Month: September 2006

Hawai‘i Primary Election Coverage

My wife and I watched the coverage of Hawai‘i’s primary election last night, and it did not start well. We began by watching KHON (the FOX affilate) with Joe Moore. I used to like Joe a lot, however, in recent years it reminded me of watching the old Monday Night Football broadcasts with Howard Cosell. ABC wasn’t as much covering the football game as they were about covering Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford talking about the game. So, it seems, KHON is covering Joe Moore talking about the news, with his “all-knowing” smirks at the camera. Within the first…

Ground-Breaking New Radio Show To Teach Internet “As Gaeilge”

Radio listeners across Ireland will join internet users worldwide next Monday, as they tune in to the first episode of a new series focusing on the social aspects of the internet. It’s the first time an Irish radio series has been devoted exclusively to the phenomenon of “online social networking”, of which the best known example in recent months has been Bebo. What’s more: all 59 episodes of the show will be in Irish. The programme is called An Líonra Sóisialta, which translates to The Social Network. It will broadcast a 12 minute episode each day for 12 weeks. So…

iTunesU class sailing smoothly… for the most part

I have written previously about the University of Hawai‘i system’s participation in the iTunes U program. It allows faculty to create course materials as either podcasts or vidcasts, and make them available through a special area of the iTunes Music Store. I am doing so with my class, The History and Development of Hawaiian Music. At the beginning of the semester we were required to send our course materials to staff at the university’s Information and Technology Services (ITS) staff in order to have materials posted. A few weeks ago they gave us the capability to do it ourselves, as…

What ever happened to…

Annie Moore, from Cork, Ireland, has been immortalized in bronze and in song as the first immigrant to arrive in America via Ellis Island. This feature from the New York Times helps clarify what happened to her after that famous day. [ Free registration required ]

“Makuak?ne” at the pad, ready for launch!

I’ve talked about my work with songwriter/producer/recording artist Kenneth Makuak?ne previously here. Well, the big day is inching closer. Kenneth picked up the master CD today, and after some final tweaks to the liner notes, the CD and graphics head off to be pressed. The entire process has been a three-pronged effort. I wrote all but one of the Hawaiian lyrics (“mele”), did all of the text layout, worked with Kenneth on the liners, developed his website and taught him how to maintain it. Kenneth wrote all of the music, two of the English songs, arranged and performed every instrument…

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