Bigfoot and Tiki: Friday Links

Two podcasts dedicated to the ukulele: WNYC talk to Tony ‘Mighty Uke’ Coleman and have a cracking session from Buke and Gass (along with the interesting info that Aron from the band used to design instruments for the Blue Man Group). The Shuffle chat to Ty Olopai and play a bunch of uke tracks (listen to Show #10-34 Hour 2 – August 21, 2010).

If you’ve been knocking around uke sites for a while, you might remember ukeclub.com which taught ukulele via cartoons of terrorists caving people’s faces in. Their new site Bigfoot and Tiki is rather less confrontational. That story starts here.

Jim D’Ville has a thought-provoking post about active listening. I’m definitely guilty of spending too much time listening to the voice(s) inside my head.

The Uke Battle.

Ukulele record falls short by 856. Awww bless.

“Musical Toy Guitar”.

Sophie Madeleine finds the name of Jake’s new album a little suspicious.

MP3s: Arborea have a free mp3 of their song Careless Love, Songs:Illinois has a lovely track from Datri Bean (ukulele and tuba not completely unknown of course), RockTantra have a ukulele mixtape (via Bossa), Eyes Wide Open have a track from Pepper Rabbit.

In the comments: Ukulelia‘s Gary has a few theories about the ukulele including, “the uke may be an especially good instrument for online videos because it’s easy to fit within the shot of a web cam.”

Pictures: Angry Natives ukulele, Sparkle Plenty Ukette, Malcolm Lowry’s rejected epitaph.

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  1. David Barnes August 27th, 2010 3:00 pm

    Uke Club’s tutorial cartoons were great. Don’t get what that sitcomic is all about. What a waste.

    I’ve said (before I saw Gary) that ukes are popular on YouTube because you can get the instrument and the players face into the same shot. If the mighty trinity of me, you, and Gary believe it then what more evidence do we need?

  2. Hello Jodi August 27th, 2010 6:48 pm

    I have a bumper sticker that says “Peace Love Guinea Pigs”
    I thought if I ever had an album I’d call it “Sex Candy Ukulele” because those are my 3 biggest priorities, in order of importance.

  3. Woodshed August 27th, 2010 10:50 pm

    David: Yeah, I think it’s a shame there isn’t much edge there any more. But I’m willing to give it a chance to develop.

    Jodi: When you say ‘in order of importance’, is that in increasing or decreasing? Replace ‘candy’ with ‘chocolate’ and it’s ascending for me.

  4. Howlin' Hobbit August 28th, 2010 4:42 am

    The town of Lebanon, wherein the “Ukulele record falls short by 856” debacle occurred, is the hometown of two HH’s. Me, of course, and Howard Hesseman. Howard is way more famous than me, which I don’t begrudge him a bit. He also got to hang around a lot with Loni Anderson. I rather hate him for that bit.

    And thanks for the link. Though, truth be told, I was hoping it was to that duo with the hot babe on tuba. I think it was for that Eurovision song contest thing but I can’t find the vid anymore.

  5. Woodshed August 28th, 2010 3:15 pm

    Hobbit: I had to Google Howard Hesseman. So that makes you the most famous HH from Lebanon in my eyes.

  6. Howlin' Hobbit August 29th, 2010 5:09 am

    Woodshed: sorry you missed out on Dr. Johnny Fever. WKRP in Cincinnati was one of those rare sitcoms we Yanks turn out that was actually worth watching.

    My sweetie bought the episodes on DVD, so I get to enjoy them at my whim.

  7. D.J. Coffman September 1st, 2010 1:29 am

    Howdy! Thanks for linking up Bigfoot and Tiki! It is a much more “family friendly” strip that just happens to have ukes in it. It’s really great to have something all ages can enjoy and turn new folks onto uke.

    For the fans of the OLD in your face UKE CLUB, stay tuned– I’ve got plans for that too. :)

  8. David Barnes September 1st, 2010 10:24 am

    I’ll try to be patient Coffman.

  9. Woodshed September 1st, 2010 8:46 pm

    Hobbit: No, never made it over to these shores. I’ll shall try to seek it out online.

    D.J.: I’ll be very interested to see what you have in store.

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