Blog: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

Summer in my inner city neighborhood means lots of music streaming from neighbors' backyards, car windows and the nearby little league field. I don't mind the conflicting soundtracks, but the generic quality gets me down. In proper WFMU fashion, I want something more rarefied than the generic salsa beat. Yesterday I got it. Sitting in my mini patch of shade, eating elotes and tacos that we bought up at the corner, I heard the sweet strains of an old Cuban rumba. That intersection of good food and good sounds made me so very happy. Later in [...]