jobu's apartment - General Tiki

M Megalodon Member 4 8 15 16 23 42 Joined: Oct 16, 2009 Posts: 8	M Megalodon Posted posted on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 3:01 PM On 2009-10-22 15:05, bigbrotiki wrote: I smell a Tiki Central take-over conspiracy by horror and sci-fi nerds! :lol: We have infiltrated your planet throughout earth's many cultures, but undoubtedly we find the Tiki Culture to be the most fascinating. Actually, when I think about it, most of the collectors of old-school monster movie memorabilia that I know are also into tiki...especially fans of the Creature From the Black Lagoon. BTW, bigbrotiki Sven, I am a huge fan of The Book of Tiki, and just ordered a copy of Tiki Modern today. Mahalo for all the delicious eye candy and the tasty morsels of knowledge. On 2009-10-21 13:22, JOBU wrote: Thanks for the kind words, it's nice to hear from a Horror Aficionado that is into Tiki as well The green mug is from the Ghastly Ones band http://www.ghastlyones.com/main.htm and yeah that is the Zuni Doll that tried to kill Karen Black Majestic Studios put some out for the Comic Con in 2004 I would like to check out some of your vintage posters if you get a chance snap a few pics and post them JOBU Aha, I thought the character on that green mug looked familiar! I did a little googling on that mug and found out that the Ghastly Ones' front man, Baron Shivers himself, sculpted it. Wow, that guy is multi-talented. Love their music - need to order some more of their discs (wish you could buy their stuff in stores, their cds are rare and the old ones sure get expensive fast). I have a print of one of their cd covers, 'Unearthed'. I bought it from the illustrator Jeff Preston, who's been a guest at Dragon Con the past couple of years. I'm not much of a photographer, but I plan to take some pictures of some of my posters soon for you. Thanks for sharing images of your creepy Tiki crypt with us.

On 2009-10-22 15:05, bigbrotiki wrote:
I smell a Tiki Central take-over conspiracy by horror and sci-fi nerds! :lol:

We have infiltrated your planet throughout earth's many cultures, but undoubtedly we find the Tiki Culture to be the most fascinating.

Actually, when I think about it, most of the collectors of old-school monster movie memorabilia that I know are also into tiki...especially fans of the Creature From the Black Lagoon.

BTW, bigbrotiki Sven, I am a huge fan of The Book of Tiki, and just ordered a copy of Tiki Modern today. Mahalo for all the delicious eye candy and the tasty morsels of knowledge.

On 2009-10-21 13:22, JOBU wrote:
Thanks for the kind words, it's nice to hear from a Horror Aficionado that is into Tiki as well

The green mug is from the Ghastly Ones band
http://www.ghastlyones.com/main.htm

and yeah that is the Zuni Doll that tried to kill Karen Black
Majestic Studios put some out for the Comic Con in 2004

I would like to check out some of your vintage posters if you get a chance snap a few pics and post them

JOBU

Aha, I thought the character on that green mug looked familiar! I did a little googling on that mug and found out that the Ghastly Ones' front man, Baron Shivers himself, sculpted it. Wow, that guy is multi-talented.

Love their music - need to order some more of their discs (wish you could buy their stuff in stores, their cds are rare and the old ones sure get expensive fast).

I have a print of one of their cd covers, 'Unearthed'. I bought it from the illustrator Jeff Preston, who's been a guest at Dragon Con the past couple of years.

I'm not much of a photographer, but I plan to take some pictures of some of my posters soon for you. Thanks for sharing images of your creepy Tiki crypt with us.

Post #489868 by Megalodon on Fri, Oct 23, 2009 3:01 PM