Aboriginal traditional. Nordic folk. Indonesian pop. And my personal favorite genre of music to make it through another Tuesday ... Uzbek sozandas. National Geographic is offering all of the above and more than 21,000 songs from 116 countries for purchase on its new "World Music" Web site.

This being National Geographic, you can also learn all you want about the genres, countries and musicians on the site. Each song downloads in MP3 format and costs 99 cents. Fifty percent of that goes straight to the musicians. Check it out at http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com.

— Derek Paiva

MEET HAWAI'I'S HISTORY MAKERS

Get the inside scoop on historic figures such as James Kekela, the first Hawaiian to be ordained a minister, and Queen Ka'ahumanu at the Mission Houses Museum's new History Makers of Hawai'i walking tour. Museum staff people take groups around the capitol area, making the past come alive through stories about 19th- and 20th-century Honolulans.

Tours are 10 a.m.-noon Fridays and cost $25. Reservations are a must; call 531-0481, ext. 16, 17 or 33. Tips: Bring a bottle of water, and after the tour, catch the free Royal Hawaiian Band concert at 'Iolani Palace.

— Advertiser staff

FINAL WORD

"This isn't a political film. Global warming isn't a political issue. It's about survival."

Al Gore | on the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," in which he stars, in Time magazine