Mark Frauenfelder at 12:10 pm •
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One of my favorite recent projects in MAKE is Chester Winowiecki's complete instructions for making an inexpensive "panjolele." It's a cake pan banjo ukulele and it sounds great. I just wish I could play and sing as well as Chester.
Below: everything you need to make a panjolele.
Mark Frauenfelder at 10:36 am •
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[Video Link] Here's Victoria Jackson playing “There’s a Communist Living in the White House!” on her gorgeous Martin baritone ukulele.
(Via CN)
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Mark Frauenfelder at 1:24 pm •
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[Video Link] Here's Saveincubus playing the Talking Heads' "(Nothing But) Flowers" on ukulele.
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Mark Frauenfelder at 4:48 pm •
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Video Link] I'm happy to learn that Jake Shimabukuro has a new oo-koo-lay-lay album coming out this fall.
Mark Frauenfelder at 7:38 am •
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[Video Link] Lisa Hannigan performs "Knots" on the ukulele. (Thanks, @funnelbc!)
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