Our Entry in the 2008 World Ukulele Contest

We've entered Bushman's World Ukulele Video Contest: http://ukuleleluau.com/uke-contest.html to try and win some new ukes because (as no doubt most of you would agree) early 90s top 40 mash-ups should be played on quality ukuleles!

Original Artists, Songs and Links to Original Music Videos:
All-4-One, I Swear http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SnYESenjoGY
The Cranberries, Zombie http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HJEySrDerj0
Inspiral Carpets, This Is How It Feels http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=twDZ1J0CT88
Celine Dion, Power of Love http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SELp8xfbzJQ
Beck, Loser http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3PGqDRNg
Color Me Badd, I Wanna Sex You Up http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GVg2bp9q0Qk
Meatloaf, I Would Do Anything For Love http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=788H0K5KrYI
James, Laid http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqIHWAMSJ4
Inner Circle, Sweat (A La La La La Long) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4kfTuNdku3A
Boys II Men, Make Love to You http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PqU2WXKcUb0
Ace of Base, The Sign http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FwatjHcV1ZM

Locations by Song
Click here for map!
1. All-4-One, I Swear St Asaph Footbridge
2. The Cranberries, Zombie Behind Broca Food Market, Brockley
3. Inspiral Carpets, This Is How It Feels Telegraph Hill Upper Park
4. Celine Dion, Power of Love The Nunnery
5. Beck, Loser Nunhead Green
6. Color Me Badd, I Wanna Sex You Up Brockley Footpath
7. Meatloaf, I Would Do Anything For Love The Nunnery
8. James, Laid The Nunnery
9. Inner Circle, Sweat (A La La La La Long) Outside Brockely Motor Centre
10. Boys II Men, Make Love to You Outside Nunhead Cemetery
11. Ace of Base, The Sign The Nunnery
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Personal apologies to Kevin, Laurie, Paul, Ging and all those of you out there who care about sound. My best laid plans to record a clean leveled track went awry when the batteries on my (otherwise kick-ass, thanks kev!) sound recorder died somewhere around attempt 7...I did think to put a back up mic to the camera (which is the sm58 tied to the broken lamp base with a piece of green cord...pointing directly upward, sigh, with the levels on the camera set to Corrie singing the the pretty-y-y-y bit of 'Laid' which I wrongly thought would be the loudest point, sigh... sigh.)

As my head hangs in shame, my editor's better judgment is undermined and I include the documentary bookends as evidence of my quest for decent sound. Alas, I have failed you my dear sound enthusiasts, all I can offer in compensation is my most sincere declaration of need for you in my life. x,k

Uke Hunts T-Shirts

Rain, technical faults, unemployment, camera allocation and extensive bouts of clinical depression have stalled the initial shooting for our Uke Hunts web series. To keep busy, we have designed a t-shirt. The graphic inspiration came from the opening sequence from Saved By the Bell.

The unfortunate case of Salt'n'Pepa...

I (Like everyone else in the world) assumed Salt'n'Peppa's 'Push It Real Good' was on their 1990 album Black Magic, along with 'Let's Talk About Sex'. Not so. 'Push It' actually dates to 1986, released on their platinum selling 'Hot Cool and Vicious'. And I believe was an EP before that. Either way, it was certainly not an early 90s top 40 hit.

The devastation was accute. I accepted full responsibility and begged Katian to allow this one indiscretion. I took her violent writhing on the floor as a 'maybe'. She roused later in the week to disown me in every possible sense before skulking to the study to watch the 7th consecutive series of America's next top model, apparently Tyra is in the full throws of a manic episode by this season.

We eventually reasoned that our efforts on the video cannot be laid to waste. It was permitted to survive, on the condition that it stand in exile from the rest of our efforts as an example to the rest. This was merciful. To view this rare and soon to be tragically destroyed material go to vimeo link above and listen on myspace.

Busy Building Premature Web Presence

Band: www.myspace.com/ukehunts
Show: www.youtube.com/ukehunts, www.vimeo.com/ukehunts
Blog: www.ukehunts.blogspot.com
Email: ukehunts@gmail.com
Official Site: www.ukehunts.com