That's "...Aruanda"
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November 3, 2006
at 10:11
(Views: 15 )
Take Me To Uruanda I've never heard of "Uruanda," but I've heard of "Take Me To Aruanda." (Duz Sfpeling Kownt?)
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Summer model rocketeers
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October 31, 2006
at 8:39
(Views: 86 )
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes It was late Summer a few years ago, and I tuned in The Discovery Channel for a program about model rocketeers. It was an interesting program, but the opening theme was "Over The Rainbow" off the "Are A Drag" release. (It took a while to find it, since Me First & The Gimme Gimmes weren't listed in the credits.) All I can say is the frenetic tempo and off key delivery matched the "rise of the rockets."
"Gabby" aka "the brown album" (Panini PCD-1002, 1972)
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October 23, 2006
at 12:11
(Views: 28 )
This was Gabby Pahinui's solo album after years of playing with ensembles like The Sons of Hawai'i, and was one of the "Hawaiian music Renaissance" benchmarks of the 1970's.
1. Hi'lawe (1947)/Luau Hula 3:40
2. Lihue 2:15
3. He'eia 3:37
4. Ka Makani Ka 'Ili Aloha 2:50
5. Lei Ohu 2:38
6. Royal Hawaiian Hotel 3:21
7. Keawaiki 2:55
8. Leahi 3:51
9. Wai O Ke Aniani 2:52
10. Ka'ahumanu 3:12
11. Lei Nani 3:35
12. Lei No Ka'iulani 3:18
13. Ka Moa'e 3:12
14. Hula O Makee 3:18
15. Hame Pila 1:43
16. Hi'ilawe (1972)/Aloha 'Oe 4:21
Gabby Pahinui, along with sons Cyril, Bla, Martin, and Phil connected the music of old Hawai'i with the new. Leland "Atta" Isaacs (guitar) and Manuel "Joe Gang" Kupahu (upright bass) made up the rest of this soon-to-be legendary musical family.
"Olomana" aka "Seabird," "Like a Seabird in the Wind" (SS-CD-1001,1976)
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October 23, 2006
at 11:43
(Views: 97 )
A few notes on Olomana's first official album release as I remember it.
1. The Lion (Van Morrison/Traditional) 7:20
2. Ku'u Home O Kahalu'u (Jerry Santos) 6:20
3. Home (Robert Beaumont/Clifford Hopps) 2:30
4. Grandfather's Music (Robert Beaumont) 2:35
5. Ku'u Lei Awapuhi (Traditional) 3:50
6. O Malia (Jerry Santos) 4:50
7. So Free (Cindy Combs) 5:10
8. Seabird (Jerry Santos) 6:12
9. Lullaby (Robert Beaumont/Clifford Hopps) 3:46
At that time, Olomana was officially a duo of Gerald K. Santos and Robert Beaumont.
"Ni'ihau" is spelled with two i's
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October 20, 2006
at 9:52
(Views: 16 )
Ka Lei Ni'hau Although it's common for non-Hawaiian-speakers to pronounce it "NeeHow," It's "NeeEeHow."
I'm playing it, I can find it, but it's invisible...
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September 23, 2006
at 9:00
(Views: 10 )
Right now, I'm playing "Corcovado," performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina, on the "Elis & Tom" music CD, which results in the following message:
"Sorry, we could not match this track with others
in our catalog. Please enjoy this
general recommendation.
Candy, Jen Wood
See the MyStrands FAQ for more information
about improving track matching."
I find this very confusing, since a search using "antonio carlos jobim" shows the cover art and track listings from this 1974 "international" music CD. This is not the first time this has happened, which puzzles me no end. Oh well, Antonio Carlos Jobim IS dead, so he's not going to record any more is he? Better to pay attention to most current Rap/Alternative/Metal/Punk/Pop star-of-the-moment. Next up, will MusicStrands see ACJ's 1986 "Wave" music CD?
Back to Salome...
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September 19, 2006
at 9:44
(Views: 36 )
(The title refers to Shawn Colvin's "Back to Salome" tune that summed up the movie "Tin Cup," some years ago.)
This past weekend was verry interesting and proved that sometimes you can't devolve/go back home again. It all started with the arrival of iTunes 7.x, which looked interesting, if I were a fan of tiny videos, and movies/TV on the iPod. Since Ye Olde iPod is a monochrome 4G unit, playing color videos/games is out of the question. Plus, I prefer to buy music CDs and rip same to the iTunes library and reserve long dowload times over POTS to software updates.
Whenever I signed on to the renamed "iTunes Store" for the odd Podcast, the "would you like to update to iTunes 7?" message popped up. So, I set aside several hours for the download and in due time, I had the iTunes7 update ready to run. All went well, but I noticed that I couldn't find previous Podcasts listed under "Genre" and, for some very odd reason, the Podcast updater was trying to download EVERY Podcast. (Gee, was that why I saw "four/six hours remaining to download" when the usual telephone tieup had lasted an hour or so?)
I've been using Octiv.com's Volume Logic 1.x to smooth out the different playback levels of the various .aac files, and with iTunes 7.x, only the iTunes volume slider worked. I downloaded version 1.3 and found that in spite of the site's assertions, Volume Logic was still ineffective.
About this time, I decided to dump iTunes 7 and see if I could devolve to iTunes 6.x. (I had backed up the system a while back, but not recently, which is a cautionary tale for everyone.) Instead of backing up the system, I tossed everything iTunes into Trash, then looked for the iLife install disks. (I had tried the other iTunes .dmg files, only to find that they were updaters that needed something to work with.)
The original iLife install went well, and there I was, pondering iTunes 3, with only .mp3 encoding available. iLife '04 was a different story; iTunes 4 couldn't be installed, so it was back to iTunes 7. So here I am, re-ripping tracks to iTunes 7, though it's an opportunity to change the music library to account for current acquisitions, such as Jaime Cullum, Madeleine Peyroux, etc. Let me see now, where is that 120GB external FireWire HDD that I used under Carbon Copy Cloner way back when the movie "Ray" was playing...?
Henry Kapono Rocks!?
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July 18, 2006
at 9:08
(Views: 32 )
Henry Kapono Ka'aihue, half of the sometime duo, Cecilio & Kapono, has been known for mellow/harmonious recordings and performances. True, he does Rock out now and then, but the 2006 "The Wild Hawaiian" CD release describes what he does with new/old Hawaiian music. From "Na Ali'i," it's full speed ahead, taking to the waves in "Taboo" in the best Dick Dale style. "Hawai'i Aloha (A Mau Loa)" isn't Rev. Lorenzo Lyons' hymn celebrating Hawaii's youth, but a series of "My Hawai'i" vignettes. "Hi'ilawe," a love song associated with Gabby Pahinui, gets the Rock ballad treatment, not unlike The Peter Moon Band's "Island Love."
Roland Cazimero did Rock portraits of "Pele" and King Kamehameha in "Warrior," but these were original songs, unlike Henry Kapono's reworking of "Ke Aloha O Ka Haku/Queen's Prayer" into a Rock homage. When The Brothers Cazimero played on after the breakup of The Sunday Manoa, Hawaiian music elders complained that they were "Be-bopping" Hawaiian music. These days, Hawaiian music is much more than Slack Key, encompassing Reggae (Jawaiian/Kanakafari), Rap, Slam Poetry, and Rock. (No matter what gets the "Hawaiian Music" Grammy Award each year.)
name, last ;name, first Classical:
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July 17, 2006
at 3:38
(Views: 15 )
So, it's "Szell, George" instead of "George Szell" or I might as well be serenading the monolith in orbit around Jupiter? Funny, last.fm has no problems with "George Szell" or, for that matter "Charles Dutoit." At this moment, Angel and Celedino Romero are playing Enrique Granados' "Asturiana." This 1991 Telarc release is new to MusicStrands and last.fm, but only one "gets it." I've considered doing the "last name, first name" for Classical music in the iTunes library, but that's not what I see on the CD spine, insert, or on the music CD itself. It's a small thing, and I suspect a GraceNote protocol, but I've yet to hear anyone discuss the works of "Dvorák, Antonín" without sounding like a Star Trek denizen.
Classical music vs. Classic Rock
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January 30, 2006
at 6:53
(Views: 386 )
In the course of searching for the five tracks listed (but not included in the Soundtrack CD) at the end of the movie, "Stand By Me," I've bought a number of obscure Doo-Wop and R&B CDs. So, Classic Rock has a place in the music CD collection and on the iTunes directory. However, from time to time, Symphonies, Tone Poems, and program pieces by Classical artists are part of the rotation on Ye Olde G4 iPod.
George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra's reading of Antonin Dvorak's "The Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72" has been a favorite from the days of vinyl. This music CD can be found at Amazon.com, Borders, Barnes & Noble, but not here. It is an old item, dating back to the 1960's, so not finding it here is not exactly a surprise.
I found Rafael Kubelik and The Bavarian Radio Symphony's fiery reading of "The Slavonic Dances, Op. 46" along with "Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104" on a Universal Classics music CD. I believe that this set dates from the 1970's, and it's on my get list. I suppose that Rafael Kubelik's passing has affected his popularity, which is to be expected.
Charles Dutoit and The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal recorded Ottorino Respighi's "Pines of Rome/Roman Festivals/Fountains of Rome" in 1983, but it might as well by "Butch Helemano and The Players of Instruments." Oh well, I should collect more up-to-date artists, eh?
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