tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post115944707006614163..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Reasons to Love NPR #827John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1159540165337293742006-09-29T09:29:00.000-05:002006-09-29T09:29:00.000-05:00With his talent, I'm sure Shimabukuro could make j...With his talent, I'm sure Shimabukuro could make just about anything sound amazing on the uke. <BR/><BR/>I think it would be cool to hear his take on all of the guitar rock classics (Stairway, Purple Haze, anything by Clapton, etc).FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1159526869982690722006-09-29T05:47:00.000-05:002006-09-29T05:47:00.000-05:00Winston,Edwards has a morning program on Sirius, b...Winston,<BR/>Edwards has a morning program on Sirius, but I don't have satellite radio, so that lets me out. But there's something about his voice and manner that are perfectly suited to a morning progam, and something about this tag-team dynamic that Morning Edition has now that is, um, less suited (though I've never minded that dynamic in All Things Considered). It's still not some Morning John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1159525900430210312006-09-29T05:31:00.000-05:002006-09-29T05:31:00.000-05:00When Bob Edwards left was when I started surfing t...When Bob Edwards left was when I started surfing the dial on my morning trek. He is one that may be irreplaceable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1159498247671148702006-09-28T21:50:00.000-05:002006-09-28T21:50:00.000-05:00I hadn't heard of the guy before this morning, act...I hadn't heard of the guy before this morning, actually. At one point in the piece, they play a bit of "While My Guitar . . . "--it was quite nice. Shimbukuro, in fact, has a theory that George Harrison, because he always carried a ukulele with him when he traveled, might have composed many of his songs on the ukelele, seeing as they sound so good on that instrument.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1159454865348351112006-09-28T09:47:00.000-05:002006-09-28T09:47:00.000-05:00Don't know if you've seen it, but Jake Shimabukuro...Don't know if you've seen it, but Jake Shimabukuro is a rising star on YouTube. Here he is kicking ass with a cover of <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo" REL="nofollow">While My Guitar Gently Weeps</A>. Truly gifted.FletcherDodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com