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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* The beauty and power of Wadada Leo Smith‘s words, and not just his music. (Courtesy: Personal Experience)

* Ballet (still) has political power. (Courtesy: Rachel Donadio and Roslyn Sulcas/NYT)

* The experience of seeing the Northern and Southern Lights from space. (Courtesy: DK)

* Mozambique will be the fastest-growing African market for high-net-worth individuals during the next decade. Although, we’ll see how things work out given the coming loan crisis. (Courtesy: Maryanne Maina/African Business)

Album Reviews

1—–>3—–>5
Terrible—>Fantastic

5

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Messiaen, Olivier and Jennifer Bate – La Nativite du Seigneur, Le Banquet Celeste
Messiaen, Olivier and Paul Jacobs – Livre du Saint Sacrement
JLin – Dark Energy
Ekoplekz – Reflekzionz
Kaufmann, Jonas – Nessun Dorma – The Puccini Album
Berta, Ales – Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 – Brahms: Prelude and Fugue

3
Acre – Better Strangers
Ekoplekz – Four Track Mind
JME – Integrity

2
Paranoid London – Paranoid London

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Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* DVR users’ commercial skip rates, which vary primarily by time of show (e.g., primetime, daytime). (Courtesy: Thomas Rogers on Bloomberg Radio)

* About 98 percent of Bitcoin transactions occur off the blockchain (Courtesy: a16z Podcast)

* Tap music developed out of American slavery, an outgrowth from Irish and West African dancing. Ella Fitzgerald’s Apollo debut was going to be a tap dance, but she decided to sing at the last minute out of nerves. (Courtesy: Harper’s review of What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing)

* Smarties are vegan. (Courtesy: NYT)