JANUARY The year begins inauspiciously, with the Superferry limping out of the starting gate, hampered by controversy and protests and allowed to make the trek between Oahu and Maui (or, often, not make the trek due to uncooperative weather) only because of a governmental end-around signed by Gov. Linda Lingle…A bad sports omen: After getting hammered in the Sugar Bowl, … [Read more...] about Coconut Wireless
Archives for December 2008
First Light
THURSDAY, DEC 25 NO FILMS. FRIDAY, DEC 26 2pm Appaloosa (R/114 min.) A pair of Wild West gunslingers (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) lock horns with an evil land baron (Jeremy Irons) until a woman comes between them. Hmmm, wonder if there’s going to be a climactic shootout? 5pm Seven Pounds (PG13/114 min.) Will Smith plays an IRS agent who goes in search of redemption … [Read more...] about First Light
Greg diPiazza
It bothers me that Greg diPiazza isn’t famous. It could be that I’m a hopeless optimist, or perhaps I’m living just this side of naivety. Maybe I’ve been duped. I’m talking about the good, old American dream. You know, those romantic nuggets of wisdom that suggest that if you work hard enough you can achieve anything? Do what you love and the money will follow? You can be … [Read more...] about Greg diPiazza
Rocking the boat
"The Superferry appeared on the horizon, headed straight at us. One-and-a-half times the length of a football field, five stories high, the uninvited menace had burned nearly 6,000 gallons of diesel from Honolulu to Kaua‘i. This was its maiden voyage.” So begins Part One of The Superferry Chronicles, a new book by journalist and filmmaker Koohan Paik and activist Jerry Mander. … [Read more...] about Rocking the boat
Hosts of Christmas past
“Numbah One day of Christmas, my tutu gave to me/One mynah bird in one papaya tree.” –Hawaiian pidgin holiday song, Kenny/Magoon/Phelps (1959) I first arrived on Maui 31 years ago, the Monday before Thanksgiving, just in time to body surf my way into the holiday season. Stepping onto the tarmac at Honolulu Airport for the first time, I was caressed by the tropical humidity, … [Read more...] about Hosts of Christmas past