Post #338838 by hodadhank on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 2:49 PM

On 2007-09-09 11:29, tikiyaki wrote:
]...HodadHank, Me thinks you need to open a Tiki Restaurant, with your display skills. :)

Dammit Jim, I'm a retailer not a flamboyant restauranteur!

But I do declare all this old southern (Philly) doctor (Haitian Psychic Surgeon)would need is the perfect location, the perfect investor, the perfect staff, the perfect pupu and drink menus, and the perfect bartender. Did I mention the perfect location? What can I say I'm a perfectionist.

In the meantime I must say something about a completely unrelated matter...

San Diego Audio Explorers rejoice!

The Tikiyaki Orchestra's Stereoexotique is exquisite. A Perfect Storm of Exotica, Latin, Surf, Jazz and a delicate compositional skill make Jim Bacchi's debut disc a marvelous voyage. Stereoexotique makes a fine addition to any thoroughbred exotica collection or an excellent place to start for absolutely anyone with a who likes to chill.

Bacchi's shifting combinations of keyboard, mallet percussion and hand drum sounds create hypnotic atmospheres and textures. Gary Brandon of The Blue Hawaiians is here too contributing to three tracks his distinctive lap steel. Playful cover art by Tiki Shark himself Brad Parker is the colorful parasol making this luscious audio cocktail slide down smooth.

While I couldn't be more excited to see the rumored super-group currently being assembled to perform the album live Friday November 2 at San Diego's legendary Bali Hai, I still hope Jim will shortly return to his tropical subterranean lair, warmed by the earths core no doubt, deeeeeeeeep beneath Burbank, to create more of this wonderful stuff!