Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Minor Thing"

I change the key from C to D, from D to E, from E to G and back to C, now sing with me, you've got to see... sorry... getting carried away. As you were.

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Willie Nelson, "A Song for You" (Live)

I don't necessarily want to roll from disaster to disaster each week, but I also don't want to avoid them just sticking my head in the sand.

I was thinking about the storms and tornadoes in Oklahoma this past week. Of course, that leads to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." I'm always partial to Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's version, but I also like Willie. Luckenbach, Tx, isn't all the close to Oklahoma, but it's a lot closer than I am.

In the end I went with "A Song for You" because "Rainbow" seemed a bit trite.

Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers, "The Last Mile of the Way"

OPEN REQUEST SUNDAY: Abba, "The Winner Takes It All"

Here are everyone's favorite Swedes with their timeless classic, which earwormed its way into Gustavo's head this last Week. Enjoy!

Paul Simon with Phoebe Snow and the Jesse Dixon Singers, "Gone at Last"

The Futrell Boys, "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson cover)

Randomly stumbled across these kids. They're awesome... especially the 11-year-old when he says "Old School." Enjoy.

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Palueigyi, "Burmese Flute"

The inimitable, incorrigible Peter Jordan: 

We had the first Burmese presidential visit to the USA in over 45 years this week. I'm not sure he deserved the welcome, but I do know that engagement usually works a lot faster than embargo.

Musically we've got a flute-like Burmese instrument. I don't have a good ear or any particular knowledge, but I suspect traditional Burmese instruments (like Thai instruments) are tuned with seven steps to an octave instead of eight (or something like that). This makes it impossible to play Burmese music on normally tuned Western instruments and vice versa. The sum total of my ethnomusicology knowledge comes from a single lecture I attended in the early 90's because of a girlfriend, so I may be full of... 

Who knows, I mostly made that up from stuff I might remember or maybe just dreamed, but Burma has a way of doing that to people. I have read Burmese Days by Orwell at least twice.

The Beatles, "Here Comes the Sun"

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De La Soul, "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays""

Well, unfortunately GoogaMooga was cancelled due to inclement weather yesterday. The worst part? No De La Soul! So here's a small consolation prize... five days early. Enjoy!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Despair"

To mark their appearance tonight at Great GoogaMooga, I'm thrilled to present another stellar offering from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' latest album, Mosquito. After a few listens, I think this is the early frontrunner for my favorite song on the album. Can't wait to hear it live. Enjoy. Or despair. Or enjoy despairingly!

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Carabao, "Wa Ni Pok"

This week's selection from Peter Jordan...

Nothing's much grabbing me this week, so we're doing one close to home.  These guys are huge in Thailand, been around for years and years.  

Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Scar Tissue"

Danny Fong, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme" (A cappella cover)

Happy belated birthday, to my younger brother, who's just as dorky as I am.

Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks" (Soul Train)

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Midnight Oil, "Mountains of Burma"

Once again, Mr. Peter Jordan. The opinions and commentary expressed below are his and his alone. Enjoy.

Our faithful blogger has called me a "self-acclaimed music aficionado and news junkie." Today I plan to destroy any delusions of musical taste, self-acclaimed or otherwise.

I am feeling Australia today. My shallow knowledge of Aussie music is INXS, Kylie Minogue, and Midnight Oil.  I don't feel that "Locomotion" has enough international vibe, so Midnight Oil it is. As you listen imagine that big ugly bald dude dancing like he's making a sick joke about disabled persons.

Note: I nearly destroyed my copy of "Blue Sky Mining" in middle school from overplay. Thank God I'm not in middle school anymore.

Beastie Boys, "The Sounds of Science"

Saturday marked one year since the passing of Adam Yauch, aka MCA. From Paul's Boutique, here's the under-appreciated, idiosyncratic, accelerating "The Sounds of Science." Enjoy.

Aerosmith, "Cryin'"

Welcome to '90s Throwback Friday here at Tuna Day. Enjoy!
 

Kris Kross, "Jump"

RIP, Mac Daddy.

WORLDWIDE WEDNESDAY: Brett Dennen, "I Asked When"

Peter Jordan presents... 

Dear listeners,

I am seriously under the weather.  As such, I am completely mailing it in this week.  This song isn't really specific to anything, just general bleeding heart politics.  (I couldn't find a song about children bringing germs home from daycare.)