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“That’s why it’s so good to know how to read music!” the grumpy conductor of the ukulele circle barked, “If we’re going to be using these books, we should do the music as it is in the book!”

The dozen or so septuagenarian ukulele players smiled nervously and looked at one another sheepishly, feeling quite scolded. They held their ukuleles and prepared to do the song for a 3rd time.

“Aren’t you Jock-o?” the lady asked me in the lobby of the Thumbnail Theatre tonight, “or is it Joe-ko?”. “Why, yes I am Joko.” I replied smugly.  It’s always a little bit of an ego boost when someone you’ve never met before comes up to you and knows your name, even if she doesn’t know […]