A Minha Menina

Not sure if you've heard, but there's some football* going on in Brazil. This has given my radio station of choice, BBC 6 Music, the opportunity to go nuts for South American music. One of my favourites is this 1968 tune, A Minha Menina by Os Mutantes, a trio from Brazil. The song title translates as My Girl and it was covered (in its original Portuguese) by UK band, The Bees. This is the original mated, by a fan, with a repetitive, but quite intoxicating video. Enjoy. G

*Soccerball for our North American readers.

Emilio Scoto

Madder than trying to get an XR1200 airbourne. Emilio Scotto chose a Gold Wing to travel around the world, visiting 279 countries (I guess that must be most of them). The 500,000 miles only took him 10 years. This book looks like something you would find in the bargain bin in Woolworths (I got it as a birthday present from my brother, so it probably was), but its worthy. He makes Messrs McGregor and Boorman look like mollycoddled twats. A perfect turkey abuse come-down. Be humbled. Be inspired.
BP