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USC Pacific Asia Museum has its monthly free admission Sunday with a performance by Ukulele Time Machine (featuring Jason Arimoto and Brad Rinola from U-Space). I've been to workshops with both Jason and Brad, and they're both incredible players. Performance is at 2pm, followed by an open jam...

Recently realized that I hadn't heard anything about this year's installment. So I wrote the Music Center. Twice. And they haven't responded. Yes, I'm on their mailing list, and they send frequent reminders asking me to donate to keep the causes I care about active. The annual Uke-alongs...

Just saw this cruising thru Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Ukulele-Arranged-Performed-Songbook/dp/1495022544/ It's not quite out yet, but I put it on my wish list and will be checking regularly. I know there are a lot of other fans of his "Lute to Uke" and "Baroque Uke" books here. I...

A little park recently opened near me. The lot it sits on used to have a gas station, so that's how "little" it truly is. I walk down there frequently, there are usually lots of kids playing on the equipment. There is a "free library" table, take a book, leave a book, whatever. Yesterday I...

Haven't seen him around here lately, but came across this article in googlenews and thought some of you might be interested in what he's been up to. http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20141230/NEWS/141239979

Hannabach Goldin fluorocarbons used to be my favorite classical guitar strings. Then a few years ago, something happened with the exchange rates and the Euro or whatever, and prices went thru the roof and out of my budget. I found Oasis fluoros to be fairly comparable at a fraction of the...

Oh, the irony! http://www.newsweek.com/oh-what-pity-george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-beetles-260742?piano_d=1

I thought this was pretty interesting. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sinker-wood-20140713-story.html#navtype=outfit

My first uke was a Cordoba mahogany tenor, I won it in a drawing from a guitar store. I have since acquired several (cough! cough!) more ukes. The Cordoba hasn't seen much action in a long time, so I decided since I could stuff the case in my tote bag, I'd bring it to today's meetup. I have...

Don't believe I've seen this posted here yet... http://www.musiccenter.org/events/activearts/UKULE-ALONG/ I went to all three Saturdays last year and had a blast. Top notch instructors and your choice of classes. One day was at the Music Center, another at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and...

I'm not talking about a uke case with backpack straps, but a backpack I can put a uke case in, even if it sticks out the top. I need to be able to tote a folding music stand and a few folders of music/books with it, and I've never seen a uke case with enough storage. I realize a tenor...

Just saw this segment on our local news about an after-school program not far from me where kids get to learn music and play together. Their faces just light up when they talk about it. :) http://www.myfoxla.com/story/25668827/music-la-instrument-donation-to-inner-city-kids The founder of...

I recently decided to play uke at the center where I attend a support group for a while before it starts. There's a nice living room type area with a fireplace, a piano, and tables and comfy chairs. People sit and read, or play cards or board games, and anyone is welcome to play the piano, so...

I'm thinking of getting a room humidifier for the living room, which is where I keep my ukes (always in cases). Have hygrometers in the LR and BR, and the LR tends to have significantly lower humidity. Which is understandable, because the BR door is kept closed and it benefits from showers...

When Gibson got back wood confiscated under the Lacey Act, they used it in making a "Government Series" of guitars. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-gibson-guitar-20140215,0,6391484.story

Everyone here raves about HMS and their fantastic customer service. To be honest, I once made an inquiry and received a response in record time, so I was impressed, although I ended up buying a used Pono from the Marketplace here instead of HMS. I made my first purchase from HMS a week ago...

Was watching a cooking show on PBS earlier where they mentioned some new kitchen gadgets they liked. One was the "Recipe Rock". http://www.amazon.com/Architec-RR3K-Recipe-Rock/dp/B006MIBVAW It's a little base with a magnet that holds sheets of paper upright. I immediately thought this would...

Apologies if this has been mentioned here, but I haven't seen it. Hal Leonard just released a book to go along with Jake's "Grand Ukulele" CD. http://www.amazon.com/Jake-Shimabukuro-Grand-Ukulele/dp/1480342122/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3AU2DDGV0KEVJ&coliid=I1GEJ8VQM1A1AZ Seeing as...

I knew he did one but had never seen it. Worth watching IMO. :) http://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1999/10/03/ukulele-visiting-732/

I can still get to the forums, but "new posts" is what I usually use, and that gives a database error.