BAMP Project and Goldenvoice present Tool live at Blaisdell Arena on Jan. 14, 2011. The Grammy Award-winning band, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, has had chart toppers like “Lateralus” and “10,000 Days” by playing unusually intelligent and…
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Nonstop Honolulu doesn’t have a central office or actually any shared work space. We all work independently in our homes, and although it would be nice to have a Nonstop Honolulu newsroom some day, we don’t really need it. With…
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There’s a lot happening in Honolulu for Halloween. Get in on the fun, from haunted houses to club parties to block parties and music festivals. — Haunted Lagoon photo courtesy of Polynesian Cultural CenterHalloween partiesHallowbalooOct. 29 at The Waterfront at…
If you’re a regular reader of Nonstop, I’m sure you’ve noticed that several of our writers/photographers/bloggers have ventured far beyond Honolulu this month.Tracy Chan was the first to go, flying to California to visit family. Catherine Toth then took off…
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Although my Nonstop partner John Garcia and I are primarily technical/design and editorial people, we’ve also become entrepreneurs with the launch of this site. (Actually, John has long been an entrepreneur; but this is my first time at it.) And…
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Since we’re in the business of reviewing restaurants, I’ll share with you one of the issues that we’re grappling with in this constantly evolving, digitalized media era.Basically it comes down to how soon we should review new restaurants. In the…
Thousands of people showed up at Queen’s Beach Monday afternoon and evening for the world premiere of the new CBS series, “Hawaii Five-0.”Many fans waited for hours, setting up camp early in the afternoon, while others sported “Hawaii Five-0” shirts,…
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Labor of Love launch party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 24 — Photo by Ryan Matsumoto jQuery(function($) { new NggPaginatedGallery('0171e060f318524a63a8ddf3f2efbab0', '.ngg-imagebrowser'); });
With the exception of some blog posts, I edit all the copy that runs on Nonstop. Typically, my routine is to wake up at 5 a.m., log into our content management system and read the copy in our editorial queue.It…
The Grammy Award-winning band Train will headline this year’s Band Camp 8 on Dec. 2 at Blaisdell Arena.Guitarist Orianthi, who appeared with Michael Jackson in “This Is It,” along with Hawaii-based bands The Throwdowns and Pimpbot, will open the event,…
This past Tuesday, Mari Taketa and Melissa Chang did what they typically do together — eat. This time, the occasion was opening night at Morimoto Waikiki, the new restaurant by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto.Their assignment was to review the restaurant…
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Party pics: ARTAfterDark ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 30 — Photo by Ryan Matsumoto jQuery(function($) { new NggPaginatedGallery('2a7f2aa4cb183802c223bfd7fcbb811d', '.ngg-imagebrowser'); });
Yesterday, Nonstop Honolulu celebrated its 1-month-old birthday. We launched at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 23, letting loose the site we had been conceptualizing and building for months. I don’t think any of us can believe we’ve been around for only…
I’m not one to get too sentimental — well, okay, maybe I do occasionally — but this gift of Maneki Neko from my former Advertiser colleagues Scott Morifuji, Tyson Oshiro and Lacie Maemori almost made me cry at last night’s…
Monday’s “Hawaii Five-O” premiere at Sunset on the Beach was our first big editorial test.It was, after all, a huge event with thousands of people (some estimate the crowd at 10,000) descending on Waikiki Beach to catch the show’s stars…
We’re having a launch party tonight, and we want you there to celebrate with us!Help kickoff Honolulu’s newest entertainment website and come meet and mingle with our Nonstop team — Melissa Chang, Tracy Chan, Catherine Toth, John Garcia, Diane Seo,…
One of the visions John Garcia and I originally had for Nonstop was to create an all-star blogger roster. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Nonstop could become the umbrella site for some of Hawaii’s best blogs in our key subject…
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My first job out of college was as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After working as a general assignment reporter for a year, one of the top editors at the paper tapped me to be part of a…
Since launching our site, several people have asked why it’s called “Nonstop Honolulu,” and how that name came about.Coming up with a name — and most importantly, a domain name — was one of the first things John Garcia and…
Party pics ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 40 Russell Tanoue held another edition of his popular Beautiful party on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Pearl. — Photo by Marc Edward jQuery(function($) { new NggPaginatedGallery('336ce2d38012707c457795cdf4ca927c', '.ngg-imagebrowser'); });
First, thank you for visiting Nonstop Honolulu. We’re only a week old, and so far, things are rolling along really well. Traffic to the site has been solid. We’ve gotten nice buzz and media exposure. And most importantly, you —…
