Post #415921 by Brother Jack Musick on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 11:13 AM

Hey Mr. Dale!!

We'll look forward to seeing you at the show. It's gonna be killer. Me? Um, I guess that you can recognize me because I walk with a cane. (forklift accident about 6 months ago.)

And yeah, I can keep my ear to the ground and let you know if I hear of any other tiki events around here or on the I-70 corridor.

You know, if this show wasn't happening, I would try to be in Denver Nov 1. The Colorado Symphony is doing a Star Trek-themed concert Saturday. They are even gonna have Bob Picardo and John DeLancie there to announce. I wish that I could be in both places at one. (crap. I just realized that I will after I get a personal time machine in 50 years, then I can go back and see it! But only after I have seen like 50 Martin Denny and Esquivel shows first!) And in Kansas City at the same time as the Waitiki show there is gonna be a concert of (this is what my bro told me) "video game" music, and he said that it is gonna be a bunch of percussion...

You know, I think that I may have done a disservice to the Sandbar, so I would like to really encourage anyone coming into town for the show to take a look. It would be good to check out before the concert. We may not be able to get in after, because it is by that time full of drunk college kids, and then they only do a one-in-one-out thing. But the Sandbar has a 20 foot tiki mask with glowing eyes on the front of the building! Inside there is a lot of great decor, and like 3 fishtanks. I said that they don't have any "real" tiki drinks. By that I meant, nothing with fresh lime or lemon juice. They do have some pre-mixed grog/concoctions that percolate in those old fashioned punch things like they used to have in convenience stores. I foolishly asked them for a zombie once and they had to look up a recipe, had no Demerara Rum, etc. It was kinda sad. But it REALLY is worth a look for anybody coming into town. And I was serious, I would buy them a copy of TAMBOO or a Scamp-issued Martin Denny CD and I would GIVE it to them if they would put it in their fricking jukebox!

Also, right next door to Liberty Hall is Freestate Brewery. It was the first legal brewery in Kansas in over a hundred years. All of their beers are EXCELLENT. They will have them on tap at Liberty. (but they had a fire a few weeks ago so I don't know if they are still open.) There is a ton of great food to eat in Lawrence, and many places down town on Mass Street.

If people do want to meet up the next day, The Sandbar is the only tiki-themed place around, and from there people could proceed to somewhere with food...

And again, thanks to Darrell Brogdon for doing a great show for all these years, and for having a deeper record collection than me. The Retro Cocktail hour is a great resource. I have quite a few episodes recorded, as many contain rare and hard-to-find records. People can listen to it anytime online, or you can hear the new episode Saturdays live from 7 to 9 PM Central Time by going to the KANU website.

Thanks Darrell for throwing this show!

ALOHA!
-Jack