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May 29, 2007
Ukulele Tuesday
One of my greatest and longest-lasting pals is Liz Woodbury-High, with whom I went to college at KU in the late 80s, with whom I used to exchange bunches of early short stories (she's an excellent fiction writer), and with whom I used to watch many, many Twin Peaks episodes (scroll down a little for a recent Twin Peaks entry about an episode I first saw at Liz's house, way back when). Liz later married her excellent husband Mark, moved to phenomenal Portland, Maine, and founded the equally excellent and phenomenal Casco Bay Books and the Milo in Maine clothing shop. (Photo below: one of their cool shirts, taken from their website.)
Liz and Mark also have two great kids, Zoë and Isaac. In the past couple of years, 9th-grader Zoë has taken up the ukulele, and she's darn good. Recently a cool webzine article featured actual song clips of her music... and:
if you click on the image above, you can see the video for Zoë's cover of my 4th all-time favorite Smiths song, "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," expertly directed by David Meiklejohn.
Give it up for Zoë Woodbury-High!
Posted by scottheim at May 29, 2007 11:25 PM
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she just might be convinced to try it for you, scott!
Posted by: lizzielou ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://heim.etherweave.com/weblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 4, 2007 06:05 AM
I think we need to get Zoe to record How Soon Is Now next. Is there a way you can get the ukulele to do that trademark tremelo guitar sound?
Posted by: Scott Heim at June 3, 2007 05:00 PM
I just saw MORRISSEY the other night and he sang HOW SOON IS NOW...it was a highlight of my entire concert-going lifetime. I was instantly reminded of all the times I had done the Goth girl dance to that very song...
Posted by: tamyra at June 3, 2007 04:33 PM
i can't even begin to describe how uncool i was in ninth grade -- sometimes i suspect that zoe (and her equally cool younger brother, isaac) came from another planet! they both awe and amaze me just about every single day.
Posted by: lizzielou at May 31, 2007 06:26 AM
For historical or nostalgic reasons (which spill over into my aesthetic appreciation), my top 4 would be This Charming Man, Panic, Hand in Glove, William It Was Really Nothing. I was late in the game in discovering Morrissey and the Smiths, only getting immersed in Boston when I first arrived, going to places like the Pill at the Upstairs Lounge and "mod night" at the Common Ground. A late-bloomer in that regard, thanks to my sheltered Brooklyn upbringing. It was no East LA.
Posted by: Marcelo at May 30, 2007 07:30 PM
Why was *I* not that cool in ninth grade? (Strike that question. I prefer not to plumb the depths of my historical and current nerddom at the moment).
Posted by: Amanda at May 30, 2007 03:10 PM
Marcelo, to answer your question:
my favorite three Smiths songs are How Soon Is Now? (isn't that everyone's favorite?), This Night Has Opened My Eyes, and Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before. I also like I Don't Owe You Anything, Girl Afraid, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Well I Wonder, and a bunch of others.
What are yours?
Posted by: Scott Heim at May 30, 2007 12:21 PM
My how that is *beautiful*.
What are your 3 favorite Smith songs I wonder, and does Zoë perchance cover those too?
Posted by: Marcelo at May 30, 2007 07:41 AM
aw, gee whiz, scott! i'm proud in the way only a serious stage mother can be...
Posted by: lizzielou at May 30, 2007 06:21 AM
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