My dumb and probably pretentious brain

Driving home listening to NPR like a good jerk in his mid-40's, I hear news stories everyday and have these associations:

1. When I hear the Syrian city of Aleppo mentioned, I always think of the title of the Nabokov story "That In Aleppo Once."  Sorry.

2.  Now that Mali is in the news, I think of that Damon Albarn Mali Music record and this song comes into my head every time.  EVERY time: