Paranoid midi Black Sabbath are the only band to have two riffs in my top ten. Surprising, since I don’t even like them that much. Whereas most riffs bludgeon their way into your subconscious through endless repetition, this one is played only four times at the opening of the song and not heard again. A […]

I want to clear something up before we get started: I do not use manga trivia to chat up hookers. Back to business, watch the best of the week’s uke videos over the fold

Dominator tabs Going To California (not the Jake Shimabukuro version). KDUS pointed in the direction of this video of Calexico on the ukulele. Also there is a video of Jeremy Warmsley crooning his way around Brussels. PJ Harvey pictured with cigar-box ukulele in The Guardian. If you couldn’t make it to SF for the Evolution […]

The eBay ukuleles I’m trying desperately hard not to buy. I do like a good f-hole (and not just because I’m immaturely obsessed with double entendres). They’re also exceptionally sexy and look like they should be played by one of the characters in Heroes. So, I’m very impressed with Kala’s new electric archtop ukuleles available […]

Seven Nation Army midi This tune looks like it’s becoming the Smoke On The Water of the 21st Century. It’s already become the bane of the life of everyone who works in a guitar shop. I’ve beefed the riff up a little for the ukulele by adding a C-string drone i.e. keeping it ringing through […]

Smoke on the Water midi This is the first riff every guitarist learns to play. It’s the embodiment of the ‘less is more’ philosophy. Deep Purple guitarist and writer of this riff, Ritchie Blackmore is currently writing madrigals and appearing at a renaissance fair near you. Suggested by Stewart and weelie

Sunshine of Your Love midi Cream only lasted two years but they kicked out their fair share of great riffs in this time. The Sunshine of Your Love was written by bassist Jack Bruce after seeing Jimi Hendrix (who would later cover the song). The first part of the riff is single notes and the […]

The big, exciting eMusic news is that Beirut’s new album The Flying Club Cup is available on eMusic ahead of its release on those funny round things people used to listen to. The downside is it’s not available to Brits (yet). You can read my review of The Flying Club Cup here. My must downloads […]

Moussu T Lei Jovents – A Que Calor (Chords) A few weeks ago I got an email from Ritchie of the Ukulele Allstars. It was his birthday and one of his gifts was the url to this blog. If I’d got a url for my birthday I’d be doling out a beating, but he seemed […]

Curiosities of the week are Italy’s answer to GUGUG and Kazootv‘s NSFW songs. Head over the fold for more of the week’s uke action.