Post #710221 by tiki mick on Tue, Mar 4, 2014 7:22 PM

On 2014-03-04 14:37, CarmineDeMarco wrote:
Hi, all. I have a couple of Hawaiian themed Windows desktop themes (Windows 7), but they don't have custom sound schemes associated with them. Does anyone have, or know of the existence of, any Windows sound schemes that I can install on my computer to accompany my desktop images? Mahalo!

[ Edited by: CarmineDeMarco 2014-03-04 14:37 ]

Carmine, I don't think what you are asking for really exists...at any rate, this is supposed to be a forum focusing on mid century american tiki...which is really an offshoot of lounge culture. You will find a lot of people that don't really consider just anything from hawaii to be "tiki".....
and this forum has (in the past) been invaded by people looking for anything related to island living or carribbean stuff, or Jimmy Buffet. Please don't be offended by my good friend Atomic Tiki Punk's answer to you.

To try and answer your question, on my own computer I have nothing but wallpapers of tropical beach scenes...I like nothing better to look at, unless it is misty forests...it would be cool to have sounds like Martin Denny bird calls or the swoop of a steel guitar when I make certain keyboard actions....but as of yet, no one has made any "theme" where you get all those things. You could just make wave files of certain sounds, and then add them to your computer's sound effects.....

What I do is just have cool CDs playing in the back ground whenever I do my 9 hours a day on my work computer. I love vintage hawaiian music and I also love vintage exotica music...it is soft and relaxin enough that my co-workers are not bothered by it. I also have CDs such as this:

http://www.amazon.com/Sleepy-Rain-Delta-Brianwave-Pulses/dp/B000PHW2KO/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1393988493&sr=1-6&keywords=dr.+jeffrey+thompson

And I find them to be very relaxing while staring at a tropical beach scene, probably on hold on the phone and wishing I was actually there.

Since you are here, and a new member, take a while to look around. Tiki Central has some of the coolest and most original artists, decorators, sculptors, mixologists, historians and musicians around, maybe more then most other forums do. Even "lay people" here are mostly experts in the phenomena known as "Tiki".

There are books out there like "Book of tiki" that may be hard too find, but really show what it is all about. There are many old bands such as Arthur Lyman, les Baxter and Martin Denny that serve as the sound track for our "culture"

Here is one of the most famous tunes, and the best example of "tiki" music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9C2tHYZ3R8

There are also great bands such as Tikiyaki Orchestra, Martini Kings, Don Ho and Ixtahuele that are modern incarnations and the best examples of modern tiki revival music. ANY of their albums would be worth purchasing.

Please check out the home bar and also the tropical drinks section to get an idea of what we are all about.

There are also many artists that carve, paint or sculp stuff here. Some are incredibly famous, or will be once they are dead! :) Check out the work of Shag, Doug Horne, Ken Ruzik, Squid, Big Toe, Tobungu Bamboo Ben, and soooooooooooo many others who regularly post here! (check out the tiki gallery)

There is also a large subset of tiki that is more tied into surf, low brow art, tattoo art, comic book art, Kar Kulture, rockabilly and other things of that nature. For some here, that is what they like best.

Other, like myself, freely mix authentic tiki with "Hawaiiana"......

Spend some time here and you will find amazing things....but probably no cool window themes!

:)

Whatever you do, never mention either Party City or Jimmy Buffett! If you do, people like Atomic Tiki Punk will jump through your computer and punch your balls off!

:)