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Today I checked out Damon Albarn's cultural radar highlights! If you don't know him, Damon is the lead singer in Blur and co-founder of Gorillaz, so, he's a very cool guy -being a musician myself, I can say how difficult it is to write song like his. He posted about film, theatre, a book, an exhibition and about music, along with a curious app.  Reading his post on The Guardian, I can't help but notice his interest on particular things like this cellphone app called "Djembeföla" that breaks down west African percussive ensembles with its polyrythmics part or his arrival to a Palestinian restaurant because they serve a special kind of tea, it shows he's a particular individual. I also love how he pictured Duke Ellington's work and the growth along all those of playing didn't stop the Duke to stop experimenting and it kind of reminds me to Damon's figure nowadays, he just doesn't stop going forward. 

I haven't been to many concerts, I’m sure I’ve gone more to independent artist’s gigs such as jazz gigs or indie/alternative. But one of the greatest shows I’ve ever seen as a youngster is Jamiroquai’s. It was one of the very first concerts in my life and I hope I can add more as the years go by, this time I went with my aunt, a cousin and my dad to Movistar Arena. This concert was special because they've just released a new album called "Automaton" in Mar ch of 2017, and after a long tour the band arrived in Chile in December of the same year.   It's my dad's fault that I love this band so much. It's his favorite band too and he has a CD collection of all the older albums that I've been claiming as mine because I'm the one that uses the CD player more often. If you don't know this band, I recommend it a lot -- It's fun, funky and very groovy with some of the greatest musicians there are. I personally like some of the old records like "