It Should Always Be About Culture (Never Cults)

"Bali Hai" - Juanita Hall (as "Bloody Mary")

From the 20th Century-Fox Film South Pacific (1958)



"At The River" - Groove Armada

("If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, quaint little villages here and there.")



"Shanghai Shuffle" - The Fletcher Henderson Orchestra

Featuring Louis Armstrong (1924)

The Macho Response: Yma Sumac (1922-2008)

"I made good music and made happy, their hearts."

-- Yma Sumac, the amazing 5 octave Peruvian singer of the '50s, who (though it seems impossible) died today, with an announcement on yma-sumac.com.

There are some egos no one dares to suggest should be abandoned, with such a phenomenal talent they can't help but live in-your-face, representing: