Monday, 13 February, 2006

1. By concertinist. Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @08:23am:

   I hear the bottom strings have now snapped on this model
   
   http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?language=english&type=article&article_id=218392153
   
   making it the world's smallest ukulele.
2. By concertinist. Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @08:29am:

   I don't know why the link doesn't work as pasted in. It stops at =english. If you copy &type=article&article;id=218392153 on to the end, you should get there. Might not be worth it.
3. By Dave (TDC). Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @09:40am:

   The king of the Uke has to George Formby
   
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Formby
   http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/
   
   No-one else takes it really seriously.
4. By concertinist. Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @09:51am:

   A great example of ukulele not taken seriously
   http://www.polyjesters.com/
   
   Check out the cuts. I love this stuff. The clips are more generous at http://cdbaby.com/cd/polyjesters2
5. By 12-stringer. Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @12:39pm:

   An absolutely amazing example of ukulele taken very seriously: Jake Shimabukuro, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
   ...which J-Walk originally turned me (us) on to last June: Midnight Ukulele Disco -- quite a mixed bag of styles, techniques, and talent (but you can't go wrong with any of Jake's stuff).
   
   Gives a whole different meaning to "yeah, I play a little ukulele..."
6. By meg_mac. Comment posted 13-Feb-2006 @02:36pm:

   'oh i wanna get back to that little grass shack' . as a kamaaina every time i hear uke music i get this warm and soft feeling. really takes me back to maui!

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