Vintage ebay: Harmony Child’s Toy Wooden UKULELE+Instructions

So, it's a lazy Sunday afternoon.  It's below freezing outside so I'm watching Ice Age 3 with the family and checking out ebay auctions for fun ukulele stuff.  Then I happen upon this little fella:

Ahhh.. cute!  It looks like something that Ralphie should have played in "A Christmas Story".   You know, like maybe that made some alternative version where he wished for this instead of the Red Rider BB Gun?  At the time of this post, it's only $10 and that seems like a pretty good deal for a vintage ukulele.  Plus, imagine what a badass you would fell like if you were doing Metallica Ukulele covers with a vintage children's Ukulele. So.. there ya have it:
Vintage Harmony Child's Toy Wooden UKULELE+Instructions

Accessories: Uke Thongs! Not just for the ladies!

Well, it's not as scintillating as the title would have you believe, but it's pretty close.  For those of you who find yourself playing Uke while standing up, or walking around (or, as in my case, running from the police) you have probably perfected the art of holding the ukulele against your body while you play.  Well, what if I told you that wasn't neccessary?  Yup, here we are, using our hands like suckers when the Uke Thong could be doing all the work.  Check it out!

Ingenious, I tells ya!  Looking at the auction, there are a couple of different color choices.  Woah.  Black and Hot Pink checkers?!  Sweet.  Those will match my Vans from Junior High!

Original Song: UPS Girl by Ukulele Guy

Ok.  In a classic "put up or shut up" moment.  @ShelfLifeCC on Twitter asked if I had posted any videos or mp3s of myself playing the Ukulele.   Hmm.. well, that's a good idea.  Too bad I have an incredibly short attention span.  So, generally I write a verse/chorus and then move on.  But, here's a song that I wrote for a love song project with a friend.  The concept was all love songs about specific girls.  We only collaborate and practice via Facebook.  So, of course, we haven't  played any shows yet.  But, I hope to soon.  I think we are calling the project, Yohan.  It's a long story.

Anyway, I was bitching that it was hard to find inspiration for a love song project when you work from your home.  I mean, I rarely see other humans during the day.  But.... there was one exception.  The foxy UPS lady!

UPS Girl performed by Ukulele Guy

Ridiculous Deal: Oscar Schmidt OU2 Concert Ukulele

Oscar Schmidt OU2 Concert Ukulele
Oscar Schmidt OU2 Concert Ukulele

Look at that thing.  It's gorgeous!  You know how Amazon sometimes has those deals where the price is so dang good that you have to add it to your cart to see the price.  Well, that's what's going on here.   List price on this thing is $104.90.  It sells for $69 on Musician's Friend, and that's already a crazy deal.  Well, it's only $56 at Amazon and FREE SHIPPING?!  Has the world gone mad?  Just the other day a guy was asking about good deals on Twitter.  Buddy, I hope you didn't buy anything yet.  This is as good as it gets for a price to awesomeness ratio.

Video: Brian Kirby – No Diggity

I got this link from @ShelfLifeCC on Twitter.  This one was special for me because I was once in a parody white trash rap band and we did a homage to "No Diggity".  Although, we sure didn't do it on ukuleles.  Touche, Brian Kirby, touche.  What's great about the video is that he shows you how he played the song on his uke.  So, you can follow right along.  If I had any criticisms it would just be about the beat.  But, you work with what you are given, right?  Sometimes I think that if you want to have a simple drum machine beat, it can be kind of fun to do it on an old school Casio or something.  Then it stays simple and charming.  But, anyway, it's a minor criticism.  I just like hearing Blackstreet on Ukulele!