As you probably know by now (if you've been following Newstalgia and the Roundtable for any length of time), I am a huge fan of the Experimental/Progressive/alternative 90's band Suarez from Argentina. They have since broken up and gone separate ways with former lead singer Rosario Blefari launching a successful solo career, as well as acting career and is heavily involved in activism.

Her solo material is wonderful, and I've been featuring it over the past several months. But every so often I'm reminded of the earlier stuff, the Suarez stuff, and it takes me right back to the place I first heard them and the reason why they have been one of my favorite bands ever since - together or not.

Tonight it's Desmaya, a track that didn't wind up on any of their own albums, but rather included in a compilation album with several other bands from Argentina.

A casual reminder the world of music is vast and the discoveries are endless. Don't be shortchanged by mainstream radio - hit the browse button and see where it takes you.

Another day of contrasts, this February 27th in 1960. News of the day reported President Eisenhower arriving in Buenos Aires, Argentina on his tour of South America. Crowds were enthusiastic on the whole in Argentina, save for earlier incidents of riots and flag burning protests the night before. All was swept neatly under the carpet by parade time.

The big news from Buckingham Palace was Princess Margaret and photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones were engaged to be married. Since Britain loves a good wedding, the whole country got excited when word got out.

Not such exciting upbeat news from the border of Lebanon and Israel where UAR troops were massed on the border and grumblings from Syria and Egypt that trouble was just hours away.

Meanwhile, back home. The Senate was heading into its 11th day of debate over the Civil Rights Bill with observations that the debate would go on continuously for weeks, only taking time out for Sundays.

Speaking of Civil Rights, Lunchcounter demonstrations were back in the news again in the South with promises of more on the way.

From the Red Scare/Cold War Department - Pentagon think tanks were reporting the possibility of a new more deadly missile system being developed by Moscow. The GRBM (Global Range Ballistic Missile) system was capable of a 10-15,000 mile range hitting just about anywhere in the world and that our defense system just wasn't up to the task of warning us in time. More nerves. Charges were also being leveled in some circles that Communism was rampant in U.S. Churches, particularly the Protestants. That one raise a few eyebrows.

And if all that weren't enough, Government buildings in Washington were the target of a veritable cloud of Pigeons and Starlings, bent on screeching and crapping on every ledge around Capitol Hill. The problem was so bad it prompted legislators to appropriate funds to install electric ledges to ward off the Aviary miscreants. All living things are capable of editorial opinions, it seems.

And so went this slice of life for February 27th 1960 as reported on the NBC World News Roundup