In titling this Pick, I looked at a few different Web sites and this was the best translation I could come up with for “Bulldog and the Beach.” If any French-speaking readers would like to confirm or correct, “be my guest!” Speaking of which: “It is with deepest pride / and greatest pleasure that (they) welcome you (this Saturday) / And now (they) invite you to relax, let us … [Read more...] about Bullies at the Beach event at Kihei Veterans Hall
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Coco Robicheaux and Hana Film Fest Happenings
“And one mo’ thang, I must confess / When I’m on my gig, that’s when I’m at my best / When your average man cuttin’ nine to five / I’m gittin’ it up into over-drive / I play fo’ the sick, I play fo’ the blind / I play fo’ the pearls, I play fo’ the swine / I play fo’ the rich, I play fo’ the poor / I play fo’ them youngsters, I play fo’ the old / I’m a musician, what you ‘spect … [Read more...] about Coco Robicheaux and Hana Film Fest Happenings
Requests Turns 2-0 and Wailuku First Friday
If calculating by the cliche, three-minute (Pop) “rule,” Requests has kept us rocking for 3,504,000 songs straight. That’s 20 years, if you don’t already know, or want to do the backwards math. Two decades of the island’s only legitimate record store surviving the days of big-box booms and the most colossal #fail of the music industry to date? Score! That’s a good, long run. … [Read more...] about Requests Turns 2-0 and Wailuku First Friday
Maui County Fair
It’s such a cascaron-tease that the whitewashed plyboard food booths are erected so early in September. With every striped tent and E.K. Fernandez ride assembled — primaries faded to pastel after so many years—my hunger for fair food worsens. Salivating, teeth gnashing, I’m Templeton the rat from Charlotte’s Web. I wake up in an oily sweat having dreamed of springboard … [Read more...] about Maui County Fair
St Johns Kula Festival and Kaahumanu Congregational Extravaganza
Rumble in the Steeple Ring announcer: Out of the Upcountry corner, this church is a 28-time festival holder. Standing since 1907, built out of materials that arrived at Makena Landing and were transported up Haleakala by horse-drawn carriage. Fighting for your salvation out of Keokea, it’s ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH! (Crowd cheers.) And out of the Wailuku corner (a hush), … [Read more...] about St Johns Kula Festival and Kaahumanu Congregational Extravaganza