Ikaika Fuata uses James Newton Howard’s Flow Like Water for his short film of the Lantern Floating Ceremony, shot on Memorial Day of May 30th, 2011 at Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu, Hawaii. Light The Way from Ikaika Fuata on Vimeo.
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Monday Music: Tamba Trio, Borandá
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Monday Music: Gary Clark, Jr., Catfish Blues
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Monday Music: Bebel Gilberto, Sem Contenção
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Monday Music – 2012 Camp Jitterbug
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Not long ago, someone preposterously complained that my iPhone’s playlist only had old jazz songs. The observation was surprising because a discerning person should know that a playlist of old jazz songs is, truly, a playlist of good music. Worse, imagine hearing that one can’t dance to swing. One might as well be told that…
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Monday Music: W.P.A.
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Monday Music: Joe Pass & Django Reinhardt, Insensiblement
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Monday Music: Theme from The Natural
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Monday Music: Jazz that nobody asked for
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Monday Music: Hotel California
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Monday Music: Film Scores
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Monday Music: ‘James K. Polk’ by They Might Be Giants
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You’ve probably been waiting, as so many others have, for a Presidents’ Day Song about James K. Polk. Your patience is rewarded: here’s They Might Be Giants with their original, definitely B-side song, ‘James K. Polk.’ As one can guess, it’s a tongue-in-cheek tribute, as Polk’s policies met with significant opposition (Lincoln and other Whigs,…
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Monday Music: Valentine’s Holiday Edition
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Monday Music is a weekly feature at my websites, and here are a few songs with a Valentine’s Day connection, with choices suitable for those in love, those hoping for love, and those who are now (but I would hope only temporarily) broken-hearted. For those falling in love: Something in the Air Between Us For…