10 Songs with Aran: VIPs & MP3s- Keith
Keith was always the fun, cool older friend when I first met him at the end of high school, but we became friends when I came home from college. Check out his 10 Songs here...

Keith was always the fun, cool older friend when I first met him at the end of high school, but we became friends when I came home from college. Check out his 10 Songs here...
Was it really me and Matt's faults for getting bad grades in 9th grade? Nope... we blame it on Tina! Check out her 10 Songs list here...
Jason was one of my close friends and roommates in college: a hard worker, great basketball player, and a definitely someone I could depend on... the only red flag he had was that he put ketchup on EVERYTHING!!! Check out his 10 Songs list here...
Despite only staying at Oregon State for a year, Brent and I stayed friends because apparently only children stick together! Check out his 10 Songs list!
I don't have too many friends that have a unique name like me, but Shalyn is one of the few that can commiserate with me regarding people brutalizing our names. That and the fact she likes cool songs, that's why we got along... Check out her 10 Songs like here...
Despite knowing Darin for 13 years at Iolani, I only learned about the type of music he liked in college. Check out the list I made for Darin
For as much music as I had accumulated up until college, Mark had more... WAY more! He definitely introduced me to stuff I never hear before as well as teaching me all about "sandwiches"... Check out my 10 Songs list about Mark
During my junior and senior years of high school, I worked for the state as a student helper. We were forced to do a lot, we got paid... poorly, and sometimes we got yelled at. But thanks to Doug and our 2 hour lunch outings with Govindas juice and french bread with easy cheese, it made the work fun! Check out my 10 songs list about Doug here
Reid is another Son of Iolani, we played some baseball together (real and fantasy), shared a love for 90's ska, and he's now a Scotch aficionado. He does like IPAs, but he's still cool... Check out Reid's top 10 songs list
I've known Brice since Kindergarten. We became friends because he had ALL the GI Joes... we've stayed friends over the years because our enjoyment of music. Check out his top 10 list here...
If someone can be friends with you that you trash talked the first time you met them, they are definitely a keeper! That would be my friend, Iris. Check out her 10 Songs list here
Jan and I have went through a lot during our time at Iolani... lots of good, some bad... and thanks to all those experiences, it's made for a pretty good list of my favorite songs
Opinions may vary from others when it comes to Jessica, but she was always cool with me and things were never boring when she was around. Check out some of my favorite songs that bring Jess to mind...
It's been a long time since I stepped on a baseball field with Daundy.... but he, that team, and all the memories we had from those times are greatly cherished even til today. Check out some of the songs that remind me of Daundy.
I didn't JUST play baseball, I was on our school's quiz bowl team as well! And we won too!!! But more importantly, I found my first girlfriend there... whatever an 8th grade girlfriend means back then... So check out my favorite songs that I associate with Julie.
When I first met Matt in 8th grade, he was like a head shorter than me... and while much has changed (he's like almost a head taller than me now), he's still that good friend I've known all these years... Check out which of my favorite songs made my list for Matt.
From practices to games, pregame warmups to postgame potlucks, Lelan and I spent a lot of time hanging in and around baseball. Check out which of my favorite songs have ties to Lelan
Aside from all our travelling adventures, Royce and I spent a lot of time buying CDs and listening to all sorts of music in his car. In this episode, check out which songs remind me of Royce
Ryan and I spent a long time carpooling to school... in this episode, listen here to find out which of my favorite songs remind me of all those hours heading to and from school
I've preempted my (ir)regularly scheduled Ka Hale Ola Massage Podcast to introduce you to what I've been doing since I technically can't do massages in my office. My goal with these podcasts is to let you get to better know me through my friends as well as sharing with you all my favorite songs. Once we get back on track with massages again, I'll start with more Ka Hale Ola Massage Podcast... Til then, stay safe everyone... and have fun listening to these podcasts!
Football season has arrived!!! Check out some of the teams I drafted this year and learn about some of the injuries my players had in the past
After five plus months of (most of us) wearing masks, social distancing, and just trying to dig out of sheltering in place at home, we in Hawaii might be back doing that again because of our government's failures and or complacency...
In this podcast, I get into some of my thoughts about the Black Lives Matter movement, the subsequent protests, the people taking advantage of this situation, the overreacting happening because of this, and my perception Hawaii's response
In this podcast, I talk about various times I personally had to deal with the death of clients, friends, and family and the various ways it affected me
Talking during a massage... some of us do it, some of can't... is it ok?
As we finish up our first month (and head into a second month) of "sheltering at home" here in Hawaii, as a sole proprietor/owner/worker, I could be considered essential to my business... With parts of the country slowly opening up, I have begun to entertain the idea of slowly opening back up and taking existing clients... listen in to check out my decision!
So, while the baseball season has been put on hold due to the coronavirus, the people at ESPN have something fun for you to do... assemble the best fantasy team using players from the past 40 years... Here's the link to the page: https://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/28838075/project-goat-assemble-greatest-fantasy-baseball-team-all-time If you want to check out the first part with Nealan on the Pau Hana Podcast, it's here: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u8u4v8/pauhana203.mp3...
I hope you are all maintaining your sanity during this period of social distancing... I was able to do it at my office yesterday... this is what I did then...
Today was the first day of the "Stay at Home" order by the state of Hawaii... here are some of my initial thoughts...
There's a lot of good information regarding COVID-19 out there, especially the CDC's website, but also check out the Joe Rogan Podcast (episode #1439) and Ologies with Alie Ward (Virology)... But honestly, in the end, just be humane to each other... and wash your hands... and wash your PHONE while you're at it!!! Be real, you leave that thing everywhere and use it all the time!!!