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34 years ago Friday the man affectionately known as the Afghan Elvis and the King of Afghan music, was assassinated. Here's the saddest part about the death of  Ahmad Zahir; not only was he shot dead by his best friend but it happened on his birthday.

Radio M takes you around the world without you having to deal with baggage claim, body scans, delays and bad in flight movies.

Wow, here we are, the last day of May!

Where does the time go? That's the question that came to mind after Chicago Reader music writer Peter Margasak emailed me earlier this week informing me that last Friday was the third Friday of the month and he was supposed to be in for his monthly hit of new releases.

It's oldies night on Radio M! One of the great turns in global music in the last few years are the numerous re-issues of wonderful sounds from the past thanks to all those crate diggers around the world.

Who out there is familiar with the Frisian language? Honestly I'd never heard of it until I received the latest album from Dutch artist Nynke Laverman.

Last year around this time, listeners called into my other show on WBEZ called the Morning Shift for a Cinco de Mayo grito throw down.