1. Junior Reid, Original Foreign Mind, Sunset/Black Roots Records, 1985 2. Groundation, Upon The Bridge, Young Tree Records, 2006 3. Akon, Konvicted, Umvd Labels, 2006 4. Tanya Stephens, Rebelution EP, Vp Records, 2006 5. Lucky Dube, Respect, Lucky Dube Records, 2006 Staff Pick: Nightmares On Wax, My Definition, My Definition Records, 2006 Request, 10 N. Market St., … [Read more...] about Top 5 Biggest Selling CDs at Request Records
Archives for January 2007
Hand Prints
I felt like I had known her for years. But actually, I had met Helen Kritzler, a.k.a. Haiku Helen, many years ago when she was reading palms in a side room at the old Miracles Bookstore in Makawao. I had gone in mainly out of curiosity, but also because I was at crossroads in my career—as in, I didn’t really have one. “Oh, really? I usually remember palms, not faces,” she … [Read more...] about Hand Prints
This Week in Review
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17 Dark day in the state Legislature today. Because of new rules adopted by the state House of Representatives and Senate, powerful industry officials will no longer be able to take unpaid intern positions in legislators’ offices. No more will people like Mark Forman, the Hawaii Medical Service Association Foundation executive administrative who also … [Read more...] about This Week in Review
Mind Body Spirit
I recently asked some friends how they try to stay healthy. One said he’d stopped eating red meat six months ago, and now walks three to four miles every day. Another likes to ride her bike to work, avoid eating after 8 p.m. and “preserve” her liver with Vodka and pomegranate juice. Yet another has a long laundry list of ways to increase longevity: “No fried, greasy, … [Read more...] about Mind Body Spirit
Deficient Drive
How can I get more willpower? This question has eluded me throughout my teen and adult years, set in motion by my first glazed donut. The glory of its sugary, squashy doughyness set a cellular pattern in my resistance gene. It was that first donut that set a cycle of behavior, making it easier for me to give into temptation. I have always made excuses for my lack of … [Read more...] about Deficient Drive