I got lost tonight and wasted a lot of time, so I’m dead, too. I’ll let Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes talk instead.

| Liquid Liquid : Cavern

| The Atlantic Selects : Beware the Skull and Bone Gang

I thought I would shake things up a bit and use a New York Times “Op-Doc” and pair it with the masked revellers from the Venice Carnevale, as both a play on “baby doll” plastic faces and a juxtaposition between two cultures.

| LaBelle : Lady Marmalade

| New York Times : You Can't Stop Spirit

I have to admit to becoming a bit verklempt while researching this series, off and on, and unexpectedly.

| Professor Longhair : Big Chief

| Treme : S04E07 - Indians Part 3

It’s important to catch the Creole-African vibe of New Orleans Carnival, especially at the beginning, now.

| Bow Wow Wow : I Want Candy

| IKO IKO the DIXIE CUPS TV version

Shh! The Befana may still be hanging out!

| The Meters : Hey Pocky a-Way

| Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama Collaboration

Paradoxes and conundrums. What does it mean to “desire enlightenment”?

| Manfred Mann's Earth Band : Blinded by the Light

| Kate Bush : Suspended in Gaffa

Americans, especially, seem to think that the more isolated they are, the happier they will be, but, like so many unquestioned premises of the American Dream, the very opposite is true.

| Yes : Roundabout

| The Animals : "House Of The Rising Sun" on The Ed Sullivan Show

No one’s listening anyway.

| Fun Boy Three : Our Lips are Sealed (Urdu Version)

| 404 Zero : i

Bonjour e auguri for the New Year. I hope yours is out of this world.

| The Dining Rooms : Bonjour

| Lord Huron : Products of the Universe with Marsha Tanley