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The Village Vanguard at Home
Make the living room a jazz club for one night: one lamp, a small table, two martinis and the Bill…
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Listening to Carrie & Lowell in the Dark
A quiet album for a quiet evening: Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell, the lights low, a calvados poured, and no…
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The Orchestra Tuning
The best sound in the hall comes before the first note: musicians tuning in the half-light while you sit beside…
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The Week at the Lounge, November 8
The first full week of the dark months ran from Vertigo and You’ve Got Mail to Portishead, Massive Attack and…
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The Bookstore Window at Dusk
Stop at a bookstore window after dark, decide whether to go in, and walk home together either way.
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The Mezzanine Midnight Drive
After midnight, put on Massive Attack’s Mezzanine and take the long way home, or nowhere at all.
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The Dress Rehearsal
Holiday dinners and first meetings run smoother when you practise the night before, gently, together.
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Songs of Leonard Cohen
A spare, intimate debut; play it at dusk, low, and let Suzanne and So Long, Marianne do their quiet work.
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The Debut at Dusk
At dusk, put on Leonard Cohen’s debut and talk about the first thing you ever loved.
