Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* Sofia is old–it dates to before 7th century BC–and there is evidence of its history strewn all about the city. (Courtesy: EZ and Sofia)

* Bulgarians know the last-clap game. (Courtesy: Crowd at a National Opera and Ballet performance)

* The interpretive variety and latitude of ballet performances is vast, the details of which I learn more and more about as I continue to explore. (Courtesy: Joan Acocella’s Dance Notes about Swan Lake in The New Yorker)

* Computer-guided matchmaking dates to at least the 1960s. (Courtesy: Nick Paumgarten’s The New Yorker article Looking for Someone).

Album Reviews

1——>3—–>5
Terrible—–>Fantastic

5
Kills, The – Blood Pressures

4
Black Angels, The – Passover
Galaxie 500 – On Fire
Howling Bells – Liberation
Galaxie 500 – This is Our Music
Galaxie 500 – Today

3

2

1

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* The Amen Break‘s waveform has peak intervals that fit the golden ratio. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)

* This past week’s experience is that it is increasingly common for Web sites to not discuss and/or provide options for deleting one’s account. (Courtesy: Various service-oriented Web sites)

* Towns in Appalachia are passing fracking bans. (Courtesy: Local Media)