Pidgin fo' da whole world
Advertiser Staff
ALOHA SHOYU WITH ICE
Niele about pidgin? Try spahk "Da Kine Dictionary" (Bess Press, $11.95), the latest from Lee "Da Pidgin Guerrilla" Tonouchi, co-editor of Hybolics literary mag and pidgin author. Then go to the free launch party, 7 tonight at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai'i at Ward Warehouse. Going have food, music and the exclusive, one-night-only performance of Tonouchi's one-ack play. The book is an illustrated collection of anykine pidgin words from anybody who'd share. Each word comes complete with definition, sentence, origin and name of contributors with, of course, wheah dey wen grad. It's deelux, fo' real.
World championship figure skater and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi will sign autographs next week at commissary stores. The appearances are 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday at Hickam, 3-6 p.m. Monday at Pearl Harbor, 3-6 p.m. Tuesday at Schofield Barracks, and 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i. Events are free and only for military peoplel and families. They are promotions for Aloha Shoyu Co.; partial proceeds benefit Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation, which helps underprivileged kids.
Customers who buy Aloha Shoyu during her visit get a free autographed picture, or can bring one for Yamaguchi to sign. For details, call 456-0501.
FINAL WORD
"There are a lot of bands coming out of England that are writing good songs and know some-thing about music. It's not just an endless parade of 'The OC' hunk bands."
Chris Cornell | lead singer of Audioslave, to Stuff magazine
