Happy Cinco de Mayo

Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 05.05.08 | 1:07 PM ET

It’s White-People’s-Excuse-to-Let-Loose Day! (Or, if you’re NPR, it’s your excuse to go completely loco and play some Nortec Collective.)

Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.

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