American heritage --- part of Peace Corps is the chance to share what it means to be from the USofA. This is hard because when you try to pin it down, it's a slippery thing.

This week I've heard again and again some older songs from the Midnight Special and from Soul Train. So go to YouTube, relive those moments (that maybe happened before you were born... )




Al Green - Here I Am



The Ohio Players on Midnight Special

And this is maybe my No1 favorite video ever, because it does this exact same thing.



Dani California -RHCP

YouTube gave me some ''suggestions'', and you click on them and these are two amazing ones I found.





And lastly, not leastly, this is our heritage, too - and a damn great (and fun) part of it, too.



Tito Puente and Marc Anthony @ the Garden in NYC, where the traditional smashed into jazz and made this new, and crazy thing-- especially Puente, those old salsa discs are so hard, and the harmonies so jagged and brutal, but it's thrilling to listen to because the rhythms propel you-- it's like becoming hypnotized and finding yourself trying to survive and keep up with it.


Man, TV used to be so cool -- have a good night!