WAITIKI - New album is here! Info on 5/23 CD release party, Tampa tour coverage

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OKONKULU!

What a great time at the grand opening of the newly-named Rusty Key; reborn in honor of our mana-filled brother, Rustiki.

We listened to the as yet unreleased Waitiki CD.
It's sure to win more awards for the guys and will be a treasured part of many music collections.

Awesome job to everyone involved in the recording!
And some killer artwork and photography as well.

[ Edited by: pablus 2007-05-15 13:08 ]

even more photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/8325980@N04/sets/72157600219685842 from WAITIKI's trip to Tampa this last weekend!

Man! was I sorry I had to miss the shows at both Skipper's and Tropical Heatwave :cry:
I'm looking forward to the CD!
Come back to Tampa Bay!!!
K.

For all the TC Ohana out there, this is actually the Rusty Key and some of Pablus' mug collection that you are seeing in this flyer :wink:

Exotic Tiki Entertainment of Polynesia and Beyond

http://waitiki.com

[ Edited by: waitiki 2007-05-19 22:30 ]

A preview of the artwork coming out on 12"!

(larger: http://waitiki.com/graphics/vinyl_coverandback_realsize_72dpi.jpg )

Hope to see some TC folks at the CD Release tomorrow night!

WAITIKI

That looks SWEET! I'll be there. C'mon, TCers. Who else is going???

I'm pretty sure I'll be there as well!

Very nice work on the album art. It already looks like a classic. See you tomorrow night!!!

Nice! I've got one album frame left, and now I know what LP is gonna be mounted & hung in the Lono Lounge.

See everyone tmrw night.

This show is special to me for a couple reasons.

WAITIKI rules, number one.

Second, I grew up in Jamaica Plain back in the 80s
when the Milky Way Lounge was still a reg'lar old bowling alley
and their game room was the closest thing we had to an arcade.
School was right down the street so at 02:30 every day
it was all about MS. PAC-MAN, DONKEY KONG, HANG-ON, PUNCH-OUT, ZAXXON...

Now I get to go back to the old neighborhood and see one of my favorite
bands and to top it off, BOOZE!

That's a set at Hukilau I won't be missing! The sign was an honor I wasn't worthy of making...I just hope it lives up.

My cousin, Sneasle, who is a 30 year vet of the sign industry and a very close friend of Rusty took one look at that Rusty Key sign and grunted... then said "excellent."

That's like me writing a novel about it.
Mahalo again for that, man. I think he would have liked it big time. I know I do.

Yeah, you can't miss the Waitiki set at Hukilau.
They've got a song about Rum Barrels. And so do we.

Hey I'm going to be in the Tampa area at a conference all this coming week (Tues - Sat). Any local Ohana want to rescue me from the Gaylord Palm resort and show me the tiki scene down there? Just wish the timing would have been better to catch Waitiki.

Check your pm, matt.