The website for Ukuleles for Sanity is sooooo well done. Great images, easy to navigate, humorous song parodies, free downloads . . . It’s just ingenious, even if you don’t agree with the point of view presented. This is funny stuff! Intelligence and creativity for a cause. I love that.
Click here to see what is now one of my favorite images, and/or read on for some quotes I've copied from the site. As a musician, I get a kick out of quote about expectations being low.
“And to those activist organizations that wish to create their own Ukuleles for Sanity group within their organization but don’t actually know any ukulele players, we say: 5 minutes. That’s how long it takes to learn a basic three-chord protest song on a ukulele. It doesn’t even matter how well you play it. It’s a ukulele. Expectations will be low. Novelty interest will be high. We think having your strings in tune helps, but it’s your call.”
“Weird times call for weird symbols, and we believe that the ukulele is the perfect symbol of empowerment in these times. We believe that this four-stringed underdog can be used to deliver a political statement that extends the artistic statement we already make when we perform on a uke. It’s a statement of hope and defiance and humor. Of unapologetic pride in being who we are. Of the belief that the smallest voice has its own special strength.”
“Ukuleles for Sanity. Providing all of your left-leaning ukulele political action needs!”
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