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Songs of Summer 2009

All of these are my favorite songs by far, that epitomize the summer of 2009. Most were heard / listened to when I lived in Hawaii over the summer. A few aren’t Hawaiian themed, but I assure you all are amazing. Sorry for the lack of music videos for some songs, but groups like SDIB don’t have music videos, and it’s rare to find a full version on youtube (past some douche with his new acoustic..)

5. Razorlight – Golden Touch : Great song, quite catchy. Not hawaiian, but played throughout the summer never the less.


4. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers – Day N’ Night : Love it, would tweak out the local Hawaiians playing it / blasting it in my bio-diesel powered Jetta. Respeck. Story of my life per say, haha.


3. The Dandy Warhols – Get Off : Great song I’ve heard from Dom Joly from the Trigger Happy TV / World Shut your Mouth Soundtracks:



2. Heavy D – My Love Is All I Have : Probably should be tied with #1 as I still listen to this song. In fact I found no real way to stream it on the page except linking to Yahoo music so I dug up code from Google just to embed it, took a little while to do, but totally worth it. Great music, alot of my favorites this summer were from Heavy D – Vibes album, if you were on any island, especially Maui, you heard at least 3 songs from that album per day.



1. SDIB – Midnight Hour : By far my favorite, hawaiian themed song. First few times I heard it walking around Maui / at restaurants thought it was about a guy and his girlfriend (hence the singing to eachother) – Listened to the first part when I downloaded, it’s infact about a ukelele. Makes me love it all the more:

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Dragonfly Music & Arts Festival – 2009


Another music festival kicked off on Saturday in Reading, Pennsylvania by Dragonfly & Todd Jones, local organizer. The Dragonfly Music & Arts Festival was produced by Todd Jones, a local festival manager. With his previous experience with amazing festivals, this event assuredly went as planned, even with the rubbish weather!

Did not even bring an ezUP. Decided to use only my car and a fold out tabe, and an incredibly sopping wet hoody to sell the products I bought. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to even explain a 1W LED Flashlight, I decided to only sell / present the LED Glow Sticks & LED Glow Batons I had made. By the end of the night / 11PM the music was just ending, the rain was strong, but I came out with quite alot of sopping dollars and fives.

The event is a quite modestly priced gathering with much music and also art & crafts for the children and adults. It’s only $25 per person for the day and the kids under $10 are free. No gouging going on here, camping is also available, but the weather fended off many campers to be.

The festival was named after their host, Dragonfly Studio and Galleries. They handled “Art” part with lots of Dragonfly merchandise and creativity.

Housed on a camping ground / older Blue Falls Grove Waterpark, the Festival was in a waterfront area with tree lined groves surrounding the event. An incredible venue for this type of event.

Next year, Dragonfly is planning on expanding to a two day event with even more Dragonfly merchandise and activities! From the numerous products / pendants I personally bought from David Dragonfly himself, I literally cannot wait!

Big thanks to David Dragonfly & Todd Jones for an amazing event.

Save this link for news regarding next year’s event – Dragonfly Studio & GalleryDragonfly Music & Arts Festival

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