June 19ths

6/19/1886, Saturday

Quinn Chapel for freedom commemoration, freedom to gather. Then a bit of fishing on the breakwater—pulled in six before the sun touched the horizon. Something about the rhythm of casting and waiting settles the mind. Old timer at the pier claimed he'd seen Buffalo Bill's show. "Real cowboys," he said, "not like these city folk pretending. [More]

Song idea abstracted from this entry:

 

From the June 19, 1930 entry by Edward Weston in his Daybooks:

Fog has lifted—brilliant sun. This provides the happy accident of shadows cast upon the work. After a walk on the beach, he begins a new series of photographs... 

 Short Strings: 

Carmel (Short Strings) 6-19-1930 by meta4s

Eventually became a Shortet. It's interesting how you go from a foggy Carmel California to a tornado in Kansas just by contextualizing it with an image.

_ 

6/19/1998

Sitting by Turning Basin by river and lake, my favorite spot, soaking in the maximum sun on the evening of the summer solstice. High angle of the sun this time of year makes all the colors seem more vibrant.

50th anniversary of the LP. It was the LP that made it possible to write longer pieces. We’ll probably look back 50 years from now and say that the CD and sampling made copying easier.

[6/19/2025: AI-generated music allows us to make a whole album of songs on one set of lyrics, or variations on them–something we couldn’t do before without actually re-writing and re-recording them].     

6/19/2010

Soundwalk: AI Garden-Michigan Avenue to River