Recently stumbled upon this album. The Makapu’u Sand Band with Iaukea Bright. I met him when he had a show on KCCN. His moniker was “The Kapahulu Common Mango”. Down home island music. music.apple.com/us/album/…
I’ve been able to source 3 albums of The Polynesians. They were active in the late 30s on the mainland playing with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. They merged Hawaiian and Jazz with their smooth harmomies. They recored 28 albums between 1957 and 1967 on Crown Records
This Frank Lloyd Wright house in S. Kohala was built in 1992-95. My Naighbor in Waimea was the mason. I used go by when he was working in it. It ws amazing to watch him do the work.
I’ve cancelled all of the news and info emails I get except the Atlantic. Most are trusted sources, but they all say the same thing: basically we’re fucked. I don’t need to read that more than once a day.
Annoyances of the day. I only go to Starbucks due to laziness or for convenience, but when you are behind someone who has to read the whole menu, the quick in a quick cup of coffee came and left. Also when did pastrami become $20/pound. WTF. It’s beef
He much smarter than Trump
‘No winners’ in a trade war, proclaims China’s Xi, as he heads to Vietnam on charm offensive
