Last update: 2/17/06; 7:50:55 PM

Last iTunes Spin: HWST175 Lecture 01 - Class Overview by Keola Donaghy, on Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 8:29:00 AM

February 2005
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28          
Jan   Mar

Nahenahe podcast logo

Radio Keola Published with
Click here to visit the Radio UserLand website.

I use, love and wholeheartedly recommend
NetNewsWire: More news, less junk. Faster

And finally...
Ask not what the Internet can do for you, ask what you can do for the Internet.

Subscribe To My RSS Feed Feed
Click to see the XML version of this web page.

Email me
Click here to send an email to the editor of this weblog.

Irish Blogs

Sunday, February 6, 2005 
Super Yawn. So far it's not impressive. Sloppy. Best commercial so far is from just before kickoff - a monkey walks around his enclosure at the zoo with a banana to the side of his head and talking into it - imitating the Verizon "can you hear me now?" guy. Cute. Most touching - an Anheuser-Busch add featuring soldiers walking though an airport and being applauded by the people in the terminal. My son has been in Baghdad for close to a year, and we're anxious for him to get home, obviously. He related that kind of experience as he returned to Hawai'i last summer for his only leave during this tour.

Worst commercial? I'll agree with Dave - the FedEx/Kinko's commercial with Burt Reynolds. A complete waste of money.

Eagles driving, down 14-7. OK, it's getting less boring. Touchdown, Eagles! Yes!
Posted at 4:10:37 PM    comments []  trackback []  
Mixed Signals? CNNSI's Michael Ventre brings up some interesting points. CBS was fine over a half-million dollars over a one second flash of Janet Jackson's breast. 'The Best Damn Sports Show Period' removes 'Damn' from its title for their Superbowl pregame show. But we have TV commercials that talk about what to do if your medication-induced erection lasts for more than four hours. Thank goodness it doesn't induce rectal bleeding or I'd have to explain to my daughter what that is.
Posted at 12:15:02 PM    comments []  trackback []  
One Week To The Inaugural Hawaiian Grammy. Both the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Honolulu Advertiser offer in-depth previews of the awarding of inaugural Hawaiian Grammy, and interviews with the nominees. The most interesting statistic is found at the bottom of the Star-Bulletin article: 17,000 Recording Academy members; Hawai'i-based voting members: about 90. One NARAS trustee estimated that about 10% of members vote in the Folk category; that's about 1,700 voters. I wonder how many people will cast their vote for an artist they have never heard but only know by name. For this reason, I'm making no predicitons, however, if the voting was restricted to Hawai'i voters, I have no doubt that Keali'i Reichel would take it.

I've been covering this issue on NahenaheNet since well before the Hawaiian Grammy was established. Regardless of who wins, it will be great for Hawaiian music. I still have my favorites, though

Update: Even the Chicago Sun-Times has a feature on the Grammy, featuring an extensive interview with Keali'i.
Posted at 10:30:35 AM    comments []  trackback []