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Friday, July 11, 2008

Cara-Mac Price to Rise?

The 50th State's macadamia nut harvest is down 38% over last year. Auwe!

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/07/07/daily50.html

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Incredible Shrinking Island

O'ahu's population goes down for the first time in 7 years.

http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=15329

When Woodie Met Bob

What would have happened if Woodie Guthrie and Bob Wills had met?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/spot/article.aspx?articleID=20080710_270_D6_WOYGTR112276

Jazz drummer Bobby Durham, who actually started out playing with doo-wop legends The Orioles as a teenager and later played with such jazz legends as Lionel Hampton and Count Basie and was Ella Fitzgerald's drummer for 10 years, left the building on July 6.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:09fexqqjldje~T1

Makaha Sons Northeast Tour

Uncle Moon, Uncle John and Uncle Jerome, better known as The Makaha Sons, will make a return visit to New Hampshire in September, and will also be playing at the Triad in New York City.

Their opener for this tour will be the very talented Daniel Ho, who won a Grammy for his part in assembling (and playing on) the "Legends of Slack Key" albums.

Buy tickets here! Or, "Be there, Aloha!"

http://www.sharleneoshiro.com/makahasons/eastcoast.html

Thursday Music Digest

Punk rock's 10 mightiest guitar gods:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/punk_rocks_10_mightiest_guitar_gods.html?200807100731

Guitar Legends Tour

http://www.guitarjamdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1666&Itemid=73

Keef Richards a Vampire?

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i37985

Preview of the WC Handy Blues Fest...

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080710/NEWS/807100327/-1/searchxml

The return of Les Paul's godson, Steve Miller:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08192/895942-42.stm

And more on 22 year young New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty...

http://www.projo.com/music/content/wk-trombone_shorty_07-10-08_6CAPSG3_v10.2ba0552.html

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Software Millionaire Goes Missing

Steven Thomas, the creator of WebRoot Software (who make Spy Sweeper and Window Washer), has disappeared on O'ahu. He was last seen at a hotel in Waikiki, although he and his wife own a home in Lanikai (the exclusive little burg next to Kailua).

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS06/807090399/1010/LOCALNEWSFRONT

"Looks Tasty!"

A tour of regional hot dogs...

http://www.seriouseats.com/eating_out/2008/07/america-regional-hot-dog-styles-coneys-half-smokes-reds-whites.html?ref=se-bb1

More on the Eruption

Webcam, updated every 15 minutes.

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cam/

And more from our friends at Hawaii Magazine:

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2008/7/9/100_foot_burst_Kilauea_volcano_magma_meets_ocean

Hoboken Ferry

Back in the days when we lived on Governors Island, we could see the famous "Hoboken Ferry" make its daily crossings of the Hudson River between New Jersey and lower Manhattan. This was as I recall run by one of the railroads, and stopped running in 1967. The Coast Guard bought one of the boats and used it briefly on the Governors Island run.

After 22 years, ferry service between Hoboken and NYC resumed, and for one day only on July 26th, a boat will make a day trip from Ho-Ho to GI:

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2008/07/free_ferry_to_governors_island.html