Tiki Central / General Tiki / New Tiki Book from James Teitelbaum
Post #29557 by tikibars on Mon, Apr 7, 2003 4:39 PM
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Well, I'll end this debate right here - Some of you got this in your Email, and here it is for the rest of you... Here's my official itinerary for the summer. "With the imminent release of Tiki Road Trip, the new book by James Teitelbaum (founder of the Tiki Bar Review pages at http://www.tydirium.net), no less than eight events all over the US of A are being planned to celebrate the release, to give Tiki fanatics a chance to meet the author and get their books signed, and to give James an excuse to road trip... er, that is to say, to research the second edition! Anyone who buys a copy of Tiki Road Trip from James during any of the eight events listed below will receive a little bonus gift from James to commemorate this inaugural summer of Tiki Road Trip. No, it isn’t anything so extravagant as a Tiki mug, but it IS something better than just having him scrawl his Hancock on your book! You’ll have to show up to find out what it is, however! Tiki Road Trip is your definitive guide to world wide Tiki, past and present. Presented in the format of a travel guide, it is an historic overview of Tiki culture, listing and describing every known Tiki bar, Polynesian restaurant, or other point of interest to Tiki afficianados that has ever existed. The ‘official debut’ of the book will occur at the Mondo Tiki event at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday April 19, 2003. Mondo Tiki is a huge event sponsored by Tiki Farm, and it is running in parallel with the Gold Coast Hotel’s 6th annual Viva Las Vegas festival (April 17th to 20th - http://www.vivalasvegas.net). As much as we all love rockabilly, four solid days of it is too much for anyone - so scoot on over to the Hardrock on Saturday so you can show off your cool vintage aloha shirt / sarong / cabana set to much greater effect there than you can to the greasers at the Gold Coast! Mondo Tiki will feature live music, nearly twenty vendors, three bars, a DJ, and other sundry attractions. The Hard Rock’s spectacular pool area will be further augmented with more Tikis than you can shake a Mai Tai at. James will be selling and signing copies of Tiki Road Trip at a booth in the vendors area on Saturday from 2PM to 6PM, and will almost certainly be wandering around watching the live music afterwards from 8PM to 11PM. Cover artist Shag and fellow writer Sven Kirsten (author of Book of Tiki and the foreword to Tiki Road Trip) will be attending this event as well. This is the only event all summer during which all three gentlemen(?) will be in attendance. Directly following Mondo Tiki, James will be making an appearance in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 23 at La Lus De Jesus gallery (located in the rear of the retail store Wacko - 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA (323) 666-7667) from 7PM to 10PM. Once again, James will have plenty of copies of Tiki Road Trip on hand to sell and sign. Rumors that Shag my show his face at this one are (so far) unsubstantiated (we’re workin’ on it), but if you can’t make it to Mondo Tiki in Vegas, this is your big chance for SoCal natives to get James to sign your copy of Tiki Road Trip. And, if you haven’t been shopping at Wacko, you MUST check out their huge selection of books, art prints, Tiki items, and generally weird ephemera. That Friday, April 25, James will be at Trader Vic’s in Emeryville, CA for his third west coast event. The Emeryville Trader Vic’s staff love the local San Francisco Tiki community, and they are offering discounted Mai Tais for anyone who comes down to meet James and have him scribble on their copy of Tiki Road Trip. Be there from 6PM to 8PM for pupus, Mai Tais, the likely appearance of Tiki Central hardcores (love those guys!), music selection by Otto von Stroheim, and a good ol’ time in the hard-to-get-into Captain Cook Room at Trader Vic’s! Back in Chicago, there will be a signing at Quimby’s book store (1854 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL, (773) 342-0910 - http://www.quimbys.com) on Wednesday, May 07 from 7:30PM to 10PM. Quimby’s features a wide array of material by independent and underground talent, and is Chicago’s premiere source for books, comics, and other media dealing with all aspects of popular culture. A second Chicago area book release party may also happen at Rock-A-Tiki’s new location (the current location on Division street will be closing soon). The Rock-A-Tiki date will be in mid-May, depending on when Rock-A-Tiki 2.0 opens. Watch your local press for details. Never content to stay home for too long, the Tiki Road Trip caravan of 2003 is heading east: look for James at the Hukilau festival in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on June 27 and 28; this event will feature events at the Holiday Inn Ft. Lauderdale Beach on Friday, and then move to the astounding Mai Kai restaurant on Saturday. As is the case with the Mondo Tiki and Exotica 2003 (see below), there is an astounding array of talent lined up for this one - don’t miss it. Summer rolls on with the gigantic Wizard World Convention in Chicago on August 8th-10th. This convention - which is slowly edging up on the legendary San Diego Comicon as the world’s largest - is an annual mecca for fans of comics, science fiction, and popular culture in general. Look for James in ‘artist’s alley’, selling and signing copies of Tiki Road Trip, as well as his multimedia art and music project, Left Orbit Temple, and even back issues of his legendary sci-fi fanzine, Blue Harvest (1993-2000). The summer of Tiki finally ends with a big bang: the just-announced Exotica 2003 festival will take place all over the Chicago area on August 21st through 24th; James will not only be there, but is helping to plan the event. With so many options for spending your time this spring and summer, you almost have no excuse not to stop by and visit at least one of these events... but if you just CAN’T, you can still get Tiki Road Trip on-line at this link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1891661302/tikiroadtrip-20 " |