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!