This week's first wave of ten-minute pieces with guests talking about musical passions with a KCRW on-air host includes Conan O'Brien, John Cusack, Saffron Burrows, Garth Jennings and Jason Reitman. Lined up for the future are Kelly Slater, Padma Lakshmi, Neil LaBute, Danny Devito, Stacy Peralta and others. There's a website.

LAO on KCRW: My weekly commentary airing at 4:44 pm wishes Mayor Villaraigosa luck trying to sell recycled sewage water to the populace.