About a month ago I joined a listserve where members discuss Irish traditional music. While the exact definition of that is obviously debatable, as is the definition of Hawaiian music, the discussion on the list has been fairly genial. One member posted a request for suggestions on educational materials for learning Celtic guitar accompaniment. He got a few nice suggestions, and then this… Excuse me while I throw up. There is no such thing as Celtic guitar accompaniment. There is no such thing as Celtic guitar. And there is no such thing as Celtic music. In fact, I can think…
Cheaper iPod Mini.
The iPod mini has finally reached the pricepoint that I’ve been waiting for. I sense one appearing in my mailbox shortly.
High Tech Hawai’i Appearance In Real Video.
Our ITS division is on the ball – my appearance with Bob Stauffer on David Lassner’s “High Tech Hawai’i” TV program is online and streaming already.
Churchill Attacks Essay’s Critics
[From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ]. I was on the UH-Manoa campus during the time leading up to Ward Churchill’s lecture, but did not attend. The area around the hall where he spoke was a zoo, and all of the local network affiliates had their reporters and vans there three hours before he spoke. I was told that the theater where the event was held could hold about 1/3 of those that showed up, and that there there was about an equal number of Churchill supporters and detractors in the audience. Here is the Honolulu Advertiser’s coverage of the event.
The Sprawl of Y’all.
An interesting article from the Times-Argus site discusses the increasing use of “y’all” beyond the south. Is the South rising again, is it the use of “y’all” in hip-hop, or is the term filling a linguistic hole that isn’t easily filled by standard English? Read on. I’ve caught myself using it a few times, mostly with humerous intent. Scott uses it all of the time, most interestingly after “aloha”.
High Tech Hawai’i TV Appearance Next Tuesday.
I’ll be appearing on David Lassner’s “High Tech Hawai’i” TV program next Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005 at 8PM, along with my colleague Robert Stauffer from Alu Like, Inc. The show will highlight Ulukau, the electronic library for the Hawaiian language. Ulukau currently features an extensive collection of Hawaiian language source materials including searchable and downloadable Hawaiian language books, newspapers from the 1800 and 1900s, historic and contemporary Hawaiian dictionaries, the Hawaiian Bible, and a database of place names. And that’s just the beginning. It will be broadcast through Hawai’i on the UH channel available through most cable providers, and also…
UH takes heat over visit by Ward Churchill.
There has been some backlash over Churchill’s impending visit, including an attack by a prominent Republican state legislator. Some of those on our campus who have voiced objections to his visit have stated concern over use of taxpayer dollars for the visit, others have focused on the accusations that he falsified his ethnicity in order to gain his current position.
Ward Churchill To Speak at UH-Manoa.
There has been a s**t-storm of controversy swirling around Ward Churchill since his (insert your own adjective) statements comparing 9/11 victims to an infamous Nazi war criminal. Those statements prompted the governor of Colorado to call for his dismissal, and the University of Colorado Board of Regents to investigate the possibility of doing so. His situation has generated a lot of heated discussion on our campus listserve over the past few weeks. Churchill will hold a public lecture, “Speaking Truth to Power: Academic Freedom in the Age of Terror,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at the UH…
Slainte! Guinness sales on the rise after a few years of decline.
I’ll be enjoying a pint of the dark beverage tonight.