Daily Bafflements

• Via David Grann and Laughing Squid, a map of record stores around the world.

• According to this depressing infographic from Masters In Accounting, Wall Street firms gave out $26.7 billion in bonuses in 2013, up 15 percent from the previous year.

• “To Break Even in Seattle Art, Your Paintings Have to Be Made in China”–an art exhibit in Seattle shines a light on “cheap Chinese art labor.”

• “Corporate Time Equivalents” explained, by Marco Kaye: “Quick chat” = 48 minutes; “Let’s revisit this later” = never shall we speak of this again.