Post #209997 by tikimon on Tue, Jan 24, 2006 11:18 AM

BIG Aloha from the far-off frozen and completely tiki-less nordic wonderland of Norway!

I miss all things tiki and tropical and am glad and thankful to have this opportunity to connect with all the other fellow Polynesiacs out there.

I'm a Hawaiian who's been living and working up here in the Norwegian and European music business for the past 10 years now.

Pretty improbable I know but I work with a great collective of ace musicians in Hawaii known as Don Tiki. Together with these kings of EXOTICA I have also made my own CD which is called the Hawaii Project which even more improbably is about to receive a major release here in Norway and Europe respectively this summer or autumn.

I am therefore VERY curious to know how the current feeling is: What is everyone out there feeling with regard to the tiki scene. Does anyone else out there feel that it is in fact slowly growing and gaining ground and momentum?!

My friend Otto of the Tiki News tells me that there are steadily more and more tiki bars popping up all over. This can only be a good thing.
In these turbulent and overly hateful times we could sure use a great tropicalian escape to warmer, friendlier, Polynesian climes.

Well, I just wanted to get the impressions, insights and viewpoints of the vast Tiki Community.

So here's Tikis to ya!!!

TikiMon