If you’ve lived in Hawaii anytime during the last 10 years, you must have, at some point, heard of the local-grown rock/raggae/ska band called Pimpbot. Well, they’re about to complete their third album, but they need to raise enough funds to bring it to fruition.“Being based in Hawaii and isolated from the continental U.S. and Asia can be tough at…
That’s right, I’ve returned to San Francisco for the annual Bay to Breakers fun run, not just because it was a crazy time last year, but because this is the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous fun runs in the country.I’m going to just say it up front: Bay to Breakers is the bawdiest sporting event in the…
Who’s going to be voted off the island? That’s the key question looming over Monday’s hotly anticipated first season finale of “Hawaii Five-0.”The episode, titled, “Oia‘i‘o” (or “trust”), has been dubbed an “all-star episode,” with a huge cliffhanger and the death of a major character. Executive producer Peter Lenkov tells TV Guide that “there will be a murder,” making for…
After 10 weeks on the Mainland, local band The Green returned home for a special performance Friday at the Road Runner Music Hall. Later in the evening, they did a show at SoHo in Chinatown.Nonstop Honolulu was invited for the special showing at Road Runner Music Hall. Here’s video from that session. Stay tuned for the complete video. Band website: www.thegreen808.com
Once or twice a year, real estate company Kahala Associates holds a big event for their agents and clients for personal and professional development. The other night, they brought in author Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame to talk about “Mastering the Art of Building Wealth through Real Estate,” and I was fortunate to get an invitation to…
With the recent growth of the tablet device market, creatives have found great new ways to re-imagine their existing workflows to include the new form factor.Adobe has joined the tablet integration game with the recent launch of applications that give Photoshop CS5 users the ability to seamlessly connect tablet devices on Android, BlackBerry and iOS with the desktop version of…
While nowhere close to The Matrix’s big-budget action sequences, this film may still appeal to martial arts fanatics who enjoy watching blood, sweat and kung fu fighting.
There are many reasons why you may want to have some YouTube videos downloaded for offline viewing or for archiving. The most common reason I hear are for work and school presentations, weddings or other celebratory events. I get asked at least 10 times a week how to get these videos on your computer for offline viewing. After much procrastination,…
I had always wanted to do a video with my friend, Lena Hanson, who is a renowned makeup artist, brow stylist and licensed esthetician. Aside from her work on brides, films, and regular folk who just need some personal grooming done, Lena is hilarious on and offline.She recently helped Nonstop’s Diane Seo and Mari Taketa with a makeup lesson, which…
First Thursday kicked off its summer of “no rules” on a festive, yet slightly soggy, Cinco de Mayo. This summer, performers are allowed to do team pieces, use musical instruments, props and even perform cover works. A first for First Thursday was the inclusion of live music provided by Quadraphonix, which many performers used to great effect to amp up…
Sunset broker’s opens show the homes in a different light
The line started at 6 a.m. Monday for a peek inside the new Bath & Body Works at Ala Moana Center. Thousands of people queued throughout the day for their favorite fragrances, bath products and more.People were grabbing everything from classic fragrances to new spring scents like Paris Amour, Passion Flowers, Island Colada. They stocked up to buy for friends,…
Nuuanu Parkside offers some interesting amenities
If there was ever any doubt that “Hawaii Five-0” is largely a platform to inject celebrities and scantily-clad women into a police procedural, tonight’s episode will put them to rest. Our crack crimefighting team must investigate the death of a famous photographer who is killed while in town for a bikini photoshoot.Said photographer, Renny Sinclair, is played by Rick Springfield,…
Los Angeles indie dance/electropop band City City, brought in by Jet Setter Productions, put on a great performance at SoHo Friday night, keeping the crowd dancing for their entire set and sticking around afterward to mingle and greet their friends and fans, many of whom had showed up to see bassist Valerie Ngai perform a show in her hometown. Opening…
One of the new food trucks coming to tonight’s Eat the Street is Flip’t Out, which specializes in fusion Filipino-American food. I caught up with the truck’s owner Jesse DeRamos earlier this week to see what’s on the menu and have a taste of his intriguing eats.For more information about tonight’s Eat the Street, see our guide with a list…
While having a name that’s incredibly hard to Google, City City has become known in Los Angeles for its catchy, dancy, pop/electronic sound. Jet Setter Productions will be bringing the five-piece indie band to play their first show in Hawaii this weekend.I had a chance to chat on the phone with Honolulu-born bassist Valerie Ngai about everything from the band’s…
Black Point home transports you to another time & place
Celebrate What: You're ready to call in sick Friday. The diagnosis – exhaustion from your royal wedding fever. Tonight, pack your tiara and your best catty comments (what will Elton John wear to Westminster Abbey?) and head down to Apartment3 to watch William and Kate walk down in style. Nosh on English-inspired delicacies and cocktails while gazing at the live…
There’s another great content streaming application to add to your favorite mobile platforms. Crackle Mobile is a suite of mobile applications from Crackle that allows users to stream full-length movies, television episodes and Crackle Originals directly to their mobile devices. The iOS version of Crackle Mobile was released recently, and I couldn’t wait to to give is a try. I…
The email nearly made me cry. It was a blast from the Sake Shop, outlining the tremendous damage to northeastern Japan’s sake breweries from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Warehouses collapsed, tanks toppled, bottling lines broke, fermenting sake was ruined and thousands of bottles of finished sake were lost. Employees at one brewery climbed on top of a refrigerated…
Fans of “Hawaii Five-0” know its standout star Scott Caan as Det. Danny “Danno” Williams, a wise-cracking family man who’s a font of pop culture references and snarky one-liners.Caan is not only an accomplished actor, but also a supporter of Openfilm, an ambitious online initiative to discover, distribute, and promote independent films and filmmakers. (And his father, James Caan, is…
The more I use my iPad, the more I find myself not needing to lug my beloved and now neglected MacBook Pro. Yet, the need to manipulate PDF documents has been one of many leashes keeping us tied to our notebooks. Now, Readdle has come to our rescue with the ultimate solution for PDFs on the iPad. PDF Expert allows…
New consignment store for furnishings opens May 9
