Stardust on 'ukulele

Abe Lagrimas, Jr.'s rendition of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" kills me. I've just finished my own version, which is lame by comparison. Ah, well, back to the fretboard.

uke/drums: Abe Lagrimas, Jr.
guitar/bass: Alden Tokuzato

Killing IE popup ads

Here's a URL that checks for ad parasites. Unfortunately, it only works if you are running Internet Explorer. These parasites may be causing you to get unwanted popup ads. MyPCTuneup has a free tool to remove ad parasites. Handy stuff.

Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World

Interesting article in the SF Gate about Bruddah Iz's most famous recording, on his Facing Future CD. It's a marvelous arrangement of these old chestnuts - Iz changed the chords, the lyrics and the rhythm, all subtly and effectively.

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole played a vintage Martin tenor ukulele, as shown in this photograph. The "Gabby" mentioned at the start of the song is doubtless referring to Gabby Pahinui, the great Hawaiian slack-key and steel guitar master.

Fugu in Los Angeles

Billy and friends eat fugu in L.A.. My old pal Billy B., Lisa, Pete and Dana all go out for some life-threatening sushi.

The Beatles

Song by song interpretation of the Beatles lyrics available at I Am The Beatles. Also have a look at What Goes On, the Beatles Anomalies List. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Did you hear Paul and Eric Clapton play at the Queen's Jubilee, televised last year? Sounded great to me.

Motorized unicycle

I'm glad it's just a styling concept vehicle.