ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
La Luna, for sale
Advertiser Staff and News Services
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They won't give you the moon, but they will sell you "Luna," the newest CD from Island-connected National Product.
The album's rock and punk tone varies, with songs about finding love, losing love, friendship and perseverance, written and collaborated on by all the band's members.
"We all write, but when it comes down to it, we do what is best for the song," says lead vocalist Danny Casler.
Rob Caveney, Stan Moniz and Danny Casler are Hawai'i homegrowns; the band resides in Los Angeles but recently completed a gig in Honolulu at the Pipeline Cafe. Some of the members are still here, visiting family and vacationing.
Pick up their album at all major music stores including Hungry Ear, 418 Ku'ulei Rd., Kailua, 262-2175; www.myspace.com/nationalproduct.
— Lacy Matsumoto
SALES & BARGAINS
— Pualana Lemelle
ALIENS, UFOS, A DJ
If you can believe KTUH college radio DJ Nocturna, a flying disc has mysteriously crashed on Hotel Street. At the monthly Camera Obscura party, escapees of the unidentified flying object are expected to attend. Human attendees can dress in theme as their favorite science-fiction character, alien or unidentified outer-space being and dance to the dark '80s, gothic and electro beats of Nocturna, Politix and Kyoko. Camera Obscura has had some interesting themes, but this one may top them all. 9 p.m. Thursday, NextDoor, 43 N. Hotel St., $10; 548-6398, www.myspace.com/djnocturna.
— L.M.
ONLINE
WU-TANG + CHESS ONLINE
In the song "Protect Ya Neck," Wu-Tang founding member RZA raps, "Y'all might just catch me in the park, playin' chess, studyin' math." Now you're more likely to catch him on the laptop, playin' chess.
RZA partnered with Chesspark.com to launch www.WuChess.com, where the worlds of hip-hop and chess converge. On the site, you can play "hardcore chess" in tournaments with the potential of winning money or "just for the joy of flexin' ya mentals."
Membership costs $48 a year, but the site promises to donate a "large part" of revenue to the Hip Hop Chess Federation's scholarship fund. Yes, there is such as thing as the Hip Hop Chess Federation; it even has a tournament, which RZA won last year.
The standard medieval pieces of the board have been updated to Wu-Tang symbols and martial-arts figures. (Method Man would make a good rook, don't you think?) If you join, you can play games against other people, learn from chess masters and watch exhibition matches with Wu-Tang members.
— Jake Coyle, Associated Press
MUSTARD SEEDS AND MOONSHINE
Designed in Cape Town, South Africa, by artist Kate Carlyle, handcrafted dishes available at Chinatown furnishing boutique INTO are not only beautiful but practical. Dishwasher and microwave safe, their unique designs are a replica of botanicals such as rock rose, Inca lilies, gladioli, tulips and poppy seeds. After going through seven quality stations, each design is tested for perfection. If it doesn't pass the test, the ceramic is destroyed. Find pieces that pass at INTO, 40 N. Hotel St.; 536-2211, www.mustardseedandmoonshine.com.
