Sunday, 15 September 2013

Hula Hoping

Today is the 30th birthday of one of the world's most amazing women.  Amazing women deserve awesomeness every day, but they particularly deserve awesomeness on their birthdays.  I want to be one of the contributors to this amazing woman's day of awesomeness, but I am finding it a bit challenging.  Firstly, the emotional challenge: when you love someone so very much, just about any action does not seem sufficient in channeling the bigness of your love.  Secondly, the logistical challenge:  I'm an American on holiday in India, and she is a Kiwi on holiday in Europe.    

The only gift I could come up with to combat these difficulties of emotion dramatization and friendship globalization is to promote her amazingness.  This woman is a very talented musician who goes by the moniker Hula Hope.  She recently released a lovely album with "songs about threshing wheat and charming men, on the folk side of pop." It is truly great, and I think everyone should listen to it.  

So, my gift to her -- and to all of you! -- is the proliferation of this link: 


Here are a few bonus tracks, too. (Hula Hope also enjoys music video production.):  







(A brief digression:  In the spirit of sharing Hula Hope videos, I might as well throw in a project on which I collaborated with Hula Hope and Anna-grams.  It is a great source of joy and pride and complete ridiculousness for me:    https://vimeo.com/44302601)

SO...

Happy birthday, Hula Hope!  May this new decade be filled with awesomeness in your music career and beyond.


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