September 5: Freddie For a Day

Freddie For A Day is an annual initiative celebrated on September 5, Freddie Mercury's birthday, to raise funds to support the work of the Mercury Phoenix Trust. You can find out more about Freddie for a Day here, and even download a two-page PDF of the Tashe Template here.

Earworm of the Day: Queen - Teo Toriatte (Let us cling together)

Let us cling together as the years go by,
Oh my love, my love,
In the quiet of the night
Let our candles always burn,
Let us never lose the lessons we have learned...

TED: Jake Shimabukuro

This is a follow-up to an earlier post of mine;
Jake Shimabukuro was recorded at TED2010, February 2010, in Long Beach, CA playing his cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Watch it here, duration: 7:08

Jake Shimabukuro: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ On The Ukulele

via npr

“Bohemian Rhapsody is high on the list of songs least likely to be covered by a solo ukuleleist. Yet when Jake Shimabukuro delicately yet assertively plucks out the opening notes of the quasi-operatic, hard-rocking power ballad, the 34-year-old Hawaiian is clearly out to show that there are no limits in the world of covers, and that even a seeming stunt can sound both musical and emotive.”

Read more about Shimabukuro, and listen to his version here.