS (BBC) / Youtube
MUSIC
CHICAGO ODENSE ENSEMBLE / Rob Mazurek
NOT TIGHT / DOMi & JD BECK
PINK DOLPHINS / Anteloper
NIGHT DREAMER / Wayne Shorter
COMMON PRACTICE / Ethan Iverson feat. Tom Harrell
PODCASTS
THIRD STORY with Leo Sidran / Jason Moran
FLY ON THE WALL / Conan O’Brien
READING
STATION ELEVEN / Emily St John Mandel
SPRING 2022 TETRAGON / We Jazz
ART & DESIGN
YUNHEE MINN
ALVIN LUSTIG
MICHAEL CUTLIP
TV & FILM
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING / S2 (Hulu)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON / S1 (HBO)
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL / Wes Anderson (2014)
NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)
MUSIC
DAUGHTER OF EXPERIENCE / Dave Miller
INTERPLAY / Bill Evans
COMPOSER / Cedar Walton
INSEN / Ryiuchi Sakamoto & Alva Noto
DEAF DUMB BLIND / Pharoah Sanders
PODCASTS
THIS PAST WEEKEND – THEO VON / Bill Burr
WTF – MARC MARON/ Katt Williams
READING
THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING / Rick Rubin
WAX POETICS / Issue 4, Vol. 2 – Don Cherry
SUN RA: ART ON SATURN /
Irwin Chusid & Chris Reisman
ART & DESIGN
JOHN LAUTNER
ELLSWORTH KELLY
TV & FILM
THE LAST OF US / S1 (HBO)
SUCCESSION / S1 (HBO)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA
I WAS THERE (Jean Michel Basquiat) (Vice)
MUSIC
REFRACT / Jason Moran, Marcus Gilmore, and Blankfor.ms
SMOKE STACK / Andrew Hill
GEMINI RIGHTS / Steve Lacy
Y-OTIS 2 / Otis Sandsjö
OWL SONG / Ambrose Akinmusire
PODCASTS
THIS PAST WEEKEND – THEO VON / Ep 446 Malcolm Gladwell
BROKEN RECORD with RICK RUBIN / S6 E72 Ben Gibbard
READING
A DESIGNER’S ART / Paul Rand
A LOOK AT ARCHITECTURE: COLUMBUS, INDIANA / Paul Rand
CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART / Wassily Kandinsky
ART & DESIGN
PAUL RAND
TV & FILM
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (Netflix)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
CHANNEL 5 NEWS / The People’s Convoy (YouTube)
MUSIC
THE THING TO DO / Blue Mitchell
THE CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT / Alice Coltrane
OPUS / Ryuichi Sakamoto
PRACTICE TAPES VOL. 1 / Bill Evans
LIVE AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM / Exploding Star Orchestra
READING
POP ART: OBJECT AND IMAGE / Christopher Finch
THE VIGNELLI CANNON / Massimo Vignelli
WAX POETICS: THE JAZZ ISSUE / No. 34
PODCASTS
CRIME TOWN, SEASON 2 / Detroit
LINER NOTES with DAVID BIXLER / S5E2 – Gerald Cannon
WTF with MARC MARON / E1475 – Les Claypool & Marc Ribot
ART & DESIGN
JIMMY TURRELL
ROB MAZUREK
TV & FILM
HELVETICA (Vimeo)
PRESUMED INNOCENT (Apple+)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING / S4 (Hulu)
MUSIC
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL / Dean Blunt
REFLECTIONS OF MONK / Gary Bartz
THE END (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Joshua Schmidt
HONEY FROM A WINTER STONE / Ambrose Akinmusire
READING
THE WORK OF ART: HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING / Adam Moss
THE END OF PRINT: The Grafik Design of David Carson / David Carson
PODCASTS
POD SAVE AMERICA / E981 – Trump’s War on the US Government
THE SEVERENCE PODCAST S2 / Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
ART & DESIGN
OLAFUR ELIASSON
AVANT GARDE MAGAZINE
TV & FILM
DEAR KELLY / Channel 5 News
WHITE LOTUS / S3 (Apple+)
SILO, Season 2 (Apple +)