Four stringed salvation
If you don’t have evening plans, well, the Flip Flops – that’s me and a buncha guys – are the opening entertainment at Gay Bingo tonight at the West Seattle Senior Center – it’s a fund raiser for the center. We’re a real combo, we have a drummer and a bass player and everything. I’m …
Why is this guy so happy? It should be pretty obvious. Take a look at what he’s holding. He’s just won the G-String Ukulele raffled off at Dusty Strings’ Uke Fest Concert. It’s nice to see someone win who really appreciates the prize and this novice uke slinger seemed a little overcome by the gift. …
Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I have no pretense of being any GOOD at this. It’s just to show you that any @#$%*& can play the uke. Even me. I ain’t fishing for compliments, neither. [tags]Pink Floyd, ukulele[/tags]
This weekend is Folklife Weekend in Seattle. If you find yourself craving that certain musical combination of nerdiness, mixed ethnicity, and crunch, Folklife is for you! Folklife is also a big event for the good people of the Seattle Ukulele Player’s Association – a large contingent shows up to play and it’s a Good Time. …
Yo, hot stuff. You’re not going to the Portland Ukulele Festival or the No. Cal Ukulele Festival or the San Diego Ukulele Festival or the New York Uke Fest in the same old uke gear that everyone else is wearing, are you? Duh, of course not. You’re going in a Uke Angel T-Shirt from Nerd’s …
It’s possible I overdid it. I might even have a little bit of a ukulele hangover, if such a thing exists. My hands are a little stiff, my right shoulder complaining. That because I spent the better part of Saturday afternoon sexing up the chord progressions for Aaron Neville’s “Tell it like it is.” I …