Got a piece from a friend who writes "experimental" music that I want to use in a vid this summer.  Now, when we hear the word "experimental" applied to music, it usually means bad things, particularly in the realm of the budget-free: "Hey, did you hear Bill's experimental music CD?  He dressed in bearskin slippers and a Renaissance-faire codpiece, climbed up onto the oak table that his grandma used to give birth on, and pounded the jawbone of a mule on a lump of ...

As a native Hawaiian, I find that it's difficult to get past clicheed Hawaiian images in film--surfing, luaus, hula.  What do you think of when you think of Hawaii/Hawaiians?  Are there any films you've seen or books you've read that break down the stereotypes for you?  Did they do it in a way that made you feel you had insight and shared emotions with the Hawaiian culture, or did you feel like an outsider?  I'd love to hear from anyone who'd like to share a thought or two.  ...