This just in

Somewhere along the China-Mongolia border, at this very minute, there is a young man who has brought his clan's yaks down from the high pasture, has finished his dinner and his chores and his homework. Next to his bed there is an old sprungneck guitar and a third-hand IBM 386 machine with a 2400 baud modem. Late at night while the family sleeps, he practices three chords over and over, waiting anxiously while an mp3 of Mona, played live in Crary Mills NY by the Radio Bob Band, slowly downloads over the ancient copper wire from his dial-up service in Ulan Bator. Behold the power of the Bo Diddley beat.