December 2011
65 posts
4 tags
My Summary of Zimbabwe: Years of Hope and Despair... →
I got sick of reading books then forgetting everything I read as soon as I closed the book. So I’m attempting to write a bit of summary of each book when I’ve read it along with a few thoughts of my own.
This one is a summary of Philip Barclay’s book covering the 2008 election in Zimbabwe.
1 tag
3 tags
Benjamin Zephaniah: “I get angry when I hear the word...
– Declining a British honour - Wikipedia
2 tags
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
2 tags
elbowmarie asked: Hey Woodshed! just to clarify the illustration was by Robin Sewell.
3 tags
2 tags
2 tags
get-to-bed-birds:
get-to-bed-birds:
Darren - Allo Darlin’
baby you say you know
how these things work and how these things go
For the sake of consistency, this got to #5 so I’m reblogging it from myself since I actually did vote for it, yaaaayyyy.
Also it’s really good.
3 tags
4 tags
jsmooth995:
I love this Merrill Garbus video where she’s sharing some of her favorite Youtube clips from 2011, and I love it even more for the onslaught of thumbs down votes and “WTF who is this weird lady” comments it drew out of the Youtube denizens.
I’m pretty sure those thumbs down are from hardcore Awilo Longomba fans who thought Merrill’s dancing didn’t match up to the...
1 tag
bossa:
In My Time of Dying - For Ed
On my new cigar box ukulele, made for me by the amazing Ed Mann.
Happy Christmas, Ed, you wonderful human being!
2 tags
South African Musicians: "Yes, We Know It's... →
thingsisawthatilove:
Gundane said he hoped that his involvement with the song would turn him into an expert on British politics and economics in the same way ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ had turned Geldof and Bono into the world’s leading experts on Africa.
Also extremely important: this man’s name is Boomtown Gundane. BOOMTOWN.
Also: Gundane is ‘rats’ in Zulu.
1 tag
1 tag
Uke Hunt Podcast #12 →
bossa:
Happy fucking Christmas!
Alfred Williams - The Queen’s Rap
Uke’s Not Dead & Helen Arney - Just for Christmas
Thomas Oliver Jones - Gabriel
Sara Dennis & Gavin Wood - (Be Mine) This Christmas Time
Ballard C. Boyd - The Firewood Song
Lloyd Gabriel - Choking You
Shiny and the Spoon - Buried
Jane Cameron - Cold Dead Leaves
Ryan Patterson - Stainless Steel Man
Phredd - Merry...
1 tag
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
4 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
3 tags
Soy Dulce de Leche: Tiki Culture=Cultural... →
soydulcedeleche:
Do you know who Native Hawaiians are? They are the poorest, most worse off ethnic group in the United States because when the U.S. stole, yes, STOLE the Hawaiian islands (Hawaii was a sovereign independent country) they were populated by Hawaiian Natives who were all killed off and/or stripped of…
This is a subject that needs to be discussed in the ukulele more than it...