highlighted in green

this one is an oldie! i guess in my mind i had just played this song to death, but playing it again was actually kind of fun.

here are some answers to some questions:
What type of plectrum do you use?
- generally i use orange dunlop picks. but i have a few special others. (but they are probably lost)
What is the largest venue in which you have performed?
- some outdoor area this feb in arizona opening for the counting crows
Can I have the tabs to your songs?
- if only i had the time to write tabs for them! some day… i really would love to share.
What is the most played song on your iPod?
- i tend to lose my ipod for months on end, but the most played song on my itunes is “Let Go” by Frou Frou with 640 plays.
kina, what ARE the many uses of pennies?
- well, one is spending them. but the BEST one is strategically leaving heads up pennies everywhere you go in hopes that you will make someone feel happy and lucky later when they find it.
why is it that sometimes when you’re playing a song [like in the part of the new song that you posted with the bleeding love video] you like slide down your left hand after playing a chord? do you know what i mean?
- yes i know what you mean, and the answer is… it feels right? haha. i’m actually not very conscious of the movement but i have realized that i do it, and it doesn’t actually accomplish much. except feel good.
do any bugs/reptiles just gross you out?? or just plain annoy the heck out of you? because.. i mean you wanted to be an entomologist or a herpetologist but dont you find them annoying??
- i strongly dislike mosquitos. ants are annoying but are totally necessary. mosquitos are just awful. also, there are a few that i would prefer to not be ON me. such as: spiders. i like to carry them by their little web strands, but don’t like them to crawl on me. cockroaches. fine to look at but when they 1) fly straight at my face 2) grab onto my big toe in the dark or 3) are chilling on my hand when i wake up, then i have a problem. all reptiles are great unless they are poisonous and biting me. :)

love love
kina


197 Responses to “highlighted in green”

  1. 51
    asdf says:

    I hope someone can record the lostcauseradio show. 9 pst is 6 am here in europe :(

  2. 52
    ajsea says:

    Yes, her hair is naturally curly. If you look the video from two weeks ago, she straightened it; it looked really nice, but only stayed that way until she washed her hair.

    Welcome to the bla(h)g btw, Grace

  3. 53
    steph says:

    I was just trying to try ahead of time, good thing I did. I can’t get the Lost Cause Radio to play. I don’t know how to. Help pleaseee!!!

  4. 54
    angela says:

    it’s not working for me eiiiitherrrrr….

    bummer.

  5. 55

    im on stickam watching kina on webcam

  6. 56
    Travis T. says:

    yeah, stickam’s got a webcam going and that works
    http://www.stickam.com/

  7. 57
    steph says:

    ahhhh i wanna hear kina play!!!!!

  8. 58
    steph says:

    omg. this is so fun! haha i love that emi called. that was amazing!

  9. 59
    Yohan says:

    emi and her wii…

  10. 60

    i hope someone records this so that i can listen to it later.. my comp is really not getting along with me right now!

  11. 61
    Travis T. says:

    this is really… interesting?
    i’m not a regular listener to this program (1st time actually) but they get off topic really easily

  12. 62
    fenders#1 says:

    not going to be mean but i would much rather just listen to kina than them talk about which sports team is better

  13. 63
    Travis T. says:

    I didn’t know the street team idea was getting along so far.
    I’d like to get involved :D

    • 63.1
      Travis T. says:

      wait, do I need to e-mail kina to get involved or is just saying i want to here enough?

  14. 64

    uhhh. im so pissed that im not able to listen in

  15. 65
    blew says:

    its ok elevated it wasn’t as good as i had hoped only like 4 songs got sung and they were all good but in 2 hours it should have been all kina

  16. 66
    Thomas Trojan says:

    Kina was great, and the show improved, but they let the topic wander a lot.

  17. 67
    blew says:

    kina has never had a bad show and i don’t think she ever will on radio or live in person, if she messes up she uses her quirky personality to make everyone forget about it.

  18. 68
    LCR Yankeefan says:

    Hey guys, Yankeefan from the Lost Cause Radio chat. It was great having Kina on the show, she’s gonna be big one day! It was great meeting all of you too!

    LCR is on every Tuesday and Friday, so be sure to come back and check them out. Hopefully Kina is on the show again in the future.

    Sorry, about the sports talk too lol. But, it was a great show! One of the best.

    • 68.1
      steph says:

      Hey Yank,
      do you have any idea if the show was archived or recorded at all?

  19. 69
    steph says:

    i’m so excited that kina knew who i was. haha. and a song just for me :] hahaha. it was fun! see ya monday [or sooner!]

  20. 70
    Gene Parmesan says:

    Bwa ha ha ha

    Thanks to the bla(h)g, I now have Boom Blox for Wii. Woohoo.

    Great perfomances, as usual, Kina.

    P.S. I am so pleased that you like Bon Iver. I really really love the album and I actually sent it to Ms. JW recently

  21. 71
    emceemiko says:

    @travis t!

    and anyone else who is interested in street team!

    email kina at the following email!
    kina@kinagrannis.com

    lol

    right kina? =)

  22. 72
    deana says:

    wow, yeah like watching the nascar rain delay… how many hours was that for one song? still worth it. great that she’s getting new fans right ;)

  23. 73
    Timmy says:

    Aw man, so this is what I get for working from 6-2am? Boo, I missed the radio show. Again. Anybody record it, or are there archives on the LCR website?

    @ Deana - I remember that too….. they didn’t ask her to name some animated Gopher and ask what her favorite movie was too, did they? =P

    • 73.1
      deana says:

      haha, no gophers, just random sports talk and other tangeants. the chatter was just odd sometimes and there was so much of it. the whole time, kina was her gracious self. between the radio interviewers, i preferred the nervous student dj at kscr.

      • 73.1.1
        LCR Yankeefan says:

        sorry about the sports talk, and on Lost Cause Radio they talk about everything and anything. So yes theres sometimes odd talk, but that’s how the show has been since it started months ago. Pretty much why the name is Lost Cause Radio lol. But, hopefully Kina is back on again in the future, and hopefully you guys come back on Tuesday and Friday and watch the show also.

        • deana says:

          Hey Yankeefan, no worries, I guess that’s why talk radio is what it is. I think it’s great that you’re a fan too and the exposure is good both ways. Some of the other music your channel features is worth catching. It’s just a tough mix for people who come for one format or the other. You’re the guy who could make it up to Kina fans though, if LCR is willing to post a recording. What do you say? If you podcast it I know I’d add the link to LCR on my blog ;)

  24. 74
    Eric says:

    i also missed it… for me, it was about 6am on saturday :(
    Timmy, if you find a record, let us know ;)

    • 74.1
      Timmy says:

      WHOA! How’d you get the graphical smileys?!??!

      Can I do that too? :) :( ;)

      EDIT: I guess I can’t…. you sir, are too cool.

  25. 75
    Eric says:

    Actually, I inserted them manually… you have to know HTML to do this :P
    I just wrote a mail to Kina to see if she wants me to put those smileys on her blog ;)

  26. 76
    Anna says:

    Hey, I’m Anna from Sweden.. I prefer to be a stanger.. haha.. my english writing isn’t good.. I can speak pretty good but the spelling is hard.. sorry.. :)
    Kina is a very good singer, Im going to tell about her good music to my friends :)

  27. 77
    J.C. says:

    Nice show on LCR Kina, but what was up w/ that pervert who called in? That was out of nowhere…

    Nothing like Guitar Hero on the Wii. Watch out Kina! j/k

  28. 78
    Mama G says:

    Attention original Tweekers/Kinaddicts/EAKs/Kinerds (if you have to ask, you aren’t one!): Please send your mailing address to mamageee@gmail.com. I won’t send you junk mail, I promise.

    • 78.1
      Travis T. says:

      what will you send? is it a surprise? :)

    • 78.2
      emceemiko says:

      such a tenderly motherly love for her original tweekers children haha.

      and just what a mother would do - on a day we should be giving YOU our love and blessings, you plan to give us something… HAPPY MOTHERS DAY MAMA G!!! you are beautiful =)

      whenever i watch the dancing baby on misa’s youtube, i love how mama g says “here is kina dancing for her little sister… eMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII”
      its the most adorable way to say emiiiiii lol

      • 78.2.1
        emceemiko says:

        i mustve been high or something… when i watch it now u said “i want you to do it to emiiiii”

        i confused how u said “dinner timmmmme” with what i thought was “emiiiii”

        i suck haha

      • 78.2.2
        nimur says:

        wow miko, you actually watched all of those…?

  29. 79
    rumin says:

    Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers all out there (especially mine! haha)! But no seriously, all you mothers are awesome. Thanks for giving birth to people and stuff, baking random goodies, kissing skinned elbows, listening to us yammer on and on about stuff we drew or dreams we dreamt, and holding our hands when we would cross streets. And last, but not least, making the most awesome peanut butter and jelly sandwich sack lunches ever (try saying that 5 times fast). :)

  30. 80
    Dr G says:

    Be on the lookout for an announcement from Kina on Monday’s blog about the street team. It is about to happen. There are some fun things for the people that choose to get involved.

    Congratulations John on winning the Wii game last night. Good job.

    Thanks to everyone else, and please accept my apologies for not listing my top 5 Kina songs, as requested a while back. I thought and thought, and the problem is that my top 5 are actually about 20. What can I say?? I tend to love almost everything Kina does.

    Mama G and I look forward to seeing everyone at the El Rey. We will be at a table to the side, looking for you.

  31. 81
    oovret says:

    Week 3:

    Will be postponed, due to a possibly long and informative bla(h)g post.
    No sense wasting time with random questions when there are more important things to talk/write about.

    oovret subscribers: Thank you for understanding.
    Kina: You ROCK!

  32. 82
    blew says:

    hey mama g did you want our real street mailing address or email adress? i don’t know which one to send haha., On the side when I first saw “tweekers” i got the wrong idea at first. and happy mother’s day to all the mom’s on the bla(h)g

  33. 83
    rumin says:

    I believe it was supposed to be the real street mailing addresses :)

  34. 84
    dro or ryan says:

    happy mother’s day, mama G and the rest of you mothers = )

    love y’all

    ryan

    • 84.1
      Mama G says:

      Thanks! It was a stellar day even though only 1/3 of my progeny was in attendance (2/3 were with me via cell phone).

  35. 85
    Anna says:

    Hello Kina! I’v told my friends about your music and they like the music very much! They told me to write that if you get really famous some day you have to come to sweden and preform here! :) By the way, I like that you play the guitar to and not only sing, you can tell that your a good artist.
    Bye from Anna