PAVUNA SADDAM HUSSEIN

Listen to PAVUNA SADDAM HUSSEIN by As Melhores Do La.

This one is very 2005. I don't know what a "Pavuna Saddam Hussein" is..."Pavuna" is supposedly a rough neighborhood in Rio. Maybe they were trying to tell us where Saddam was hiding before he found his spider hole.

KO-WO, KO-WO

Listen to KO-WO, KO-WO by Cachao.

I think I picked up this song by the late Cachao on the recommendation of Damon Albarn about ten years ago. Funny, I doubt he even remembers hearing this song, much less listing it in some interview somewhere. (Is it still on the internet? Why, yes it is!)

I also remember that Corbett didn't like this song, but you can't please everybody. I'm happy with it, and a little disappointed I've never heard any other of Cachao's tracks that are this hypnotic. Must try harder.

MER DU JAPON

Listen to MER DU JAPON by Air.

Shiny.

EI MORI ROUJKE

Listen to EI MORI ROUJKE by Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares.

In honor of Mr. Berbatov's goal today (not really, but you have to introduce these songs some way) (by the way, apparently it's pronounced ber-BA-tov by Bulgarians), here is a short beautiful piece by the "spine chilling" Mysterious Voices of Bulgaria.

BAPIKEK BALAM

Listen to BAPIKEK BALAM by Samsimar.

I first heard Samsimar on an "I Love Music" project back in maybe 2005. That made me put a compilaton called "Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra" on my wish list, where it stuck around for a year or two. I think I eventually got it at Christmas from someone who must've thought it would be perversely funny to gift such an obscure-sounding title.

This isn't an Indian raga by any stretch, but there's a droniness about it that make you think about how repetitive most pop music is (by design, and to good purpose). If you can get away with it, play it really loud, and it starts to sound funky.

AIN'T IT FUNKY NOW (PART TWO)

Listen to AIN'T IT FUNKY NOW (PART TWO) by James Brown.

Well, ain't it?

Hey...Hey you...COOme-here... ...hey you...llooky here...can you play that thang..can you play that thang...nowgimme a little taste.make you melt ... heh... let it oooze out... ...huh-huh...maceo...bring it in... ...g-god...good god...heh heh... ... ...mmake it funky... ... hehhah.... haha... ...say Jabo...brother... do you like it... ... do you like it... ...good god... ...do you like it... ... huhhaHA hmhm.... hey ......ehehehehehehehe...mm..m. brother... ....MACEO QUIT THAT NOISE OVER THERE... take it down...LET ME CONCENTRATE...heh...bring it down...good god...kush... heh...fred.heavy...play kush part fred so I can let kush solo... ... ... . . . .. ...kushyououghttabeashamed of yourselfleave that lilhorn alone...hhuh...good god... huh...be quiet....heh...let me get in my thang ... heh...mmmheuh...hh...nnnnhuh...HAAA...googod....

Credits:

Richard "Kush" Griffith - trumpet
Joe Davis - trumpet
Fred Wesley - trombone
Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
Eldee Williams - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Nolen - guitar
Alphonso "Country" Kellum - guitar
"Sweet" Charles Sherrell - bass
John "Jabo" Starks - drums

JUST A MOMENT

Listen to JUST A MOMENT by George Danquan.

Today, we have music. And a photo. No words, but music. And a photo. Tomorrow is a new day.