R.I.P Kahiki Moon a.k.a Kahiki Moon....the end - General Tiki

PK Primo Kimo Tiki Socialite Vermont Joined: Jul 08, 2003 Posts: 324	PK Primo Kimo Posted posted on Tue, Aug 22, 2006 5:15 AM On 2006-08-10 06:07, Swanky wrote: But in those crucial weekend evenings, you have to do what will get and keep people in the place to survive On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote: sorry swanky, but it didn't.... ....but it did give us some $5000.00 - $7000.00 nights (which helped pay for ASCAP, the jazz ensembles and live hula shows that played during dinner. On 2006-08-10 06:07, Swanky wrote: If you wanna get right down to it, I prefer a really quiet tiki bar. Having it packed, even with tiki-philes and Martin Denny playing is not the right mood. On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote: then you might as well stick to sitting in your basement and drinking by yourself.... ....sitting next to you type-spewing ignorance from the zombie village of TABOO-ISLANDER? On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote: my point is, tiki themed places don't NEED "acts" like "DJ SINISTA" to thrive, as the places I mentioned in my previous post..... trader vics, hala kahiki, mai kai, lee's hawaiian islander, prove on a daily basis. NONE of them has a dj with hip hop, yet they're all doing WELL. Not only did the hala kahiki not have live music (much less hip hop) they don't even serve food, yet every night.... the place is PACKED. HELL, ...IF dj sinista walked into the hala kahiki and (provided he could READ the dress code sign) wanted to have a drink, he'd have to pull his pants back up over his exposed underwear, take his ball-cap off, and go home to put on a better shirt, just to simply DRINK..... and they still wouldn't let him "scratch n' spin" my point is: It is impossible to compare 40 year old established businesses to my start up. I did what I needed to do and it still wasn't enough. I will leave you with some final and prophetic words from a major source of my inspiration... "thank you for your support" - Bartle & Jaymes (1985)

On 2006-08-10 06:07, Swanky wrote:
But in those crucial weekend evenings, you have to do what will get and keep people in the place to survive

On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote:
sorry swanky, but it didn't....

....but it did give us some $5000.00 - $7000.00 nights (which helped pay for ASCAP, the jazz ensembles and live hula shows that played during dinner.

On 2006-08-10 06:07, Swanky wrote:
If you wanna get right down to it, I prefer a really quiet tiki bar. Having it packed, even with tiki-philes and Martin Denny playing is not the right mood.

On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote:
then you might as well stick to sitting in your basement and drinking by yourself....

....sitting next to you type-spewing ignorance from the zombie village of TABOO-ISLANDER?

On 2006-08-21 21:45, TABOO-ISLANDER wrote:
my point is, tiki themed places don't NEED "acts" like "DJ SINISTA" to thrive, as the places I mentioned in my previous post..... trader vics, hala kahiki, mai kai, lee's hawaiian islander, prove on a daily basis. NONE of them has a dj with hip hop, yet they're all doing WELL. Not only did the hala kahiki not have live music (much less hip hop) they don't even serve food, yet every night.... the place is PACKED. HELL, ...IF dj sinista walked into the hala kahiki and (provided he could READ the dress code sign) wanted to have a drink, he'd have to pull his pants back up over his exposed underwear, take his ball-cap off, and go home to put on a better shirt, just to simply DRINK..... and they still wouldn't let him "scratch n' spin"

my point is: It is impossible to compare 40 year old established businesses to my start up. I did what I needed to do and it still wasn't enough.

I will leave you with some final and prophetic words from a major source of my inspiration...

"thank you for your support" - Bartle & Jaymes (1985)

Post #250160 by Primo Kimo on Tue, Aug 22, 2006 5:15 AM