Ukulele Jamboree Nr.12 at SPAM!

The Most Spectacular Ukulele Jamboree Ever!
Hosted by ‘The Uke Box’
Starring Shelley O'Brien (CAN) & Ukulelezaza (BE)

Ukulele- Workshops, Optredens, Open Mic, Market & Expo
+ het mooiste vintage design meubelair en toebehoren van SPAM!

Friday the 16th of April. Doors open at 20:00 hours.
Zaagmolendrift 53, 3036 Rotterdam, Nederland

Oh, and in case you were wondering, "Who in the hell made this FAB flyer?"... I did! Click on the image to ZOOM!

A Special Guest Appearance with Halfway Station!

Oh man, this was so great. Last Saturday we joined Rikke Korswagen & Elma Plaisier of Halfway Station and played to a sold out house at THE most charming little theater in Holland, Theater Walhalla.

I ADORE Halfway Station. I'm not kidding..They are really great y'all. Incredibly talented, fun, easy-goin'...just swell. To add to the fun, Rikke has a mean collection of old microphones and stuff. There was one that looked like a mini carburetor and another one, well, now that i think about it, it looked like a shiny chrome vibrator. Beautiful rarities. Oh, and Elma has a Theramin! We're going to get together soon and try to play that sucker.

Anyway, I was so happy that they asked us to collaborate with them and thrilled with the results. Oh, and they gave us this amazing gift during the concert. It is an original etching of the Concert Poster done be Rikke and it is just beautiful. I'll definately post a photograph of it soon. In the mean time, Check us out bustin' it up to 'Ode To Billy Joe'. Whoooooo Doggy!

The Uke Box & Friends in Photographs

Last week, Paul van der Blom sent me these beautiful images of MuseumNacht. I've posted just a few here. To see all 13 photographs, visit Paul's Flickr Page. Gorgeous work. Thanks Paul!

From Top to Bottom: The Uke Box, Ukulelezaza, Rene Verberne & hey, that's me!, Whoa, check it out, that's me again with the fabulous Ziya "DJ Blue Flamingo" Ertekin and lastly, our New Ukulele Friends.

They say spring is coming...

But i ain't buying it. Spring here in the Netherlands is like winter in Mississippi anyway so there isn't too much to get excited about. I did however have a flash of optimism yesterday and planted a gooseberry bush in the hopes of a long beautiful summer. But, right now, it's just a stick in the cold cold ground. After planting it, i jumped up and down a couple of times at the loveliness of its 3 spring-green leaves and then quickly ran inside to warm up. On the way in, the half-rotten beam which is the only thing left of the back porch on this broken down house, gave way and i found myself dangling from the door frame. Nope, my first flirtation with spring wasn't exactly a jaunt through the blue bells. Ah, but one can dream (while having splinters pulled out of ones backside).

As far as winters go, I kind of liked this one because there was snow. Snow makes everything beautiful and slows people down. I love anything that slows folks down a bit. Snow also makes me think of mom. Every year she was just absolutely sure it was going to snow in Mississippi. It did too, the year after i left for Holland. I was 23. Things like that make me nutty. (Hi Mom, i inserted a photo especially for you. Notice the snow-woman... She has MOM on her chest and fabulous hair. Oh, and show dad the street scene. He'll like the sign. Click on it to ZOOM!)

So, here is to the stillness of winter, the freshness of Spring and a big damn bush full of Gooseberries!

We didn't suck!

The Uke Box performing on MuseumNacht in Het Schielandshuis.
More photographs and video yet to come!

Whoa Daddy-O!

Our picture is in the NL10, Rotterdams entertainment magazine, and that sucker is big. Pretty cool,... kind of scary. I mean, you can't suck when your picture is plastered that big in the paper. Note to self: No sucking during MuseumNight!