Cafe Aman

Not to raise our hopes too high...

Via Vijay, a  remembrance and perhaps an intimation of what might be very soon:

Jazz on the White House lawn

(And is it any surprise that George Wein organized the whole thing?) 

Hear that?

It's the sound of something awesome. (Barbie interruptions aside.)

May Miriam Makeba's Memory be Eternal...

...so much of her music already is.

You'll actually have to go to YouTube for this 1966 TV performance of "Khawuleza," but it's worth it. Another one, from the same session:

No words.

Even at this late hour. See you tomorrow. But in meantime, check out these amazing images courtesy of the Huffington Post

Hey--so nice to see you here. It's always a pleasure when you stop by. But shouldn't you go vote instead?

Lots of congas.

The pendulum is swinging wildly: from minute to minute, I'm either wildly relieved to not be in the US during these last hours of the campaign, or I'm still obsessively clicking through polls  online.

Either way, this Doonesbury cartoon works for me, especially since I'm here in Spain for WOMEX: