Tiki Caliente May 9th-May 11th 2008 in Palm Springs

I love it....the drinking mug that is. :D

On 2008-05-14 14:15, Wildsville man wrote:
Peep's of Wildsville,
Holden from Tiki Farm e-mailed me this picture as an mug idea for next year.

What do you think?

Way too much white but the design to the left looks good.

On 2008-05-14 15:49, Ojaitimo wrote:

On 2008-05-14 14:15, Wildsville man wrote:
Peep's of Wildsville,
Holden from Tiki Farm e-mailed me this picture as an mug idea for next year.

What do you think?

Way too much white but the design to the left looks good.

I don't know? The design on the left really takes away from The Beatles "White Album" tiki motif that I think Holden is going for. He summed it up pretty good to me the other night at Hawaiian Bill's, "The Beatles = Tiki, The Monkees = Spencer's / Big Lots Tiki"

Holden is Old Skool!

I am gonna forgive you for the "beatles = Tiki" comment, because you are a friend of Bong's and mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will just pretend I never read it, never saw it!!!!!

On 2008-05-14 14:15, Wildsville man wrote:
Peep's of Wildsville,
Holden from Tiki Farm e-mailed me this picture as the mug idea for next year.

What do you think?

I'm thinkin' it's Awesome in a LTD. 3 color glaze as a truly collectible not a $12.95 mug :)

On 2008-05-14 14:15, Wildsville man wrote:
Peep's of Wildsville,
Holden from Tiki Farm e-mailed me this picture as the mug idea for next year.

What do you think?

---

Let that Freaky Tiki Flag Fly,

wildsville man

Rory Snyder (A.K.A. Wildsville Man) Palm Springs Bartender Services

[ Edited by: wildsville man 2008-05-14 15:48 ]

Could it be a mug style with a long handle on the back (similar to LLT's) with the head dress diamond design going down it? Just a thought since it would need to be a fairly tall mug. Hmmmmmm yum yum taller mug = more mai tai!!

It looks a lot like mine but mine is 4 foot tall .

You mean mine!!!!!! It's in the Wildsville Palm Springs home with no signature on the back side,so I guess I will sign it and make it mine!!!!!!!!

Dr. Tiki agrees with me!!!!!!!!

I think that would make an awesome mug! I know Holden can pull it off!

Where's the root-ball hair-do gonna go...?

Can you call an old broken down bus in the field behind 7-11 really be called a Palm Springs home ? I hope you dont burn that tiki for heat next winter . hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Jesus Ray why don't you just give them my address!!!!!!Thank god I have bad kitty watching over the shack.

I don't need to burn the tiki for heat when it's 100 degrees out side like I see it is in the Desert right now...............

That's why I stay in O.C. half the week...................gotta go and see Iron Man again,See ya!!!!!!!

hey, rory, thanks again for that print of sam's. his art is smokin'!

On 2008-05-14 19:23, Tiki Lee's wrote:
Where's the root-ball hair-do gonna go...?

See? that's why it needs to be a 3 color Brown mug... get in all those details.........

In my opinion these are two of the greats artist of our times. Not only in tiki but also in pop/lowbrow.
one of the greats parts of setting up this weekend in Palm Springs was putting some focus on some artist
that were always on the event cards but maybe not considered headliners in the past. These guy's are HEADLINERS and it was very cool to get a picture with both of them together.

Which one is SHAG?

?

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2008-05-26 09:10 ]

Boy, it sounds like I missed a great event.

Sorry I missed it Rory. I love the Caliente Tropics.

BTW Rory, I started seeing this girl here, in Charleston SC a couple of weeks ago.

She knows I am into tiki and she tells me her friend from OC, Nathan, tells her he just saw his good bud, YOU, at the event. She tells me this like I would not know about the event.

Of course I tell her that the TC thread has people raving about the event. Congrats!

I hope to make it if there is a next one!

BTW, what sort of attendance did this first event get?

Balmy regards,

Tiki Bob

On 2008-05-15 22:17, GROG wrote:
Which one is SHAG?

This one!!!!!!

Shag could not make this show because of other commitments but some how we got by.

Peep's of Tiki Caliente,
We do have some official Tee's and Numbered Limited Event Poster left. If you are interested contact Doug Horne at [email protected].

Speaking of t-shirts....They are very cool! Great design and quality shirt! And a very cool hang-tag/coaster. Now the unfortunate news......Saturday morning WooHoo bought a large shirt from Doug and had him sign the coaster/hang-tag "Happy Birthday Jared...Doug Horne" (for our friends' kids birthday.) Well, sometime Saturday morning between 9am and 11am we set the shirt (still in the plastic wrapper) down and then we proceeded to pass out for 4 hours! Did someone find this shirt with the personally signed tag??? If so, there is a reward in it for taking care of it for us! Please PM me asap. BIG MAHALOZ!!!

Wildsville, thanks for a great weekend in the sun. Enjoyed the swiggin sounds and hanging with old friends and meeting a bunch of new ones.
LLT, loved your recap of the pieces in the gallery, as the night went on so too did my brain cells. your descriptions were like having a near death experience where all these images come flashing back....Hey I picked up that same mug as that one in the Photo posted...Good meeting Terril also.
Doug, Thank you again for working with Biff and I on the tees. hopefully it turned out to be good for you.
Monkeyman, I like MONKEYPOD! Hung the poster. It looks so good on the wall, you can't help but want to run your fingers over the stonework!
Tikibroker, Diggin all my new statuary.
Caliente Tropics, I missed you!

Seriously! Lala was there. If somone would have told me that earlier I would have found a way to go. Man I miss Palm Springs. I gave up going to the Tiki Oasis when it moved to San Diego and this would have been awesome. I'm kicking myself right now--ouch!

Yes Lala,Dr Tiki and Tasca the producer were at Tiki Caliente,Yes you probably missed the greatest Tiki Event of the year,Yes you should feel bad, but don't worry you can always watch tikibartv!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Tasca the producer is featured in what episode op tikibartv?

I promised to entertain the people who took the chance on a first time event and I hope I did!!!!!!DIG?

TikiBarTv was at tiki caliente to hang out with the crowd,not just for a short meet and greet.

Thanks again Tasca and the gang!!!!!!!!

Sat night, sundown to 3am or so?

WooHoo :) - I'm finally recooperated. BooHoo :( - I can't believe it's over. Once again Mucho Mahalos to Wildsville Man for all the time & hard work he put in to putting on Tiki Caliente. SoccerTiki and I can't wait until next year :) Here's my pics....

[ Edited by: WooHooWahine 2008-05-18 17:05 ]

I say hats off to Ojaitimo for all his contributions of photography . You captured so many cool moments that weekend . You ROCK man !

Thanks Tiki Ray, you rocked too and so did everyone else (Except Grog) Thanks again Wildman! . Everyone posted some great moments at Tiki Caliente and to those of you that used your camera and spent the time to upload! Thanks for your effort. It would be nice to see all the future events covered like this. Special thanks to Woo Hoo for all your cheerleadind and support.

and Wildsville (Thanks for making this a Jimmy B and B rum free weekend! Looking forward to Tiki Caliente 2.

Oh yeah, Ernie, you need to talk to Grog about being so thin skinned. It was all in fun!

(On the record, I went too far. Sorry Grog)

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2008-05-26 09:08 ]

what kind of silly fool only shows up for Sunday???

well I had a good time, but looks like I missed many great times.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

On 2008-05-18 17:15, Ojaitimo wrote:
Thanks Tiki Ray, you rocked too and so did everyone else (Except Grog) Oh yeah, Ernie, you need to talk to Grog about being so thin skinned. It was all in fun!

Geez!! How many f-ing PMs do I have to send you to tell you to leave me out of your posts!? You just gotta keep pushing my buttons!! Leave me the hell alone Ojaitimo!!!
Like I mentioned in one of my earlier PMs to you---there's a difference between friendly jabs, and annoying pokes!! You apologize for doing it and then just continue right along doing it! I don't know why you keep trying to piss me off, but you're damn well succeeding.

Sun AM, you're right Grog. Again, I'm sorry! (Just to set the record folk's. Grog didn't make any noise or keep me up at night, was not spotted leaving his room with anyone, ETC.
(Maybe I need a future intervention myself.)
I guess this means I won't be invited to the Luau now?

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2008-05-19 12:23 ]

Man Caliente rawked! :D
I am posting what pics I took from the mModern show tonight! (pinky promise!)

Also, I can't believe Grog got pissed...

They say every time you piss off Grog...a baby gets punched in the face.

THANKS A LOT OJAITIMO!!!

Every-time 'Grog' gets pissed off a cartoon character gets punched in the face.

Tiki Caliente was a place of the places, a trace of the traceleess.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZqAnIp5dMQ

I suddenly remembered the Friday night room party. The forgotten party about someone handing me a drink?
I served the Creole Scrub but someone served something different.....

Say! that wasn't that licorice psycho stuff you guys were serving me was it?
NOT COOL IF IT WAS!

Very clever Mr. Wildsville. But I can see what you are holding!!

I HEREBY CLAIM TEMPORARY INSANITY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND DO HEREBY SAY I'M SORRY TO ALL OF YOU THAT I MAY HAVE OFFENEDED.

Now I know how she felt.

On 2008-05-19 13:27, Ojaitimo wrote:
Very clever Mr. Wildsville. But I can see what you are holding!!

I HEREBY CLAIM TEMPORARY INSANITY FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND DO HEREBY SAY I'M SORRY TO ALL OF YOU THAT I MAY HAVE OFFENEDED.

Now I know how she felt.

probably because she is sitting next to Crazy Al..!

Actually, isn't that TikiTrav sitting next to some drunk?

:lol:
NOICE HEH!

Tiki Trav has never looked so good!!!!!!!!!!!

I also want to thank the Jawa's (Ron and Mertal) for coming to Tiki Caliente. They flew all the way from the Mustafa System.

Oh sure, laugh about it. You're not the one who is going to suffer in the future! AGAIN, I am sorry to all I may have offended while under the influence.

You do know this stuff was illegal for a reason?

From Wikipedia
quote
Absinthe has long been believed to be hallucinogenic. This belief got a contemporary boost in the 1970s when a scientific paper mistakenly reported thujone was related to THC, the active chemical in marijuana, which has hallucinogenic properties.[39] Martin Paul Smith incorrectly argued that absinthe had narcotic effects due to the fermentation process in early 2008.[40]

Ten years after his 19th century experiments with wormwood oil, the French Dr. Magnan studied 250 cases of alcoholism and claimed that those who drank absinthe were worse off than those drinking ordinary alcohol, and that they experienced rapid-onset hallucinations.[41]

Such accounts by absinthe opponents were embraced by its most famous users, many of whom were bohemian artists or writers[42]. In one of the best known accounts of absinthe drinking, Oscar Wilde described the feeling of having tulips on his legs after leaving a bar.[43] Two famous painters who helped popularize the notion that absinthe had powerful psychoactive properties were Toulouse Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh (who suffered from mental instability throughout his life).

Today it is known that absinthe does not cause hallucinations, especially ones similar to those described in 19th century studies. Thujone, the supposed active chemical in absinthe, is a GABA antagonist and, while it can produce muscle spasms in large doses, there is no evidence that it causes hallucinations. It has been speculated that reports of hallucinogenic effects of absinthe may have been due to poisonous chemicals being added to cheaper versions of the drink in the 19th century, to give it a more vivid colour.[44]

However, the debate over whether absinthe produces effects on the human mind additional to those of alcohol has not been conclusively resolved. The effects of absinthe have been described by some artists as mind opening. The most commonly reported experience is a 'clear-headed' feeling of inebriation — a form of 'lucid drunkenness'. Some modern specialists, such as chemist, historian and absinthe distiller Ted Breaux, claim that alleged secondary effects of absinthe may be caused by the fact that some of the herbal compounds in the drink act as stimulants, while others act as sedatives, creating an overall lucid effect of awakening.[45]

Long term effects of low absinthe consumption in humans remain unknown, although it is known that the herbs contained in absinthe have both painkilling and antiparasitic properties.

[edit] Controversy

It was once thought that excessive absinthe drinking had worse effects than those associated with overindulgence in other forms of alcohol, a belief that led to diagnoses of the disease of 'absinthism'. One of the first vilifications of absinthe was an 1864 experiment in which a certain Dr. Magnan exposed a guinea pig to large doses of pure wormwood vapor and another to alcohol vapors. The guinea pig exposed to wormwood experienced convulsive seizures, while the animal exposed to alcohol did not. Dr. Magnan would later blame the chemical thujone, contained in wormwood, for these effects.[46]

Past reports estimated thujone levels in absinthe as high — up to 260 mg per kg of absinthe.[47] More recent studies have shown that very little of the thujone present in wormwood actually makes it into a properly distilled absinthe, even when using historical recipes and methods. Most proper absinthes, both vintage and modern, are within the current EU limits.[48][49][50][51]

Tests on mice show an LD50 of around 45 mg thujone per kg of body weight,[52] much higher than what is contained in absinthe and the high amount of alcohol would kill a person many times over before the thujone became a danger.[52] Although direct effects on humans are unknown, many have consumed thujone in higher amounts than present in absinthe through non-controversial sources like sage oil, which can be up to 50% thujone.[53]

A study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol[54] concluded that a high concentration of thujone in alcohol has negative effects on attention performance. It slowed down reaction time, and caused subjects to concentrate their attention in the central field of vision. Medium doses did not produce an effect noticeably different from plain alcohol. The high dose of thujone used in the study was larger than what can currently be obtained, even in 'high thujone' absinthe that cannot be sold legally in the European Union. While the effects of this high dose were statistically significant in a double blind test, the test subjects themselves could still not reliably identify which samples were the ones containing thujone. As most people describe the effects of absinthe as a more lucid and aware drunk, this suggests that thujone is not the cause of any of absinthe’s alleged secondary effects.

I guess that explains why TikiTrav was in a dress! :lol:

Well after the browser crashed two times and photobucket was being a pain in the arse, I finally got the pics and the post... :lol:

Ridin in to PS

Later we tried that Mexican place at the CT; what was the name again? o_o

WeeG is having fun

I don't know what WeG was thinkin!

His mountain of food

My arroz con pollo! yummy!

Sometime later or the next day...I don't remember cause the trip was just one big blur!
We went to the desert randomly

and kept crackin jokes of America's Next Top Model and Tyra Banks... :lol:
FIERCE!

Then we went to town a lil bit but didn't take as many pics as we thought!

he's so sloooow....

Anyway, night time hit

and it was time for mModern. Most of these pics are just paintin pix; enjoy!

WeeG soaking it all in.

Oh yeah, GOLDEN GIRLS IS EVERYWHERE

HMM, I am missing other artist works in my pics...I could've sworn I snapped them...I think all the chatter made me forget the camera. oye!

ANYWAY...
I didn't take much pics of the festivities at Caliente cause I was havin too much fun, but here's what I gots!

there ya go!

I am done!

:D

How does Squid see to sculpt? He's got no eyes.

Now ya made me hungry...

This was just classic, I think everyone giggled over this throughout the day, specially Ken :D We sure did have trouble finding guys that were willing to pose & let their "fingers do the walking" for a snapshot. Good sports Al & Chris!

Bears???

Saturday night. Smokin Menehunes were smoking

[ Edited by: Ojaitimo 2008-05-21 11:28 ]

Thanks to everyone for all the great pictures. My back was so messed up I spent the weekend in the room....with my best friend...the air-conditioner.

Fun pics Rav!!!

Raves thanks finally Some pics of the art. I like the other stuff but an art show like that isn't complete with a ton of cool shots (prices too, bonus) I mean, people buy the Tiki Art Now books for some art shots.. Cheers

On 2008-05-20 09:12, little lost tiki wrote:
Actually, isn't that TikiTrav sitting next to some drunk?

:lol:
NOICE HEH!

Holy shit Ken...!!!! I just noticed the face!... thats hilarious..!!!
Sarah can't stop Laughing... Im putting that on my myspace!