Pulpconnection Again

Was watching Airborne, a history of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, when I saw a commercial narrated by Michael Jordan called Look Me in the Eyes. These Become Legendary commercials are part of the marketing blitz for the releases of the latest Air Jordan XX3.

Trying to find the music that’s playing in the [...]

Former sumo champion, Saleva`a Atisanoe`e, known as Konishiki in the ring was at Borders Windward Mall this weekend supporting the musical release of Roots Satisfaction by Laga Savea. Laga’s Jawaiian-themed CD is produced by Konishiki Power Hawaii musical label with the former ozeki powering sales with personal appearances.
Konishiki’s a cool guy who took time [...]

On the local radio waves, I’ve been hearing a little more from upcoming artist Lupe Fiasco. Online, I read about this rap star and sampled his music on iTunes. Hearing some fresh R&B-infused rap, I bought his CD, Lupe Fiasco’s the Cool, and I haven’t been disappointed with the purchase.
Like Kanye West, Lupe [...]

Tried using the random play of Coverflow on my iPod Nano, and it’s been playing some good songs.

Kimberly Locke - 8th World Wonder
Destiny’s Child - Lose my Breath
Brothers Cazimeros - Home in the Islands
Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire
Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life
Soda Club - Heaven is a Place on Earth (remix)
Linkin Park [...]

For the past couple years, Pepsi had a promotion with Apple’s iTunes to win free music during the SuperBowl timeframe. Specially marked Pepsi product bottles could contain a code for one free song. The odds of winning were about 1 in 3 unless you altered the odds in your favor.
Anyways, Pepsi has dumped [...]

How can you forget Poison, Do Me!,and When Will I See You Smile Again? I was talking with Coco Bean about music from the 90’s after she attended a forgettable concert featuring Sweet Sensation, Cover Girls, Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory, and others then I thought of BBD, Bell Biv DeVoe.
I also remembered [...]

So Tia Carrere’s nomination for a Grammy award is a surprise to many. But there it is. Her Hawaiian music debut, Hawaiiana, is up for a Grammy Award in the category of Hawaiian Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental).
Producer Daniel Ho describes Hawaiiana as:
… our musical journey back to our roots; it touches upon [...]

If there’s a new iPod owner in your family, why not help their music collection by adding more tunes with iTunes Gift Cards from Costco? Gone are the $50 card for $45. Instead Costco is now selling this $15 four pack for a little less than $60.
Not the greatest bargain, but it’s sure [...]

I’ve noticed on several occasions that the i94 Wake-Up Crew likes to play music from Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg quite a bit. Stuff like Nuthin But a G Thang. At first, these songs were familiar favorites, but then I noticed that these old school classics were played kinda frequently. I like [...]

Starbucks free giveaway of hand picked iTunes songs finally finished this week. That’s 37 songs in 37 days, and yes, I have all 37 songs. Fortunately, I didn’t have to go to Starbucks 37 times, but I sure did up my visits. Like any other caffeine addict, I like a cup of [...]