Duke of Uke and Other Ukulele Links
November 21, 2008
The Duke of Uke website looks like it’s finally up and running. As well as the shop, there’s a bit of a blog thing going which is suitably Smeck heavy. If anyone’s looking for a birthday/xmas present for me, I’ll have one of these.
Julia Nunes will be appearing on the first ever YouTube Live along with Obama loving cavaquinho player Will.i.am, dipstick lesbian Katy Perry, baldy widdle-merchant Joe Satriani and OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111! The Mythbusters.
Kate Miccuci wins at puns.
Gnarls Barkley and Silent Night on Uker Tabs.
Vogue’s Roald Dahl/ukulele shoot. (Thanks Anne).
YuppiePunk has MP3s from and an interview with The King Blues.
Excessive hula dancing causes mass outbreak of nosebleeds.
How to meet Jake Shimbabukuro without trying.
Por onde andará Stephen Fry? Down a treacherous path in Hawaii with a ukulele player (uke commences around the 49 minute mark).
Careful, love, I can see your g-string.
A ghost keeps bothering me with a ukulele song, what do I do about him?
Friday Timewaste: Flaming Lips game Xmas on Mars.
Beatles Ukulele Chord Book, Ukulele Force and more Ukelinks
September 5, 2008
As if I didn’t blather on about the ukulele enough, I’ve gone and set up another ukulele site: Ukulele Online. The original idea came from all the Yahoo! Answers questions I was answering. I decided I was going to answer every single ukulele question that’s ever been asked online. Then I calmed down a little. So the blog is going to consist of Yahoo! Answers inspired questions and my rambling thoughts thereon. I put it on it’s own site because I didn’t want to clutter up Uke Hunt with it, a lot of it’s going to be obvious to Uke Hunt readers and it’s not the sort of thing you’ll want to subscribe to and read religiously – just there for people who need a particular question answered.
There’s a new Beatles for Ukulele chord book up for pre-order on Amazon (thanks to NashUkes)
The legendary Ukulele Force Star Wars cover album, is more talked about than it is listened to. It’s only available in Japan and if you can find an import, it’s massively expensive. But you can download a medley of clips here.
The new Hawaiian Edition of Ukulele Yes! is up. Thanks to Humble Uker for pointing it out (it’s worth subscribing for the excellent photos alone). It appears that, despite numerous attempts and assurances from the man himself, I’m still not on the mailing list. Epic fail, as I believe the kids say.
And speaking of cool uke photos.
Ukulele Underground find time to launch their latest competition to design a T-shirt in between days spent frolicking on the beach.
Rod Thomas’s Same Old Lines is now available for pre-order from Rough Trade. It’s going to the ukulele hit of the year. In five years time two months time it’ll be all like, “Noah and the what?” and stuff. So book now to avoid disappointment. You can also watch a fabulous but ukeless session here.
You’ve downloaded Jacob Borshard’s albums for free, now you can buy them on CD. And there’s a new album promised for November.
Pure Imagination chords on Uker Tabs.
Latest in the on going ukuleles/’picking up chicks’ debate: the Pick Up Artists are all playing the ukulele and The Be Arthurs get “a lot of [sexual] offers from 13-year-olds and 65-year-olds.” When I start my ‘pick up artist’ blog I think I’ll name it after this ukulele act.
Ukulele chord designer needed (edit: not anymore apparently).
We’re challenged to a uke off.
Ukulele T-Shirts
August 22, 2008
Ukulele Hero
The Ukulele Hero t-shirt was very well received last time I mentioned it. There are also plenty of other Hero style T-shirts including Banjo Hero, Cowboy Hero and Kazoo Hero.
Price: $19
Buy it here.
LeDomino
I’m sure I’m not the only one with a uke crush on the LeDomino. For now the closest I’m likely to come to owning one is wearing a t-shirt reminding me to buy one at the earliest possible opportunity.
I’m not sure why it’s referred to as “La Domino” on the shirt. Possibly a trademark thing.
Links
Dark
White
Women’s Dark
Child’s
Black Beauty Ukuleles
Another ’slap an ad on a shirt’ design. They appeal to me more than the sloganeering type shirts.
I’m completely unaware of any Black Beauty ukulele. The ad is a little ungrammatical: “This is a pretty, well-toned and big value.” But if someone has spent long enough staring at your left boob to notice that, you’ve probably already pulled.
Links
Ukuleles are Cool
Saying something is cool is like so totally lame and stuff. Nevertheless, that picture is cool.
Link
Uke the Whales
I think we all know by now that I’m a fan on the bad uke pun. And this is a particularly fine/terrible example.
Link
Jacob Borshard
Uke Hunt hero Jacob Borshard has a whole range of T-shirts for sale on Zazzle. Some of them uke themed, some of them not. There are a whole lot more ukulele t-shirts on that site, but they’ll have to wait for another week.
UkeTube: Jacob Borshard, Sweetafton23, WS64
July 5, 2008
Videos this week from Jacob Borshard, Sweetafton23, WS64 and many more.
Jacob Borshard – Rainbow Connection [Read more]
Jacob Borshard
August 13, 2007
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Grass Stains (mp3)
You’re In Love Again Dirty Version (mp3)
Brains, Brains (mp3)via creebobby.com
Jacob Borshard has a few celebrity fans me (obviously), Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Borshard won a song contest for the film Music and Lyrics (allegedly judged by stars of the film Grant and Barrymore) with the song Grass Stains. As a promotional tool, it easily beat the film’s other promotional gimmick: make your own 80s glam band.
After winning the contest, he made this sexy video for it – entirely by himself and without even a digital camera – and earned himself a restraining order barring him from, “Portland Public School property or any adjacent sidewalk for one calendar year,” while shooting it. (NOTE: if the police start asking you why you’re hanging around a school, “I’m making a video,” isn’t the best defence.)
It’s easy to see why they picked Borshard as the winner. His songs are full of charm, witty lyrics and adorable melodies. Those three so often go along with the ukulele.
You can download both of Borshard’s albums entirely free on his website. The lyrics for the Last Brontosaurus album on his site also have the chords for all the tunes and you can pick up the chords for a couple of tunes in a more easy to follow form on Mike’s Ukulele Page.
The Saturday UkeTube
August 11, 2007
The best of the week’s uke performances over the fold – including an earth-shattering performance by Tessie O’Shea and Jake coming over all Spinal Tap.
