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While poking around in a local antique store this morning, I found a fantastic Hawaiian Ku carving. It stands about 18-inches tall, and is carved from Monkeypod wood. There's no artist signature, and the hole in the bottom suggests that it was turned on a lathe, but that's all I know about it. Like most Hawaiian art, it probably was made for the tourist trade. Still, a nice find.
In other news, I received a most pleasant surprise in the mail the other day. Kevin, the head bartender at the 
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While looking back at 2008's year in music, I decided that for the first time I didn't want to make a list of just albums. Now that most of the money I spend on music is either via vinyl or mp3s, it didn't make sense to keep it that limited. So far that reason, I've mixed up albums, singles and live performances into one list. Equal ranking, no handicaps.
Another first in this list is the addition of a lot of Columbus music to my overall picks. Previous years there might have been one or two locals that made appearances, but this time around ther