Kalei Gamiao, Dithyrambe, Siri Nilsen: Saturday UkeTube

15 Comments

1. S.Miles September 20th, 2009 5:09 pm
   

   ….just discovered your amazing website… through googling Sophie Madeleine…… pity i am unable to recommend it to others… could you change the name(UKEHUNT)…. its mildly offensive and not funny! S.Miles

2. Woodshed September 20th, 2009 5:35 pm
   

   S.Miles: I agree with you. If I’d have known people I didn’t know would visit, I would have chosen a sensible name. Bit too late to change it now. Just call it Ukulele Hunt. That’s what I do.

3. ukukachoo September 21st, 2009 3:15 am
   

   AL I love the name ukehunt. Nice videos this week. The Marie Antoinette, Maria Callas reference had me laughing out loud as I watched that one.

4. Ritchie September 21st, 2009 8:48 am
   

   if Carlsberg did a ukulele website/blog they would have called it “ukehunt” …. ,

   A man walks down the street
   He says why am I soft in the middle now
   Why am I soft in the middle
   The rest of my life is so hard
   I need a photo-opportunity
   I want a shot at redemption
   Don’t want to end up a cartoon
   In a cartoon graveyard ….,
   Bonedigger Bonedigger
   Dogs in the moonlight
   Far away my well-lit door
   Mr. Beerbelly Beerbelly
   Get these mutts away from me
   You know I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore
   If you’ll be my bodyguard
   I can be your long lost pal
   I can call you Betty
   And Betty when you call me
   You can call me Al

5. Thomas September 21st, 2009 9:15 am
   

   You know, I never even thought of the (websites) name that way. Might be because English is not my native tongue. But, now that I do, I actually DO find it funny. Though, since most things fun are mildly offensive, that’s not really a surprise.

   Love the playing of Kalei Gamiao! I’m still pretty much strumming chords, and starting out to try some fingerpicking, but this guy is amazing!

   And I now see tapeworms from a completely new perspective.

6. Acilius September 21st, 2009 12:56 pm
   

   When I recommend this site to friends of mine, I often say something about the short form of the name. It would bother some of them if they saw it without warning. For what it’s worth, I don’t think it has kept any of them away.

7. Andrea September 21st, 2009 4:37 pm
   

   Well, you could change the banner if you really agree it was a poor choice of name.

   Perhaps a contest to make a new one? :)

8. Woodshed September 21st, 2009 6:28 pm
   

   ukukachoo: Thanks.

   Ritchie: I’m not sure if that’s a good thing!

   Thomas: Gamiao is certainly amazing to watch.

   Acilius: I think if someone gets the joke by reading it they were already perverted.

   Andrea: I agreed that it was mildly offensive and not funny. But I think that’s a fair reflection of the entire blog.

9. Ian Emmerson September 21st, 2009 7:08 pm
   

   I have always, and still do, think the name is the absolutely finest name for a ukulele site that exists, and I only wish I’d thought of it.

   You can always stretch it out to Ukulele Hunt if you don’t wish to offend (but we’ll all still know).

   I x

10. Cardboardfrog September 21st, 2009 10:20 pm
    

    i’m disappointed to say that when i read ukehunt aloud it comes out lacking any resemblance to said joke because of my silly accent,
    however i do think its funny and i loves uyleses this week

11. ronhale September 21st, 2009 10:27 pm
    

    Trefor Jones, of The Fancy Dress Party (aptly described by film-maker Rob Brandon on Vimeo as “a beautiful folk band”),
    Allison Pierce, & the player for Dithyrambe all use picks (merely an observation).

    Craig, of course, doesn’t, & I would love to hear the French
    duo cover Mr. Robertson. And wouldn’t the Dithyrambe look
    jazz-up Ukulele Noir.

    The Fancy Dress Party’s English folk idyll approach brings makes
    me think of the pastoral music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, & I’m curious as to just how the English rate him today (I love him).

12. Acilius September 22nd, 2009 1:03 pm
    

    “Acilius: I think if someone gets the joke by reading it they were already perverted” That’s why I warn my friends about it, since I associate only with perverts.

13. Hello Jodi September 22nd, 2009 6:33 pm
    

    Yowsa, that Pierces song is really very awesome.

14. Woodshed September 22nd, 2009 9:13 pm
    

    Ian: I’m not surprised you like it judging by the intro you did for Michael Legge.

    cbf: Ulysses is your favourite? But there’s no cleavage in that video.

    ron: I think Ulysses is using a pick as well. Looks like the no-pickers are a dying breed.

    Acilius: Which explains why you fit in so well here.

    Jodi: That’s the song that’s grown on me most this week.

15. Andrea September 23rd, 2009 4:25 pm
    

    Acilius, excellent policy!