Among the things I learned this week:
* There are less than 10 full-time classical critics on the staffs of US newspapers. (Courtesy: Alex Ross/New Yorker)
* Orson Welles was a fan of Taxi. (Courtesy: Boing Boing)
* A conversation between William F. Buckley and Grouch Marx is not nearly as interesting as expected. (Courtesy: Personal Experience)
Among the things I learned this week:
* Felled and properly laid trees can stop tanks. (Courtesy: War is Boring)
* Fake wine is a significant issue in the wine world. (Courtesy: Kate Krader/Bloomberg)
* Flying’s nine freedoms. (Courtesy: Paul McClean and Alex Barker/FT)
* Contrary to an earlier Things I Learned this Week post, Brazil does not ban coffee imports. (Courtesy: Joseph Leahy and Emiko Terazono/FT)
1—–>3—–>5
Terrible—>Fantastic
5
Tribe Called Quest, A – We got it from here…Thank You 4 Your Service
4
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
MIA – MAYA
MIA – Matangi
Robinson, Frederic – Flea Waltz
Lamar, Kendrick – untitled unmastered
Lamar, Kendrick – To Pimp a Butterfly
3
Weeknd, The – Starboy
Sey, Seinabo – Pretend
Dirty Projectors – Dirty Projectors
2
Banks & Steelz – Anything but Words
1