Interlude: Bjork and PJ Get It On

Thanks to FB friend Amy for turning me on to this... it instantly became my fave version of this tune, beating out the Stones, Devo, certainly trumping Britney, and even the love of my life Otis Redding. Sorry Otis, this version has your guts but adds The Tension Of Getting No Satisfaction.

Interlude: cinder blocks and slide guitar

Of all the world's music, and I love (almost) all of it, I love the South African I'm-gonna-act-happy-in-your-face defiant love, and the rhythmic mash-up of it, and the melodic lilt of it. This woman in her 5th-hand clothes and her hard-tack life, just made my Western day.

Interlude: Playing. Life. Change. Ah, AfReeCahhh

"The Playing For Change Foundation is building a new music school in the Village of Kirina, Mali. Kirina is a village of musicians, some of whom can trace their musical ancestry back over 75 generations! In this very special episode West African music legend Baaba Maal and friends perform for the village elders in honor of the new "Playing For Life" music school that is just beginning construction."