Album Reviews

1——->3——->5
Terrible—->Fantastic

5
Callas, Maria – Tosca by Giacomo Puccini [1965]
Callas, Maria – Verdi Arias II [1963]
Callas, Maria – Verdi Arias III [1964 and 1969]
Trio Matamoros – Serie Immortales Todos Sus Exitos

4
Lydia Lunch – Lydia Lunch
DC Love Orchestra – Live at Twins Jazz
Tabor, June – Airs and Graces
Franklin, Aretha – Delta Meets Detroit, the: Aretha’s Blues

3
Cantuaria, Vinicius – Horse and Fish

2
Mon Khmer – Birthplace

1
Adams, Johnny – One Foot in the Blues
Whitley, Chris – Din of Ecstasy

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* What it’s like to survive the Ring Cycle. (Courtesy: The Met)

* Horse events continue to be fun. (Courtesy: Virginia Gold Cup)

* The history, evolution, and nuances involved in DPRK portraiture. (Courtesy: AsiaTimes)

* DPRK is joining the Paralympics. (Courtesy: Yonhap)

* Sri Lanka has tons of cool historic markers: oldest continuously documented tree, first female ruler in Asia, first dedicated hospital, and the oldest democracy in South Asia. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* Dropbox is a hot destination for Valley talent these days. Perplexing. (Courtesy: Valley insiders, let’s say)

* In India, deities can own property, but they are treated as minorities. (Courtesy: The New Yorker)

* La Muette de Portici‘s role in the formation, and fear of its role in the deformation, of Belgium. (Courtesy: The New Yorker)