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Post #766917 by Luckydesigns on Mon, Aug 1, 2016 1:56 PM

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Thanks for noticing the transformation of the bar, Mike! My ex and I wanted it to be tiki-modern when we built it. Since then, and since that relationship, I've wanted to go more towards the earlier years of tiki. Authenticity is my new goal.

The music at the beginning is actually just me and my roommate, Kevin Stewart, covering an old Enchanters' song from 1960 called Tum Tiki. It's just electric guitar, baritone guitar and upright bass. No drums at all. A different version of that song will be on the new Hula Girls' record.

And that chair? Yeah, I looked at it and the bottom was a total mess. I knew that if I dragged that thing home, it would just sit that way till I either tried to restore it myself or ended up paying someone else to handle it for me. No thanks... I already have too many of those 'projects' laying around. Haha...

I built a riser for the new bar, this past weekend: