Pandora Doth Betray Me

I like Pandora. It's a cool way to create your own radio station, based on your previous music choices. Sometimes it will surprise you, coming up with stuff you might not have thought of, and in music, surprises can often be good things. But Gloria Trevi? "Estrella de la Manana"? Apparently the bastard love child of my penchant for electronica and Ely Guerra. And the less said about the time Pandora offered up a Hillary Duff tune, the better. (She has albums? Who knew? I think I'm in the wrong demographic.) On that note, I offer a couple of my favorite Ely Guerra tunes - two fairly different ones that show off her versatility:
De La Calle

Peligro

Me and Martha

No deep thoughts, as I'm still prepping for the party - I'm a whole lot more prepared than I usually am at this point - still, I imagine things will get pretty hectic in, oh, about three hours. For your listening pleasure, Cesaria Evora in a live version of "Sodade." The album version of this song is, I think, my very favorite piece of music. It ain't bad live, either.

Goin' to a Garden Party...

Or something like that - light posting today. I have a bunch of people coming over tomorrow for dinner, and, well, I'm not as prepared as Martha would be right now. So for your amusement, may I suggest the song stylings of George W. Bush:

Friday Night Random 10

Justified!

1. Zeca Pagodinho - "Severina Xique-Xique"
2. Niyaz - "Ghazal"
3. Peter Gabriel - "Washing of the Waters"
4. Julieta Venegas - "Todo inventamos"
5. Oswaldo Montenegro - "Olhar de tela"
6. Seal - "Don't Cry"
7. Lyle Lovett - "I know you know"
8. Conjunto Jardin - "La bruja"
9. Liz Phair - "Fantasize"
10. KLF - "Justified and Ancient"

Friday Night Random Ten

From the 200 CD Changer (I'm behind the times):

1. Dar Williams - "Another Mystery"
2. Wynton Marsalis - "The Song is You"
3. Curve - "Galaxy"
4. Ozomatli - "Eva"
5. Scottish Ensemble - J.S. Bach Concerto for Violin in E major (Allegro assai)
6. U2 - "Sunday Bloody Sunday (live)"
7. The Mavericks (w/ Trisha Yearwood) - "Something Stupid"
8. Squeeze - "King George Street"
9. Terence Trent d'Arby - "I'll Never Turn My Back on You"
10. Cheik Lo - "N'Dokh"

What, nothing Brazilian?