Today is a holiday in Australia and I’m using the time to finish a major project so I can start my next (few) projects! I also released episode 4 of my new podcast today. I’m listening to music so I can share it with you.
Podcast – Episode 4
My Episode 4 – Podcast – Letters from the Cape – Available now.
I discuss a common misconception that as “taxpayers” we provide the government with the necessary funds to be able to spend.
The idea that access to better government services and infrastructure needs to be offset by cuts in public spending and/or higher taxes is a fiction and prevents governments from taking necessary actions to address today’s grand challenges.
Music – Miles Davis
Here’s what I’ve been listening to this morning at work.
Concert in Aranjuez: Adagio – was the first track on the 1960 album – Sketches of Spain (Colombia) – Recorder – Miles Davis – in his
This piece is part of the concerto—— Concerts in Aranjuez – written by – Jocakin Rodrigo – 1939 classical guitar.
A notable part of the concerto is that Rodrigo is nearly blind and cannot play the guitar (he is a pianist).
While this is one of my favorite albums, and has been since I bought it in the early 1970s, music critics criticized it for not being jazzy enough.
Unfortunately, they missed the point.
Enough for today!
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