I had a chance to attend the Cirque du Soleil press conference for their show Saltimbanco - which will be in Hawaii beginning October 30 to November 16. The name comes from the Italian phrase “Saltare in Banco” which means jump on a bench. From what I gathered from the spokesperson - the story line [...]
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Not Your Momma’s Circus
Posted in badass, fun, public relations, tagged Honolulu, Cirque du Soleil, Cirque, Soleil, Saltimbanco, drums, acrobats, Blaisdell, arena, poi, circus on July 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Cleanest Concert Ever
Posted in badass, music, tagged concert, Dave Matthews, Go Jimmy Go, green, Honolulu, Jack Johnson, Kokua, Kokua Festival, Kokua Foundation, Mason Jennings, music, Paula Fuga, Tim Reynolds, Waikiki, Waikiki Shell on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Hallelujah
Posted in badass, music, tagged American Idol, Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Watching American Idol the other week reminded me of how amazing Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah is. No disrespect to Mr. Cohen but it’s one of the rare times when a remake surpassed the excellence of the original. And it’s probably one of the few songs that gives me goosebumps when I hear it. Hope [...]
The B-I-B-L-E…yes that’s the book for me
Posted in article, badass, childhood, tagged bible, cracked.com, ehud on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Back in the day I attended a small Christian school in Mililani. One of our subjects was Cathecism. Memorizing verses was not fun when I was 5 years old (or any age for me for that matter). While I only was there for two years, I continued to go to church until I was in [...]
