January 31st, 2010

A National Triolian Resonator Ukulele

Dobro national ukulele

Be still my beating heart.

January 29th, 2010

The Magnetic Fields – Realism

The Magnetic Fields have just released their latest album, Realism, the sister to their last album, Distortion, on Nonesuch records.  The feedback and white noise of Distortion is gone and they’re back to the more familiar territory of  clean, ornate and highly arranged songs.  However, as always, Stephin Merritt’s songs have has the same beautiful melodies, articulate lyrics, ukuleles and numerous other instruments.

Their live show always involves Merritt with his ukulele and I’m sure there will be lots of solo ukulele performances appearing on youtube.

You can listen to Realism on Spotify with this link: The Magnetic Fields – Realism

January 27th, 2010

And so it begins, Sugar Kane and a ukulele

Marilyn Monroe in the film, Some Like it Hot.

Marilyn Monroe in, some like it hot

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