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Japanese Jug Band Compilation!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:26:12 GMT

No shit! And look at me and 5 Cent Coffee duelling our Johnsons!

http://sound.jp/yanoorecords/va.html

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Kelly McCubbin's Golden Hour of Radio

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:00:34 GMT

Don't miss it! We've been working long and hard (and somewhat frantically) to put this together. Believe me, you've never seen anythign like...

Kelly McCubbin’s Golden Hour of Radio
What year is this? Local cult performer, Kelly McCubbin, seems unsure as he and his group of drunks, misfits, and malcontents struggle to put on a live Science Fiction Radio Show.
From the creator of "Uke-y Stardust" and "Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry" comes this loving and hysterical tribute to Golden Age Radio, but with a modern edge. Chaos, comedy, music, and a brand-new science fiction radio drama will overtake the Exit Theatre August 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8 P.M..
Beware the Cognizance Reaction!!!
Tickets - $15. $10 for students, seniors, and TBA members. For tickets call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006 or ONLINE TICKETS http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36181
Exit Theatre
156 Eddy St
http://www.sffringe.org

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Great Review of "Everything's a Dollar In This Box" at the 21 Grand!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:25:35 GMT

Though I am distinctly NOT 7'11"!

http://stuckbetweenstations.org/2007/04/15/everythings-a-dollar/

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The Jennifer Justice Show!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:12:30 GMT

Hello, people!
If'n you're in the city next Tuesday and want to come sit in a weird little movie theater in Bernal Heights where I'll be performing on a, ahem, talk show, then check this out!

http://www.jane4justice.com/4.html

New Show Announcement!

We will have a new LIVE show on Tuesday, February 19th at 8pm at Metrospace in San Francisco (379 Highland Avenue)!

Featuring comedian/songwriter Phil Johnston, comedian Ronn Vigh and ukelele player Kelly McCubbin.

The theme of the show... is cock.

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Five Cent Coffee CD Release Party, Whoo!!!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:16:28 GMT

Hey kids! If'n you haven't been hit with the info yet, here it is... I am so honored to be opening for 5 Cent Coffee and a bunch of other fine musicians at their CD release Party on February 9th!
"Bourbon and Beans" it's called and, mark my words, it is the album by which all others will soon be judged. Philharmonics will lay down their instruments on masse rather than face their inadequacy compared to this masterpiece! Blonde on Blonde? Bah! Electric Ladyland? Blech! Sergeant Pepper?! Pathetic. In fact, here's what you do, you come out to the show and say, "Hey!" and enjoy some music and pick up a copy. THEN you go home and put it in your CD player, and here's the brilliant part, you superglue that motherfucker shut because you won't need any other records after you've got a copy of "Bourbon and Beans", baby!

Here's the skinny...

That's right...our debut album Bourbon and Beans is finally ready!!

Come on down and get your copy on Saturday February 9th or, if you can't stand waiting that long, you can purchase a copy online from our website: www.fivecentcoffee.com

Duck on Bike, our extraordinary manager has set up an all star party in San Francisco at the fabulous Plough and Stars on Clement St, and we're thrilled to be sharing the stage with some of the people who have helped us along these past two years -- the ukulele and jug band community in the Bay Area is hands down, the most friendly and warm bunch of people on the planet. It is these sort of folks who we drew on to perform last year's "Everything' a Dollar in this Box - The Songs of Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments" -- the show turned out to be a hit, and we can thank our musical community of friends for that. From "Uke-y Stardust" to the SF Jugband Festival, we've been lucky enough to be included on the bill with such local luminaries as Tippy Canoe, the Uke Apocalypse, Dogs in Doublets, Hobohemian's Boxcar Band, Just Henry, Liquor Cake, Amy Zing and The Goat Family. So we've asked them to come out and play a few tunes for us! Woohoo!

We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your support and hope you'll join us in celebrating our CD release! (We're going to put the party back in "CD Release Party")!

Here's how it will go down: We'll have an all star opening set and then... drum roll please....

5 Cent Coffee will the play the entire (soon to be legendary) album "Bourbon and Beans" from start to finish on ukulele!

Ohhhh! Ahhhh!

The All-star opening set features:
Dan Briggs' Dogs in Doublets
Liquor Cake
Amy Zing
Just Henry
Hobohemian's Boxcar Band
Tippy Canoe
Kelly McCubbin, (The Uke Apocalypse)
The Goat Family

LIVE @
The Plough and Stars
116 Clement st.
San Francisco, CA

Saturday February 9th

8pm
$5 door

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Christmas Eve Eve Show!!

Sanchez_Boon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:24:35 GMT

That's right, Kelly McCubbin will be drinking in the holidays with 5 Coffee at Kelly's Favorite haunt The Rite Spot in SF

Sunday Dec 23rd.

FREE SHOW!!

(Check out the Flyer in the Pics on this tribe)

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R.I.P. - Dan Fogelberg

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:51:29 GMT

Am I the only one noting with a tinge of melancholy the passing of Dan Fogelberg? I understand that he was definitely on the soft-side of the 1970s singer-songwriter era, but, hey, the guy played a lot of instruments and wrote a lot of, what I think is good, music...

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Other Magazine Anniversary Party!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:43:13 GMT

Hey guys, I just figured out how to unblock my own Tribe from my day job's "Adult Content" filters! Whoo!

So, check it out! This Sunday I'm playing a set with my good friends Five Cent Coffee at the CounterPulse Gallery for the 5th anniversary of Other Magazine! We'll be sharing a bill with one of my local heroes, ex-Camper Van Beethoven guitarist, Victor Krummenacher!

Also, coming up soon (Don't worry, I'll remind you again later...) is a very special Christmas show with me and the Coffees at the Rite Spot on the 23rd of December. Christmas Eve Eve, the most Eve-ish of Eves!!! This ain't your mama's Noel, children!

And before I pass on the skinny, for the hell of it, here's some new songs... http://www.ukeapocalypse.com/jinzora2/index.php?action=playlist&jz_path=Kelly+Demos%2Fbonfire.mp3&type=track

http://www.ukeapocalypse.com/jinzora2/index.php?action=playlist&jz_path=Kelly+Demos%2Fgodmoves.mp3&type=track

The Other Magazine Skinny...

Don’t miss the awesome other magazine anniversary party on Sunday!

The magazine of pop culture and politics for the new outcasts is celebrating its fifth birthday. We’re also releasing issue #13, the “Dead Magazines”
issue. To celebrate both things, we’re throwing a party, featuring:

- Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven)
- Ukeapocalypse (Kelly McCubbin) featuring 5 Cent Coffee
- Hazy Loper
- DJ Joel Schalit
- Art from other magazine on display

- Beer donated by Mendocino Brewing Co.

Where: CounterPULSE Gallery, 1310 Mission St. @ 9th., San Francisco
When: Sunday, Nov. 18, from 7 PM to 11 PM How much: $7 to $10 sliding, $10 gets you new issue of other magazine. (No-one turned away for lack of funds.
All proceeds benefit other magazine.)

About the “Dead Magazines” issue of other magazine: Other magazine celebrates the great magazines that have passed on. Articles include an inside look at Punk Planet, the original Bitch magazine and several magazine editors tell how DIY publishing ruined their lives.

About other: Other magazine is for people who defy categories. We print everything from genre-busting fiction, journalism, and essays, to cartoons, artwork, and innovative graphic design. Every four months, our writers bring you challenging ideas, wild tales, rebel futurism, global media, pop criticism, and indie idealism.

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Where is that Kelly motherfucker anyway?

spidra — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:56:47 GMT

Like, he doesn't call, he doesn't write....

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William H. Macy on Ukulele

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:54:20 GMT

And this, my friends, is why he's the coolest actor in the world... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_o7SmPfzo0

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How 'bout that Kelly McCubbin eh?

Sanchez_Boon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:35:29 GMT

He's dreamy...

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Can you help me find some New Music?

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:07:05 GMT

I'm trying to find some new music (i.e. music that I have not heard before and/or listened to in a long time, that I have forgot about). So, can you good people please tell me what five cds are on your cd turntable that you are listening to now or what are the five most recent cds you have listened to? And what are five brand spanking new groups and/or indiviuduals that you have listened to/discovered?

And what radio stations is everyone listening to? I'm kind of stuck with KFOG right now, which I like, but doesn't have as much new stuff as I would like.

Thanks.

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Thomas Pynchon on the Ukulele

starchymcpants — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:14:30 GMT

"'....Ryder Thorn. He was at Candlebrow. At the ukulele workshop that summer. He lectured on the four-note chord in the context of timelessness, and described himself then as a Quaternionist. We had quickly discovered our common love of the instrument,' Miles recalled, 'and discussed the widespread contempt in which ukelele players are held -- traceable, we concluded, to the uke's all-but-exclusive employment as a producer of chords -- single, timeless events apprehended all at once instead of serially. Notes of a linear melody, up and down a staff, being a record of pitch versus time, to play a melody is to introduce the element of time, and hence of mortality. Our perceived reluctance to leave the timelessness of the struck chord has earned ukulele players our reputation as feckless, clownlike children who will not grow up.'

"'Never thought of it like that,' said Chick, 'all I know is, is it sure sounds better than when we sing a cappella.'"

--Against the Day

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Kelly was first!

spidra — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:40:07 GMT

I only just heard about it, but apparently some band has put together a night of Dark Side of the Moon played entirely on Ukulele.

One wonders whether "Wizard of Oz" will be projected on the wall at the same time.

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Uke-y Stardust - The Final Chapter

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:27:58 GMT

Yes, my friends, we come to the end of an era... the very last ever performance of "Uke-y Stardust". It's been a time, but on June 16th at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco (http://www.rickshawstop.com/) we kill the fucker dead, for good.

This show is gonna be something else. We've stuck a full set of OTHER David Bowie material on the beginning, spanning his whole career and then we close the show with his glam rock masterpiece, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" from beginning to end. Even if you've seen it before, there are new bands, new arrangements, new costumes, new simulated sex acts, new instruments... It ain't your momma's Ziggy. (Though in a way it's like your grandma's, except for the whole... nevermind.)

All of it on ukulele.

For the very last time.

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The show was fantastic!

Kitten: Diva Extraordinaire — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:38:08 GMT

We had such a good time. So glad we could be there for the last show.

Heroes....damn.

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Purple Rain - For the Fans!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:38:33 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atAogGKUZNI

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Uke-y Stardust at the Maker Faire!

Amy Zing — Wed, 16 May 2007 19:13:26 GMT

Like you didn't have ENOUGH reasons to go to the Maker Faire this weekend (Robots! Power Tool Drag Racing! Crafts! Fire! Music!) here's one more! An encore presentation of "Uke-y Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," a glam-bang, balls-out performance of David Bowie's legendary album, start to finish, on ukuleles and other oddball instruments.

Featuring Stella!, Five Cent Coffee, Just Henry, Liquor Cake, and Megan Lynch.

Come see us Saturday, May 19th at 3:30 P.M., in front of the Giant Mousetrap Game (yes, a Giant Mousetrap Game. I would not lie.)
San Mateo Fairgrounds, CA
makerfaire.com
www.ukeapocalypse.com

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stella was terrific.

doodlz — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:44:51 GMT

and kelly. that song of yours. sheesh.
::hanky::

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May 12th at the DaSilva Ukulele Workshop in Berkeley - Plinkity Pleasures II

ukeapocalypse — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:36:33 GMT

We're gonna be there kickin' out the jams, East Bay-style!

Come join us Mike DaSilva's beautiful place at 2547 8th St., SUITE 28 in Berkeley. It's old home week for us as some of the finest (and strangest) players we've met over this last year all get together for a junk rock celebration!

There'll be new songs, old songs, songs we're working on for other shows that we're playing because we're too lazy to learn any more new ones... It'll be great!

It's all star line up of some of the bay area's best uke-players:
Stella!
Tippy Canoe & Mike Lee Prasad
5 Cent Coffee
Just Henry
Liquor Cake
Dogs in Doublets

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Come join us n Sunday...

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:49:55 GMT

Please come out to the Edinburgh Castle on Sunday to celebrate with us and our guest of honor; a very sweet and talented man, Dan Briggs. He's having a bad go of it lately and we want to put an end the troubles with an evening of some of the finer local music you're gonna be able to see all stacked up like this. It's a win-win kinda deal, you see?

The Dan Briggity Shindiggity

WHEN: Sunday, April 22nd
TIME: 7 p.m. to about 11:30 p.m.
WHERE: Edinburgh Castle, S.F.
COST: Donation at the door

WHY: Our friend Dan Briggs, director of Dogs in Doublets, has been hit with serious medical bills and a stretch of bad luck finding work. We thought it'd be nice to put a show together as a fundraising event to help him out a bit with day-to-day expenses as he pounds the pavement and tries to make ends meet.

He's entertained us for nearly 25 years, now it's our turn to entertain him.
AND YOU!
If you come to this show, you'll be fully entertained by the following groups, I guaranteeeeeeee it!

...Salty Walt
...Just Henry
...Single Entendre
...Dogs in Doublets
...Stark Ravens
...Stella with the Uke Apocalypse and Amy Zing
...Plasterkatz
...Hoboheimiens
...Brass Farthing
...Femme Frazetta

Salty Walt & the Ratlin Ratlins will be opening the show at 7pm downstairs."

Jessica Toth is also holding a raffle for some very nice Mondavi Wines.

1st prize: A Magnum of 2002 Stagsleap Cabernet. (Retail $150) 2nd prize: (750) 2003 Reserve Cabernet (Retail $125) 3rd prize: (750) Boomerang Syrah (Retail $45)

Raffle tickets are $10 each. Proceeds will go to helping Dan get back on his feet.
If you are unable to make the event but would like to participate in the raffle please contact
Jessica directly: duskyrose74@yahoo.com

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"Quiet in here, isn't it, George Michael Dolenz?"

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:14:18 GMT

What are you guys all up to? I'm freaking out because we're starting in on our most ambitious shows to date, "Uke-y Stardust II - The Heretic".

Get ready. This will be the biggest Uke-y ever and also... the last.

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THe Calm Before the Storm... Lot's opf shows including, "Everything's a Dollar in this Box" II and III!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:01:06 GMT

Thank you, thank you, to everyone who came out (or listened from the sidewalk outside) to the first Tom Waits tribute night.

Due to your loving interest and intense devotion, we will be doing the show again, TWICE.

Everything's a Dollar in This Box: the Songs of Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments

TWO NIGHTS
Friday April 13th and Saturday April 14th
@
21 Grand
416 25th St.,
Oakland, CA 94612

The same wonderful cast (5 Cent Coffee, Stella, Dogs in Doublets, Pretty Cunt, and Liquor Cake) will be playing your favorite Tom Waits maladies. Beautiful, heart-wrenching tunes lovingly brought to life on ukulele, washboard, saw, accordian, beer bottles, and the single most battered cymbal you're ever likely to see. Plus there will be some new surprises including (but not limited to) a fresh ensemble song and more confetti!

Hoist that rag, get behind the mule, wash your mouth out by the door, and come on down!

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE for both nights through www.fivecentcoffee.com, so you won't be left out in the cold!

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Cisco Systems buying Tribe.net? What does this mean?

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:20:15 GMT

I saw this on another Tribe site I visit occasionally, and I was interested enough that I thought I would post it here. If this doesn't belong here, Kelly, please delete this entry... thanks....

Social Networking’s Next Phase

By BRAD STONE

Published: March 3, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 — Next week Cisco Systems, a Silicon Valley heavyweight, plans to announce one of its most unusual deals: it is buying the technology assets of Tribe.net, a mostly forgotten social networking site, according to people close to the companies’ discussions.

It is a curious pairing. Cisco, with 38,000 employees, makes networking equipment for telecommunications providers and other big companies. Tribe.net, run by a company with eight employees, has been trampled by newer social sites like MySpace and Facebook.

But along with the recent purchase of a social network design firm, Five Across, the deal will give Cisco the technology to help large corporate clients create services resembling MySpace or YouTube to bring their customers together online. And that ambition highlights a significant shift in the way companies and entrepreneurs are thinking about social networks.

They look at MySpace and Facebook, with their tens of millions of users, as walled-off destinations, similar to first-generation online services like America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy. These big Web sites attract masses of people who have dissimilar interests and, ultimately, little in common.

The new social networking players, which include Cisco and a multitude of start-ups like Ning, the latest venture of the Netscape co-creator Marc Andreessen, say that social networks will soon be as ubiquitous as regular Web sites. They are aiming to create tools to let ordinary people, large companies and even presidential candidates create social Web sites tailored for their own customers, friends, fans and employees.

“The existing social networks are fantastic but they put users in a straitjacket,” said Mr. Andreessen, who this week reintroduced Ning, his third start-up, after a limited introduction last year. “They are restrictive about what you can and can’t do, and they were not built to be flexible. They do not let people build and design their own worlds, which is the nature of what people want to do online.”

Social networks are sprouting on the Internet these days like wild mushrooms. In the last few months, organizations as dissimilar as the Portland Trailblazers, the University of South Carolina and Nike have gotten their own social Web sites up and running, with the help of companies that specialize in building social networks. Last month, Senator Barack Obama unveiled My.BarackObama.com, a social network created for his presidential campaign by the political consulting firm Blue State Digital.

Many of these new online communities cater to niche interests. Shelfari, a Seattle-based start-up, recently began a service to let book lovers share their opinions. This week it received an investment from Amazon.com.

Mr. Andreessen’s Ning, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is fashioning itself as a one-stop shop catering to this growing interest in social networks. Anyone can visit the site and set up a community on any topic, from the television show “Battlestar Galactica” to microbrew beers. Ning users choose the features they want to include, like videos, photos, discussion forums or blogs. Their sites can appear like MySpace, YouTube or the photo sharing site Flickr — or something singular.

Those setting up Ning communities can pay $20 a month if they want the site free of text advertisements delivered by Google. They also have the option of delivering their own advertising, as CBS does on Ning-based social networks for its shows “CSI” and “The Class.”

Mr. Andreessen said that even with its two acquisitions, Cisco might be underestimating the ease of combining technologies behind Tribe.net and its earlier acquisition, Five Across.

“The idea that Cisco is going to be a force in social networking is about as plausible as Ning being a force in optical switches,” he said.

Tribe.net, which developed the technology that Cisco is now acquiring, almost led this new social networking phase. In 2004, the U2 singer Bono approached the company and asked it to create a separate network for his antipoverty campaign, One.org, according to several former employees. Tribe.net, founded by Mark Pincus, a prominent Silicon Valley angel investor, decided to remain focused on building a destination site, like Friendster and MySpace.

Bono went on to create the One.org network with Yahoo. Mr. Pincus left Tribe.net in 2005 but repurchased the company from lenders last summer when it was nearly out of money. Today, Tribe.net is primarily used by artists who attend the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

Executives at Cisco and Utah Street Networks, Tribe.net’s parent company, declined to comment on their deal or its terms. But people close to the discussions said Tribe.net would remain an independent site, while its underlying technology would go to Cisco.

Several former employees have left Tribe.net to start their own firms offering social network tools. Alex Muldoven, who had been a product manager there, started a company called Crowd Factory to design social networks for large companies. He is now building services for several telecommunications customers and says the new model makes more sense for Internet users.

“If I’m into fly-fishing, that is where I’m going to spend my energy online,” he said. “I don’t think it is easy for MySpace and Facebook to adapt and bend to the needs of individual brands.”

One challenge is getting users to join new social networks when there are few other members. For example, Google helped Nike design its soccer community site, called Joga.com, but it does not appear to have significantly attracted users.

“I think this will work for certain kinds of brands, and other brands are just barking up the wrong tree,” said Paul Martino, a former Tribe.net chief technology officer who is now the chief executive of Aggregate Knowledge, a service that taps the online behavior of other users to provide shopping advice.

Another challenge is persuading users to enter their information over and over when they join new online communities. To solve the problem, several firms are pushing a standard called OpenID, which would let users sign on and easily transfer profile information among social sites.

Marc Canter, a former Tribe.net consultant who has created his own social networking firm, People Aggregator, was an early supporter of OpenID. “Humans are migratory beasts, and we do not want to re-enter our data every time we join a new site,” he said. “Users own their data and should be able to move it around freely.”

Cisco is positioning itself for the day when mainstream consumers are spending much of their time taking part in these online communities. With the acquisition of Tribe.net, it is also trying to further its quest to become a consumer-oriented company. In the last few years, it has purchased the wireless router company Linksys and the set-top-box maker Scientific Atlanta, giving it a significant presence in many American homes.

Dan Scheinman, the mergers and acquisition chief who led the Linksys and Scientific Atlanta purchases, now runs a new division at Cisco called the Media Solutions Group, which has been responsible for the deals for Five Across and Tribe.net.

After the Five Across acquisition, Mr. Scheinman said in an interview that Americans were quickly changing their media consumption habits. He said his new group would let Cisco help its media customers, like TV networks and cable companies, develop their sites and move more of their content onto the Web.

“Part of our job is to form a relationship with media companies and deliver technologies and services to them, so consumers can consume what they want online,” he said.

www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03...social.html

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hey nice set!

doodlz — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:39:07 GMT

some terrific uke-ing mcubbin. very well done.

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Everything's a Dollar in this Box - Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments... Encore!!!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:43:10 GMT

Now I've been awful proud of the big shows we've put on in the last year. And I well up a little thinking about how brilliant the performers were in Uke-y Stardust and Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry. From soup to nuts I am proud that these inspired mad geniuses would work with me.
But this Tom Waits show is the best I've ever been involved in. I could tell you that it was due to the brilliant performances. Or I could say that it was the inspired staging. Or the wonderful audience who were willing to go there with us so completely. Or the many tentacled Jessica who held it all together when it would've unraveled in less expert hands. I could tell you all those things and they would all be partially true. But, frankly, it was just magic. God damned magic.

We're gonna do it again! Two nights! Please come and be with us. Will ya?
And for those of you who didn't get in (and, woah, we're super sorry. That's not a situation that has ever really occurred to any of us before!) and for those of you who want to make SURE to get in, advanced tickets are available this time!
Here's the skinny from the impresarios...

That's right! Due to popular demand, New Dates have been booked for an Encore Performance of...

Everything's a Dollar in the Box: the Songs of Tom Waits on Cheap instruments

TWO NIGHTS
@
21 Grand
416 25ht St.,
Oakland, CA 94612

Friday April 13th and Saturday April 14th

Keep the Sapphire in your mind by marking your calendars today!

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE for both nights through our website, so you won't be left out in the cold!

www.fivecentcoffee.com

Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed the show and to all of you hardcore rain-dogs who sat outside for hours and listened through the doors!

The same wonderful cast, (5 Cent Coffee, Stella, Doogs in Doublets, Pretty Cunt, and Liqour Cake) will be playing your favorite Tom Waits maladies. Plus there will be some new surprises including (but not limited to) a fresh ensemble song and more confetti!

Get behind the mule and come on down!

-Smitty "Spitshine" Delacroix
5 Cent Coffee

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This is my "Come Hither" look. The Rite Spot Sunday, February 18th!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:29:20 GMT

Everyone come join us and our heroes, Five Cent Coffee, for a rare (these days) intimate performance at the place where we met, The Rite Spot. It's free, there's lots of new material and you'll be able to say that you saw us in a tiny cozy bar while you watch us accepting that Grammy that the Five Cent boys keep promising is right around the corner!
Did I mention the "free" part?
It starts at 8.

Rite Spot
2099 Folsom St.
At 17th St.
San Francisco, CA
info@ritespotcafe.net
www.ritespotcafe.net

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Stella rules.

Sanchez_Boon — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:51:53 GMT

You all knew that already, but whoa. We played Hoist that Rag together on Sat and my balls dropped another 3 inches. woooweee!

We have to do that song at the Rite Spot on the 18th

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whew. i made it through soldier's things without crying.

doodlz — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:28:07 GMT

it was a magnificent moment when you two played that. good god it was good!

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Everything's a Dollar in This Box - Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments

ukeapocalypse — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:09:42 GMT

I can't tell you how proud I am of our work in this show. I really hope some of you make it out because this is as excited I've been about any show I've been involved in. Seriously, I'm beaming here.
Amy and I will be doing a healthy chunk of numbers, including the title song, Soldier's Things.
This coming Saturday! The 27th!

At the fabulous... 21 Grand
416 25th St.Oakland, CA

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Tom Waits show in the East Bay Express, today!

Sanchez_Boon — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:34:00 GMT

I haven't seen the print version yet, but Amy said that it takes up almost a whole page!

http://music.eastbayexpress.com/search/locations.php?oid=5077

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Thanks SO MUCH gang!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:39:37 GMT

Everyone that came out to the birthday shindig is awsome! Thank you so much! It was great and Isotope loved having us. The next day they mentioned that it was the biggest crowd they'd ever had for a show there.
Here's a handful of pictures from the Civic Center Blog... http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2007/01/uke-till-you-puke.html

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Question 4 STELLA!

confetta — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:05:16 GMT

Will STELLA have shirts available for purchase at the BIG BIRTHDAY BASH?

WANT ONE.

MEAN IT.

If I deaun't get a STELLA SHIRT someone's gonna have some 'spLaiNiN' tuh do.

hehe

fettz

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KeLLy McCuBBiN Birthday REAUST!

confetta — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:16:08 GMT

OKAY...

Here we
geauuuuuu!

The FaBuLoooZe
Mister McCubbin
wiLL BE a YEAR
* O L D E R *

TOMORROW!

What is that thing
that makes KELLY
so McCuBBaBLe ??

R E A U S T !!!!!!!!

~fettz

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The Story So Far... Live... With Comic Books!

ukeapocalypse — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:55:22 GMT

As many of you know, my birthday is on Saturday, January 13th. What you may NOT know is that we're celebrating it in STYLE.
And you are all invited.
Please join me and my friends for a musical salute... to me! We will be at Isotope Comics (www.isotopecomics.com) in San Francisco with quite a few of the usual suspects trotting out orignals, and also a lot of the covers that put us all together in the first place. We'll have sets from Just Henry, Five Cent Coffee, Stella! and will even reform into our Revolutionary Starmen configuration for some Purple Rain and, for the first time in a LONG while, some Uke-y Stardust.
If you take ANY trip down musical memory lane this year, let it be this one! Because it's gonna be the trippiest!

Also, it's free!
Also, there will be booze!
Also, presents are NOT requested or required (though a list of comics that I want will be at the counter in case you can't stop yourself...)

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Schilling a Friend's Band

ukeapocalypse — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:13:53 GMT

Seriously, even if my friend Dan were not this band's instigator, I would love them.
Many of you have probably not experienced my love of droney rock bands or sort of embarassing passion for British folk rock. My old friend Dan has put them together in a way that astonishes me.
I wish I were in thiis band... or that, at least, I had a few grams for to listen to them.

Check out Narco Terror... http://www.abunai.com/narcoterror/

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Kelly is the new moderator of his love tribe. Long live Kelly!

spidra — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:37:29 GMT

Now the pictures will be changed more often.

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Upcoming Shows - First, the Starry Plough, December 22nd

ukeapocalypse — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:31:50 GMT

It's Stella!, 5 Cent Coffee and Special Guests: The New Hour at Berkeley's own folk music landmark, The Starry Plough! New skiffly goodness as we musically windmill our arms and dare anyone to get in the way!
8:30 P.M. Only $5 American!
2006-12-22
kelly@ukeapocalypse.com

At the fabulous... Starry Plough
3101 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA

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TUSK!

sonomacutey — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:51:21 GMT

okay, i know that was totally random.

it's just that i'm listening to it right now.

i'm noticing that this song is damned sexy.

TUSK!

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Friday?

Sanchez_Boon — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:15:49 GMT

Hey, isn't there some sort of Stella show on Friday?

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Totally Digging on The Duke of Uke

ukeapocalypse — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:11:40 GMT

This guy done edumacated me... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p0yp185t0

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More Purple Rain with 5 Cent Coffee (and me.)

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:00:11 GMT

Darling Nikki http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFk3QsoI7s8
Kiss http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO8hD19PwlE

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Tomorrow Night!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:30:46 GMT

Ireland's 32!
With Plasterkatz... our heroes! (Well, right after Elvis and Jesus... and Patsy Cline.)

We will be debuting new material! It's industrial roots music at its most fucked up.

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Are you ready for some Purple Rain pictures?!

hollycallahan — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:17:45 GMT

Thank you SO much Terry!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjhatton/sets/72157594370412391/

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Wooohooo!!

Sanchez_Boon — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:54:19 GMT

A fantastic show last night. Three Cheers for the Uke Apocalypse!

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Another star in a ukelele-centric universe

Jesse — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:22:26 GMT

http://hometown.aol.com/acoyoli1/myhomepage/index.html

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Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry!!!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:21:43 GMT

Here comes! It's getting bigger by the minute!
Let's see some asses wigglin'!

"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called LIFE...."

The man. The artist. The musican. The guitar. Well, scrap the guitar. Because we will be presenting Prince's classic, groundbreaking album, "Purple Rain," from start to finish, on ukuleles. Lots of ukuleles. More ukuleles than perhaps you've ever seen, or ever will. Sure, there will be some xylophone, saw, washboard and spoons, but really, it's all about the uke.

Featuring 5 Cent Coffee, Stella!, Just Henry, and Kitten on the Keys!

November 9th
The Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell St., SF
9 pm/$10/21+
Dressing up and singing along is not only tolerated, it is welcomed. Put on your eyeliner and frilly shirt, put your hands in the air, and say it with me......... "I Would Die 4 Uke!"

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Ebay: A bicycle big enough for Kelly

spidra — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:34:24 GMT

Hey Kelly, Kelly (the bicycle company that's closing out) is auctioning off an 83.5 cm frame they custom built for Erick Dampier (NBA player who's 6' 11"). This is damned near perfect for you! Big bike and it already has your name on it!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/KELLY-BIKE-CO-83-5CM-CUSTOM-ROAD-FRAME-FORK_W0QQitemZ330045460487QQihZ014QQcategoryZ36135QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:23:54 GMT

Here we go! Hype is building. Get your tickets now!!!
November 9th
The Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco

Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry
The entire album on ukulele... yep, that's right, ukulele.
Featuring me!
And Amy Zing.
And Five Cent Coffee (they are SO cute!)
And Just Henry
And Kitten on the Keys!

Woo!

Tickets are flying from www.rickshawstop.com

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This is my "Come Hither" look...

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:55:14 GMT

Come hither to Ireland's 32 tonight to see us opening for the legendary Plasterkatz!
It's free!
It'll be spooky!
There's beer!
We're doing new songs!
Get one of our fabulous Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry postcards!

Woo-hoo!

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Sweet Jumpy Christmas, we're busy!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:14:13 GMT

My heavens Amy and I are performing a lot over the next month!
Here's the rundown. I expect you all to wash behind your ears and get out to these shows!

October 23rd, Ireland's 32 in San Francisco - We open for out good friends Plasterkatz who are so freaking terrific it's amazing. Never let them know that I like them that much, though. They'll never let me live it down.

November 3rd, The Make-out Room in San Francisco - It's the Uke-y Stardust all stars! (Which is basically all of us that were in that show.) We all get to participate in Tippy Canoe's "Uke Out Knock-Out" where my plan is to immediately sucker punch the most dangerous opponent in the ring, Doodlz LaRue, and then let the rest of them squabble amongst themselves allowing me to mop up at the end. Lookie! http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/e68/2a5/e682a556-346c-4669-a23c-9c19b133f83e

And then, of course, it's time for "Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry". November 9th, 9:00 P.M. at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. You don't want to miss this one because I doubt we'll do it more than once and if you'd heard what I've heard already, you'd be giddy with excitement! With Stella!, Five Cent Coffee, Just Henry, Kitten on the Keys and Koz! http://www.ukeapocalypse.com . Go and look at the flyer. Just look and I defy you to not buy an advance ticket! (Which you can get through The Rickshaw Stop www.rickshawstop.com)

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What's the most terrifying Purple Rain number for use? I ask you?

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:36:51 GMT

What makes the LEAST sense interpreted by our little fleas?
I vote "Computer Blue"!
What do YOU think?

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Advance Ticket Sales... wow.

ukeapocalypse — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:13:08 GMT

So, I'm not sure I've ever DONE a show where you can buy advance tickets. But dammit, you can for "Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry'!!!

And you should! Commit yourself mind and wallet to the show!

http://virtuous.com/events/v/449226232/2006-11-09.html

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OMG the Flyer!

spidra — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:18:17 GMT

How very much doth that flyer rock? Yea, verily, it doth rock.

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In the Hands of a Master, the Ukulele Is No Toy

confetta — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:18:03 GMT

hey...

this was on the radio yesterday and there are links at the bottom of the page for more Ukey-neSs.

oxo
~fettz

In the Hands of a Master, the Ukulele Is No Toy
~by Renée Montagne

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6155338&sc=emaf

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Our set with Bono!!!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:15:03 GMT

Ok, I made that up, but it's time to start talking about them gigs what's coming down the pike...

First comes the Knockout Uke-Out at, where else?, The Knockout in S.F.. The acts that brought you Ukey-Stardust are ready to throw down in a no-holds-barred, bare-uked brawl! Featuring Tippy Canoe & the Paddlemen with special guest Dee Spare, Uni & her Ukelele, Just Henry, now, Stella featuring The Uke Apocolyse & Amy Zing, 5 Cent Coffee and Megan Lynch. Where else, I ask you, can you get that much Ukaliciousness for $8?

And then, right after, on November 9th, comes a Purple Dawn...
Ready for this? Many of the same folks from Uke-y Stardust, and a few new very special faces, are returning for another "What the hell were they thinking when they came up with this?" event! "Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry". That's right, the entire album, beginning to end, on ukuleles. We've been secretly working on this for a while and, I can tell you, this is the Everest of uke ambition. And it's sounding sooo good.
And, as an extra special treat, the opening act is... us! The bands in the main show are gonna take a little time before we get doused in the purple spray, to show you what we sound like normally.
Here's the skinny...
November 9th, The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.
Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry
featuring Kelly McCubbin, Amy Zing, Five Cent Coffee, Just Henry, Koz and extra special guest... Kitten on the Keys! - $10
Remember "I Would Die 4 Uke!"

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Lynn and Erling

ukeapocalypse — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:11:38 GMT

I just want to say how MUCH I adore Lynn and Erling. They come to every show they can get to. They buy schwag. These are folks that, believe me, have better things to do with their lives, but when it comes to supporting flea-bitten, rag-tag, musicians like us or 5 Cent Coffee, they put their money where their mouth is.
Everyone should be so lucky to have such friends.
Thanks guys.

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3 1/2 minutes of work...

Sanchez_Boon — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:38:59 GMT

Once again The Ukulele Apocolypse was somehow able to avoid the cover charge and recieve a free beer at the Starry Plough last night simply by plinking away for a couple minutes...

...teach me your secret McCubbin!

but seriously thanks for sitting in, it sounded groovy.

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hey thanks!

doodlz — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:37:13 GMT

thanks man for coming to see us at speisekammer - and sitting in with us on 'brass ring' - you're no amy, but the unexpected banjo uke solo you did was HOT!
;-)

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Plinkity Appraocheth!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:45:54 GMT

Hello Ukulele Pals! I just wanted to drop everyone a note to let you know that a bunch of four-string slingers are going to be getting together and doing a show at the 21 Grand in Oakland on Saturday the 26th of August.

These are all my Uke-y Stardust comrades getting together to show you what they do when not under the sway of my apocalyptic dementia. (But I'll be there, too, just to keep things from feeling too safe.)
Come out and see us!

Here's the info...

Plinkity Pleasures

A Ukulele Revue!

A Showcase featuring unique sets by some of the
premier four string
hustlers in the Bay Area!

For your aural pleasure:

5 Cent Coffee www.fivecentcoffee.com

Tippy Canoe & Dee Spare
www.tippycanoe.net
www.kirbygrips.com

Stella! (feat. The Uke Apocalypse and Amy Zing)
www.ukeapocalypse.com
http://mymusicalsaw.tribe.net

Just Henry http://tribes.tribe.net/justhenry

Event Website: http://www.21grand.org

21 Grand
416 25th St.
Oakland, California 94612

Thanks, folks.
Kelly, the Ukulele Apocalypse
http://www.ukeapocalypse.com/index.php

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i just don't know where else to share this

ludmilla — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:11:17 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNjdf5lR2w

but it's the tuxedos i don't quite understand.

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Paul Reubens' Day Performance!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:45:40 GMT

Hi Minions! Stella! (Amy and I) will be doing a short, very special, set for the Paul Reubens Day festivities at the Darkroom on Saturday! Come on by! Details to be found here... http://www.paulreubensday.com/

And remember, if you hear someone say the secret word, SCREAM!!!!

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when ukes cry...

doodlz — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:45:23 GMT

say, so i was on the sf drunks tribe and saw this: (not that i ever would become a member of such a tribe or anything) heh ;-0

Date & Time: Saturday, September 2, 2006 more on this date
9:30 PM
Location: Cat Club
1190 Folsom @ 8th
San Francisco, Ca 94103 view map
More Info: tribes.tribe.net/clubgossip
Saturday September 2

Club Gossip, the 80's new wave video club says:

aaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyywwwwwwwyyyyyyaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
or
What's new with Prince?

New on DVD from Paisley Park
"Diamonds & Pearls"
coming out on 8/22.
For the first time on DVD, featuring concert footage,
band interviews, and the smash singles 'Gett Off', 'Insatiable',
'Diamonds and Pearls' & 'Cream'
And from Warner Bros Records, a Prince Ultimate 2-CD package
with Smash Hits, Rare Remixes and Extended Dance Versions
Featuring:
Let's Go Crazy (Special Dance Mix)
Little Red Corvette (Dance Remix)
Let's Work (Dance Remix)
Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
She's Always in my Hair (12" Version)
Raspberry Beret (12" Version)
Kiss (Extended Version)
U Got the Look (Long Look)
Hot Thing (Extended Remix)
Thieves in the Temple (Remix)
Cream (N.P.G. Mix)

VJ's
Damon
Low Life
Shon
we play 5 and a half hours of videos straight in
the back room on two big screens
no one does it better, you know it

DJ's
Melting GIrl and
Special Guest John from New Wave City
play new wave underground type music people still like
even though it's, like, 20 years old!

Channel One does a Prince and friends Montage
for you to watch and admire
Randy is the host who gets drunk and
falls off the bar at his own party,
be advised

Saturday September 2
Club Gossip
at the Cat Club
every first Saturday
tribes.tribe.net/clubgossip
9:30-3am 21+ free B4 10pm $6 after
tribes.tribe.net/clubgossip

www.prince.org/msg/7/1954...-To-Hit-DVD

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Son of Brainwash pics!

Sanchez_Boon — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:51:22 GMT

Not the finest collection, but hey we were drunk...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5centcoffee/sets/72157594206980277/

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STELLA!!!

Sanchez_Boon — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:03:51 GMT

You guys were fabulous! Thanks for an awesome time.

Let' do it again, right now...

God loves a Drunk...amen.

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Brainwash and Website!!!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:15:14 GMT

First off, I want to tell you that we are PROUD, PROUD, dammit!, to be playing the finest laundry/bar/club in the greater Bay Area, this very Friday! We're playing with our good friends Five Cent Coffee who we ourselves enjoy watching and also have the extra added advantage of making us look borderline sober. Win, win, I say.
There's actually a lot of stuff coming by way of the good graces of my Uke-y Stardust pals and I will tell you this, I owe each and every one of those guys a debt of gratitude that I can never repay for working to make that dream come true.
This leads me to my next point which is that I've revamped my website. It's set up to keep mostly dynamic tabs on all my uke pals and their shows and to allow you to not only see what's coming up, but to be able to see what I have to say about stuff before and after it happens and to chat back with me about it, too.
Anyway, if you guys get an inclination, please go give it a looksee. Play around. See if you can find the events, feel free to post about them, etc.. The data is still being filled in, so you may only see acouple of shows and a handful of artists, but I'm getting them all in there.
Also, if YOU are on one of my pages and you don't like the description or picture I've used, please let me know. I can easily change it.

http://www.ukeapocalypse.com/index.php

Vive la Uke-alution! Down with the six-stringed devil!

Also, keep an eye out for a very special new project that we're starting in on soon... let's just say, "Uke will see the Purple Dawn."

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And this, my friends, is what it's like to be shown up by a nine year old.

ukeapocalypse — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:10:54 GMT

Stick with it for a few minutes past the intro. The kid is amazing!

http://www.georgeformby.co.uk/news/chris_napier/stars.ram

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When good people Spell Bad... I said "SPELL" bad!

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:41:03 GMT

From SF Slim's completely insane "Buzzed Bee" last month. Alcohol, foul mouths and dyslexic cheerleaders... and yours truly! http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubin110/161587454/in/set-72157594157365002/

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A New Name?

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:00:51 GMT

Kelly et al.,
If the name "Uke Apocalypse" was picked because of the "5 years, that's all we got," concept of Ziggy Stardust, would an acceptable new name for a Prince infl/ected concept be "Uke Rain"? I ask, because that's where my grandmother came from... (mind you, I like Uke Apocalypse a lot and I don't expect or want you to change your monniker. I'm just punning around here for no damn good....)

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Uke-y Stardust (I swear to god!) 3!!!

ukeapocalypse — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:14:52 GMT

Do you believe it?
The Starman with a Jumping Flea is landing again!
We will be upstairs at the Fillmore Lounge for the Fiery Furnaces show! (And I have to say, what luck! because I would've payed to see them anyway!)
We will be doing two sets for yor Booo-gieing pleasure, one at 8:00 and a second, between opener and headliner starting at 9:45.
Come say farewell to Uke-y as he goes the way of all stars...

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JUNE 14th: HaPpy BirthDaY UKULELE IKE!!!!!!!!

confetta — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:05:27 GMT

BIRTHDAYS

1895 Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards,
vocal/Ukulele/composer,
b. Hannibal, MO, USA.
d. 1971, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

né Clifford Edwards. Cliff, the son of a poor, non musical farming family, had a career that reached heights higher than the Alps and fell lower than the valleys. During a visit to St. Louis, MO, he heard the then-new Edison cylinder talking machine, and became totally fascinated by the fact that the human voice could be "captured" on wax and heard over and over. He soon began singing the "new" music while performing his farm chores. Inevitably, Cliff gravitated to the world of music, first appearing (1909) in the bars around Hannibal, MO. where the phonograph was an early device to bring in the drinking crowd. In 1910, he began to work in St. Louis, MO. eventually learning to play his 'trademark' instrument, the Ukulele. Working usually without accompaniment, he began to improvise sounds by cupping his hands over his mouth imitating a trumpet (a la The Mills Brothers), and experimented with an early type of "scat" singing. Few people today realize that Cliff Edwards was probably one of the first Jazz singers on record (predating Louis Armstrong) with swinging phrases and heated 'scat' singing. In 1918, he began to work with composer Bob Carleton, and helped make Carleton's song "Ja Da" a big hit. Success came fast and furious in the mid-1920s. He appeared in George Gershwin's Broadway show "Lady Be good" (strumming his way through a version of "Fascinating Rhythm"). He followed that by appearing in the Ziegfeld musical, "Sunny", (he and his ukulele were show stoppers), and he also appeared in several editions of George White's "Scandals." A Chicago waiter with a bad memory once called him "Ike", Cliff liked it, and during a singing and ukulele act at Mike Frizl's Arizona Cafe, first started billing himself as 'Ukulele Ike'. He landed a recording contract, and during the 1920s and early '30s he had one hit after another. "June Night" sold 3.2 million records, and "Sleepy Time Gal" over one million. The song "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", though now associated with Al Jolson, was introduced and was a hit for Ukulele Ike. He has been credited with selling over 74,000,000 records. He became almost a "regular" on the Rudy Vallee radio show, while also appearing on a great many other shows. His Hollywood career began in 1928 when production Chief Irving Thalberg (who had seen his act) first signed him for a musical short, and followed that with a four-year pact and a debut part in the Robert Montgomery feature film "So This is College?". His film career really started to take off after he introduced the song, "Singin' in the Rain", in MGM's 'The Hollywood Review of 1929'. Between the mid-1920s to the mid-'40s, Cliff appeared in over 100 films, (including a cameo appearance in "Gone With The Wind"). In 1940, at the end of his career, Walt Disney used his voice for the character of Jiminy Cricket, in the film "Pinocchio". Then his luck ran out. His two bad habits, gambling and drinking, would cause many problems. He was twice divorced and in the following 20 years, glamorous jobs eluded him. He only found occasional radio and second-rate nightclubs appearances, and by the mid-'60s, Cliff was bankrupt. Cliff had a very prolific Hollywood career - appearing in 75 films starting with 'Marian' in 1929 and ending with 'The Man from Button Willow' in 1965. During his active 3 decade long career, the little "farm boy" had earned Millions of dollars, but in 1971, he died in a California nursing home ( Virgil Convalescent Hospital. Hollywood, CA.), in abject poverty. After a self-destructive life full of drinking, gambling, problems with the IRS and decades of obscurity, Cliff's body lay unclaimed for over a week because his identity was unknown.

AMG BIO:
www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll

RED HOT JAZZ BIO (HEAR HIS MUSIC!):
www.redhotjazz.com/cliffedwards.html
UKELELE HALL OF FAME BIO:
ukulele.org/edwards.html

MORE Cliff Edwards!

Today, 1:41 PM
in response to: Spotlight for JUNE 14th! Cliff "Ukulele Ike" ...
Hollywood Revue of 1929
01:12
with Jack Benny and Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
www.youtube.com/watch

Cliff Edwards (Animation - Voice)
legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail
Cliff Edwards' uniquely ebullient voice won him the role as Jiminy Cricket in "Pinocchio" and resulted in one of the most inspirational of Disney songs, the Oscar®-winning "When You Wish Upon A Star."

As film critic Leonard Maltin wrote for the Cliff Edwards CD, released under the Take Two label, "His casting as the voice of Jiminy Cricket has granted him a kind of immortality; what man, woman or child hasn't heard him sing 'When You Wish Upon a Star?'"

Born in Hannibal, Missouri, on June 14, 1895, Cliff ran away from home at 14, eventually landing in St. Louis, where he sang for nickels in saloons. He learned the ukulele and developed an unusual singing style that he called "eefin," where he created a kazoo-like sound with his elastic, three-octave range voice. And when a waiter couldn't remember his name, nicknaming him Ike, Cliff began to bill himself as "Ukulele Ike."

While living in Chicago and working with a pianist named Bobby Carleton, who wrote a song "Ja Da," the duo transformed it into one of the biggest hits of the 1920s. Almost overnight, Cliff became a favorite crooner recording such songs as "June Night."

On the stages of New York, Cliff worked with many stars of the time, including stuttering comedian Joe Frisco at the Palace Theatre. In 1924, he stole the show in George Gershwin's "Lady Be Good," starring Fred Astaire, when he introduced the song "Fascinatin' Rhythm," and later replaced Rudy Vallee as the star of "George White's Scandals."

In 1928, Cliff arrived in Los Angeles and signed a four-year contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, debuting in the Robert Montgomery feature "So This Is College?" He went on to introduce the song "Singin' in the Rain" in "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" and established himself as a bona fide film star, subsequently appearing in more than 100 motion pictures, including the classic "Gone With the Wind" with Clark Gable.

After "Pinocchio," Cliff encored the voice of Jiminy Cricket in such Disney films as "Fun and Fancy Free" in 1947. In the years that followed, either he (with his ukulele in hand) or his voice as Jiminy Cricket, were featured in more than 30 episodes of the popular television series -- "The Mickey Mouse Club." Cliff also voiced one of the crows in the 1941 animated feature Dumbo, in which he introduced the infectious "When I See an Elephant Fly," and in 1956, recorded his final album "Ukulele Ike Sings Again" for the Disneyland label.

Because of personal and health issues, his career slowed during the 1950s and '60s. Cliff Edwards died in Hollywood on July 17, 1971."

Insufficient Sweetie
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...eetie.ram

I Got Shoes - You Got Shoesies
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...Shoes.ram

Fascinatin' Rhythm
From "Lady Be Good"
(Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/edwards/fr.ram

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...hands.ram

Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter (While The Caretaker's Busy Taking Care)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...scare.ram

When You Wish Upon a Star
(Leigh Harline - Ned Washington)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ed...aStar.ram

That's My Weakness Now
(Bud Green / Sam Stept)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...ereis.ram

Red Hot Mama
(Gilbert Wells / Bud Cooper / Fred Rose)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...tmama.ram

Somebody Loves Me
from "George White's Scandals"
(Buddy DeSylva / Ballard MacDonald / George Gershwin)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...vesMe.ram

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Fetts!

ukeapocalypse — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:09:19 GMT

Did you take this?
http://tribes.tribe.net/ukeapocalypse/photos/889d6be2-b2af-4fcf-abab-8f4e92d4376e

I love it!

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David Bowie Lou Reed Rocky Horror....amazing footage!

confetta — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 17:10:00 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnK0ilvrQ4&search=david%20bowie

amazing amyzing!!

confetta~

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Veags Apocalypse!

ukeapocalypse — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:58:27 GMT

Hi, Apocalyptipals!
I spent the 6/6/6 in Sin City! I actually played ukulele on the Vegas Strip briefly and then won about $50 in "Let it Ride".
I also ate at an ass-bad buffet (Excalibur) where I only, in retrospect, ate thing that were dangerous if poorly cooked... shellfish, bivalves and such.
I met some nice folks out here (I learned a lot about the dealer's dialysis.) and, in a fantastically surreal moment had this conversation as I walked through the Vegas airport.

"Excuse me?"
"Yeah?"
"I just wanted to say that I saw Uke-y Stardust at the Chabot and really enjoyed it."

I was, as you might expect, totally gobsmacked.

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The Return of Uke-Y STarDusT pics....

confetta — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:57:23 GMT

I posted a few........

and I

1. Got there late and it was packed so I didn't get any stage shots : (

2. I accidentLy DELETED a bunch of the pics because....I was STARSTRUCK!!

Here is a link if you want to see the other pics I was lucky enough to get
of that utterLy spectacuLaR SHOW!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/confetta/sets/72157594152592845/

~confetta

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Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

hollycallahan — Sat, 27 May 2006 18:03:25 GMT

Come on now...how off the hook was last night?!?!

Sheeeeeeit! There were millions of faces out there! Dayam.

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Pictures from the Chabot show

inkvision — Sun, 28 May 2006 21:47:44 GMT

I have tons more photos to go through and process (fix red eye, contrast and resize), so I plan to add at least twice as many, but here you go:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkvision/sets/72157594147819725/

I still need to add a description, names, and tags to all the photos...

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some sneak peaks previews....

confetta — Fri, 26 May 2006 22:30:26 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxPrmcNc_Og&search=mick%20ronson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhoE5hOfirE&search=mick%20ronson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWYGR3xy2Y&search=mick%20ronson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCQCLRB2qEg&search=mick%20ronson

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Press for Ukey Stardust!

Sanchez_Boon — Wed, 24 May 2006 17:46:32 GMT

We've got mad press for this gig, in print and online!

Booya!

SF Weekly:
http://www.sfweekly.com/search/events.php?eventSearch=1&date=2006-05-26

East Bay Express:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/search/events.php?eventSearch=1&date=2006-05-26

SF Gate/Pink Pages:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/21/PKGNSGU76U1.DTL&hw=ukey+stardust&sn=001&sc=1000

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Come, my minions! Help advertise the Chabot Uke-y Stardust!

ukeapocalypse — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:19:18 GMT

We're doing it all over again, with a little langiappe on the end, too.
Check this out, laser light show designed by Moby. Space Museum. Beer tasting. Food eating. DJ. And the return of Uke-y Stardust!
Not only do we want you all to come, but let me know if you can think of anyplace where we might advertise that we may have overlooked!

This time... it's REALLY far out.

=============================================

Freak out in a moon-age daydream at Chabot Space & Science Center!

Friday May 26, 2006 8:00pm

Party under the stars in glam style at Chabot Space & Science Center with an
unusual and unique live musical performance: The Rise and Fall of Uke-Y
Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, presented by Ukulele Apocalypse
(KellyMcCubbin); including performances by Megan Lynch, Uni and her
Ukulele, Tippy
Canoe, 5 Cent Coffee, Henry and the Heymen, and Amy Zing on saw!

That's right, it's the whole Ziggy Stardust album presented in its entirety,
completely on ukulele! Come sing along and dress the part. Show us your
glittery glam David Bowie style while tasting local beer and food. Sample
beer from Buffalo Bill's Brewery; coffee from Uncommon Café; and dessert
from CremaLite café.

This event includes telescope viewing (weather permitting), admission to the
entire museum and all our hands-on exhibits, PLUS a SonicVision planetarium
show, the coolest digitally animated alternative music show in the Bay Area,
designed by Moby. www.chabotspace.org/sonicvision/

This event help support Chabot's efforts to provide programs and
supplemental education for Oakland kids and teachers.

Admission: $8 members of Chabot /$10 student (w/ID)/ $15 adult

Advance tickets – Box Office: 510.336.7373

www.chabotspace.org

10000 Skyline Drive, Oakland, CA:

Closer than you think!

Highway 13 to Joaquin Miller exit

Left on Skyline Boulevard.

Lots of FREE Parking.

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Such very sweet people

ukeapocalypse — Sat, 20 May 2006 12:58:24 GMT

And they seemed to like Spidra and I... http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=5029

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Billy Squire would be proud...

Sanchez_Boon — Sun, 14 May 2006 04:39:48 GMT

Kelly and Amy were off the hook last night. If you missed the Brainwash show then not only do you have to wear the same socks tomorrow, but you also might as well just drink that bottle of Tide because it doesn't get any better.

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I Am SO Lame!

ukeapocalypse — Sun, 14 May 2006 21:50:46 GMT

I haven't posted about the gig that Spidra and I are doing tonight at Martuni's!
We're doing three numbers as part of the one year anniversery of "Bijou". (http://www.traumaflintstone.com/bijou.htm)
Come on by! It's from 7 - 9 this very night!

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Kelly will Brainwash you!

Amy Zing — Fri, 12 May 2006 05:10:49 GMT

The Ukulele Apocalypse, Amy Zing, and 5 Cent Coffee are playing at Brainwash!

Hot on the heels of the success of Uke-y Stardust, your favorite off-kilter musicians with day jobs are at it again! Bring your sweetie, your big ears, and your dirty laundry out for a toe-tapping, gut-busting, fluff-and-fold evening of musical delight!

Kelly McCubbin, The Ukulele Apocalypse, (tribes.tribe.net/ukeapocalypse)
may very well be the only uke player to segue from Cliff Edwards to Billy Squier and live to tell the tale.

Amy Zing (mymusicalsaw.tribe.net/), with her trusty saw, Stella, dreams of touring hardware stores across the country, finding the beauty hidden among the mundane.

5 Cent Coffee is an eclectic trio dedicated to organic old fashioned sound; an amalgamation of a by-gone nation, mixed with the fresh scent of a smile or the sound of a lament. Ukulele driven original material with stand-up bass and melodian - throw in a washboard, a kazoo - some junk - an old shoe, wear a grumpy hat, cry a tear or two, and you're there. http://tribes.tribe.net/5centcoffee

Friday, May 12th, 9 PM
Brainwash Cafe, 1122 Folsom St., San Francisco
F-R-E-E!

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Join us!! Fellow ukesterweirdoites....

Sanchez_Boon — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:06:05 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/5centcoffee

mmmmm.....paste.....

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Missing: Purple Furry Vest!

Amy Zing — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:14:15 GMT

Sad, but true. The glorious, glamorous purple furry vest that Kelly wore at the Uke-y show is MIA.

It was last seen in the kitchen at the Rite Spot, but somehow didn't make it into his car at the end of the night.

Has anyone seen this fabulous garment? We had to skin fifteen muppets to make it.

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Ok, I know I'm a little obsessive...

ukeapocalypse — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 03:55:17 GMT

Yes, I jumped on the Crosby bandwagon really hard recently (pre-WWII Crosby, of course). As Amy put it "This is almost as great as your Calypso phase."
So anyway, I listen to far too much of the stuff, sorta interspersed with my regular diet or Cliff Edwards and, lately, The Boswell Sisters.
Anyway, here's my point, this page has some great, slightly edited, video clips of the Bing's first combo, The Rhythm Boys, from the 1929 feature "King Of Jazz". http://www.redhotjazz.com/kingofjazz.html
During this picture, Crosby was in jail for drunk driving and was being transported by police to the studio for filming every day... in handcuffs!
The version of "So the Bluebirds anb the Blackbirds Got Together" on here is priceless and highly recommended to all my zombie-like teenage followers.

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And Kelly thinks he has trouble shopping...

spidra — Fri, 05 May 2006 22:29:50 GMT

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/05/04/national/a145908D19.DTL&type=bondage

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Please to review your friendly local Uke-y Stardust players

spidra — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:14:15 GMT

Kelly's here: http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/recommendation/Kelly-McCubbin/oakland-downtown-sf-/4939bc14-183c-4dba-a0b8-cb2759c10732

Kelly, do you think you should actually make a new one for you and Amy together as an act and build up your reviews there?

Mine's here: http://sanfrancisco.tribe.net/recommendation/Megan-Lynch/san-francisco-city/3fcae40a-ded9-47b9-8ef1-5dd5a9e69a12?nextpage=http%3A%2F%2Fsanfrancisco.tribe.net%2Flocal

I don't know, but I'm sure Plasterkatz and 5 Cent Coffee and Uni and Tippy must have theirs here somewhere as well.

Anyway, I'm on another kick of trying to make myself be less shy about this stuff. Please review me. Whatever you honestly feel.

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Uke-y Stardust is on Ukulelia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

inkvision — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:38:55 GMT

Ukulelia is the primary blog for ukulele, started by one of the boingboing folks...

They put my message on, with a link to pictures, that I sent the other day... and there is a pic of Megan (their choice)

(blogged on Thursday, April 27, 2006)
Expect some hits!!!

http://www.ukulelia.com/

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PICS GALORE!

confetta — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:02:18 GMT

Sorry it took me seau long!

On to UKEY STaRDuST!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/confetta/sets/72057594117999864/

oxo

~confetta

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Kelly McCubbin, Uke Apocalypse's topics - tribe.net

Japanese Jug Band Compilation!

Kelly McCubbin's Golden Hour of Radio

Great Review of "Everything's a Dollar In This Box" at the 21 Grand!

The Jennifer Justice Show!

Five Cent Coffee CD Release Party, Whoo!!!

Christmas Eve Eve Show!!

R.I.P. - Dan Fogelberg

Other Magazine Anniversary Party!

Where *is* that Kelly motherfucker anyway?

William H. Macy on Ukulele

How 'bout that Kelly McCubbin eh?

Can you help me find some New Music?

Thomas Pynchon on the Ukulele

Kelly was first!

Uke-y Stardust - The Final Chapter

The show was fantastic!

Purple Rain - For the Fans!

Uke-y Stardust at the Maker Faire!

stella was terrific.

May 12th at the DaSilva Ukulele Workshop in Berkeley - Plinkity Pleasures II

Come join us n Sunday...

"Quiet in here, isn't it, George Michael Dolenz?"

THe Calm Before the Storm... Lot's opf shows including, "Everything's a Dollar in this Box" II and III!

Cisco Systems buying Tribe.net? What does this mean?

hey nice set!

Everything's a Dollar in this Box - Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments... Encore!!!

This is my "Come Hither" look. The Rite Spot Sunday, February 18th!

Stella rules.

whew. i made it through soldier's things without crying.

Everything's a Dollar in This Box - Tom Waits on Cheap Instruments

Tom Waits show in the East Bay Express, today!

Thanks SO MUCH gang!

Question 4 STELLA!

KeLLy McCuBBiN Birthday REAUST!

The Story So Far... Live... With Comic Books!

Schilling a Friend's Band

Kelly is the new moderator of his love tribe. Long live Kelly!

Upcoming Shows - First, the Starry Plough, December 22nd

TUSK!

Friday?

Totally Digging on The Duke of Uke

More Purple Rain with 5 Cent Coffee (and me.)

Tomorrow Night!

Are you ready for some Purple Rain pictures?!

Wooohooo!!

Another star in a ukelele-centric universe

Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry!!!

Ebay: A bicycle big enough for Kelly

Purple Rain - When Ukes Cry

This is my "Come Hither" look...

Sweet Jumpy Christmas, we're busy!

What's the most terrifying Purple Rain number for use? I ask you?

Advance Ticket Sales... wow.

OMG the Flyer!

In the Hands of a Master, the Ukulele Is No Toy

Our set with Bono!!!

Lynn and Erling

3 1/2 minutes of work...

hey thanks!

Plinkity Appraocheth!

i just don't know where else to share this

Paul Reubens' Day Performance!

when ukes cry...

Son of Brainwash pics!

STELLA!!!

Brainwash and Website!!!

And this, my friends, is what it's like to be shown up by a nine year old.

When good people Spell Bad... I said "SPELL" bad!

A New Name?

Uke-y Stardust (I swear to god!) 3!!!

JUNE 14th: HaPpy BirthDaY UKULELE IKE!!!!!!!!

Fetts!

David Bowie Lou Reed Rocky Horror....amazing footage!

Veags Apocalypse!

The Return of Uke-Y STarDusT pics....

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!

Pictures from the Chabot show

some sneak peaks previews....

Press for Ukey Stardust!

Where is that Kelly motherfucker anyway?

And Kelly thinks he has trouble shopping...