Post #50437 by chris y on Sat, Sep 6, 2003 3:24 PM

Thanks Matthew.
If you're a Tiki Gardens fan, we're about to upload several hundred never before published images onto the site. The lion's share comes from two sources- images of the many, many trinkets and baubles we've added to our collection at the IRB Museum but just haven't found the time to post, and the Byars personal TG scrapbooks we acquired last year (which we also subsequently donated to the Museum). Included is a picture of the original 'Sounds of Tiki Gardens' lp; this is the demo disc that was made for Mrs. Byars before the album went to press. "Tiki Gardens A" is written in white grease pen on the innermost ring on one side, it would probably do pretty well on ebay or Sotheby's but we're donating that to the museum as well.
-An aside- Otto and I have mailed or paypal-ed refunds to most TG Memorial Fund donors, but there are still a handful of people who we have not been able to reach. If you are one of them, please contact him at [email protected] and we'll get you your money back. It has indeed taken awhile, but in Otto's defense, the individual who agreed to handle the pledges- as well as be co-signor on the account- divorced himself from the project only days after signing on, sending the organizers scrambling for a replacement, which resulted in effectively dumping the entire fiduciary responsibility for the pledge drive into Otto's lap. Otto, thanks again for all your help, it'll be a pleasure to work with you again when the county finishes their master plan and comes a-callin'.