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Buzzy's work: Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 2:04 PM
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Billy the Crud
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 2:21 PM
Happy Birthday, man.........Mug making scumbag! You finish that Pug Mug yet? |
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 3:18 PM
happy birthday buzzy! man now that youve got the drum making down you need to make some bongos! how radd would that be? |
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Babalu
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 4:26 PM
HAPPY B-DAY mug dude! |
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 5:22 PM
Time for a POOH party. |
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LOL Tiki
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 7:09 PM
Happy Birthday Buzz! :tiki: :drink: :tiki: |
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 7:26 PM
.....happy birthday buzzy........ Indeed, felicitations, and all that. --Tara |
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Fri, Aug 22, 2008 9:38 PM
Happy birthday Buzz!! |
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Sat, Aug 23, 2008 5:18 AM
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Benzart
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Sat, Aug 23, 2008 6:07 AM
Happy Birthday BUZZ, or I Hope you Had a great Birthday! |
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Sat, Aug 23, 2008 7:40 PM
Happy, happy, happy... :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) |
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Sun, Aug 24, 2008 10:11 PM
Buzzy's birthday weekend was fun! Here are a couple of things that were happening around the House of Buzz... Here's Buzzy explaining to Ringo that Buddy Cat is our friend, and he likes it better when he's not chasing him. So far so good! Cut to 3 seconds later... Then, a little later on we catch Kiva and Ringo settling into their nap position. Oh, but before they drift off it's a little pose for the camera, SMILE! Best friends! Zaya |
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Sun, Aug 24, 2008 11:18 PM
Kriminey, Ringo is getting bigger! How big is he gonna get? |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 12:05 AM
Today's sunset: I wasn't feeling well the last few days, but today I pulled myself together enough to get some work done and make a little mess of things: I had to work a split double shift today. Here's what I made at my new night job: Let me take a moment and reflect upon some previous comments made here on this thread:
Sorry KTD! I forgot to tell everyone that you were crying from laughing so hard at us pussies for crying. Now you went from a crybaby to a bully! Is that better?
It has a tropical print on it!
I always have wood...
I never found anything to write about except carving. If I quit carving to write, it would be double suicide.
I think that if I had a list for drums you would be #3? This place has some bear skin heads: http://www.furandhide.com/default.asp
Maybe someday I'll have a drum list and then they can get on it and i can make a drum when their turn comes and then they can get it and you can visit it.
A Freddie the michevious Menehune and the Zay hula girl. You have a list yet?
I sold it so fast I never got to hear it. I can't wait to hear what the second one sounds like- after I carve it.
Yeah, I'll definitely be there. C-ya there!
I'll get right on it. It's almost broadcast season...
I voted "Buzzy for Spare Change" in '08 and won by a landslide!! Thanks for all the Birthday love folks! Back to the journal tomorrow! [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2008-08-26 00:06 ] [ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2008-08-26 00:09 ] |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 1:26 PM
Tiki Oasis 2008 Journal Entry Part 5: Friday night fun After I attatched the rawhide to the drum, I had to get ready to go to the night's festivities. I wore my Sunday's best and Zaya and I went down to the hotel. Most of the night was spent scurrying around from room to room meeting up with old and new friends alike. we didn't take the camera with us, but Freddie snapped a few. In this group shot that Freddie had someone take, I'm the only one wearing real socks: Now were going to go back to that Pulp Fiction Time jump thing for a hint of some of the coming action: Tiki Oasis 2008 Supplementary Journal Entry: The 2008 Chippin' Males Mr Tiki Meet and Greet Autograph Line and Picture Signing Event Once again, one of the most popular attractions at this year's event was my annual Pin Up photo signing event. It was the first official event scheduled for Saturday morning. I got there at the crack of dawn and found that there was a rather long line of fans waiting to get their limited edition prints and posters. Here I am to officially kick off the weekend of Tiki Oasis 2008! Tiki Oasis 2008 Journal Entry Part 6: The start of my vending day After the prints were all handed out, I still had about an hour or so to get my vending area all set up. I really cleaned house this year and got rid of a bunch of stuff I don't have room for. A lot of it was really nice stuff I liked, but I need room for stuff I like better My mug collection is now a comfortable 8, and one special one of one. Most all this stuff went to new homes: At some point in my pricing of my stuff, I turned around to notice that someone had piled up all of Cammo's hand painted extra cool hats in a stack, and placed a plastic display of $4 coasters in front of them. In this picture, you can see his hats stacked like those $5 ones at the swap meet right behind me: Speaking of sell, I also wanted to sell some tikis. This was part of my tiki display/sale area. A couple of these were sold, but I was using them later in the day as decor for some book signings by some author and some painter guy. I had a few up on stage too. Those would stay up there for the night's show and then be moved into my vending area on Sunday morning. So here's the Saturday "stock." I like the two of these side by side for comparision. The Lono on the left, I just finished. the Lono on the right was finished two years ago. More tikis And the drum that I still needed to finish... After it slowed down a little, I was able to get the drum finished. Buzzy Out! |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 5:15 PM
Buzzy you funny!! |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 5:39 PM
This is not supposed to be funny. This is a highly realistic account of the busiest booth at Oasis, told up front and personal by the Buzz Man of Buzzland, Buzz Central. His telling of the "Coaster Guy" story is acurate in every detail, I was there for the ending when that reptile slithered away, Buzzy yelling profanities and throwing razor-sharp chisels at his retreating feet. It was breathtaking. Buzzy was made for Oasis. Who are those handsome young men lining up for the beefcake photos, anyway? Not that I'm interested. |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 5:48 PM
I hardly got to your side of the pool Buzz! Vintage goodies looking great. So this is why you and Erik race each other around the swap meet! lol Kind of an ugly story about the squatter but I have a hard time believing this was as widespread as it certainly seemed to you at the time. Thanks for keeping a lid on that loco streak! Sorry you had to put up with that. I wish you'd told me or Mark or Matt right away. Since assisting Mr Riddle with the indoor vending area in the Lanai as well as assisting Mr Reese with outdoor shenanagins, I assure you this is the first I've heard of an gate crasher harassing or otherwise interfering with a vendors exhibition space. As a former Philly bouncer I'd have been happy to escort the gentleman from the event if so instructed. Was this on Saturday? |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 5:59 PM
After they met me, they went out and started a Buzzy International Fan Club. Here's the world headquarters they set up in artists alley later that weekend: I may be small time in the tiki business world compared to tiki coasters guy, but I have a Fan Club and a Statue! |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 6:00 PM
This thread is certainly very entertaining! Keep up the good work. |
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Tue, Aug 26, 2008 8:57 PM
What a sweet couple of darling fellows! And they can carve, too? Actually, a "Buzzy Fan Club Troop #1" would make a nice t-shirt... |
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 9:50 AM
I didn't have a chance to take an update picture of my day job, but I assure you all that it is going quite well. I'm working on a prototype test carving to make sure the ideas I have will actually work out on the final pieces. So far, so good and it is all working out as planned. More on this later as I start on the real pieces... Last night was another work night for me at the House of Babalu. I worked on and finished my second mug. I did a lavaesque background for it It's marked from an old tikibar restaurant in Bay Park: I hear that restaurant used to go off, back in the heyday. I still had a little time before I turned into a pumpkin so I started another mug, which is a redo of one I started a couple months ago and never finished: Days are for carving. |
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 10:28 AM
:o :o :o Great work there Buzzy! Great that you now work day and night..:)....Sleep is over rated...:wink: |
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 4:50 PM
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Bay Park Buzzy
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 7:28 PM
Today's sun going behind the clouds moment: The prototype I worked on yesterday showed me that my ideas would work for my next piece. Here's Kiva frustrated because I took over the living room floor with my work again: So today, it was back to the day job. I used what I learned on the prototype and applied it to my new piece I carved this tiki into a log. Nothing special, I will admit. Check it out from this side. It's a chair for a dining room table... Leg detail:
Yo Freddie! I;'m taking the evening off tonight. Don't know about graveyard shift yet...
Gracias BENZO What's on tv, I have the night off! |
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 8:42 PM
Buzzy Rocks! |
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 9:06 PM
The test piece looked like it was going to be drum #2, but whoa, a chair! 20th century - Witco. 21st century - Buzzco! |
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Wed, Aug 27, 2008 10:53 PM
Buzzy Rocks Hard! Don't give up the night job just yet brother...your a natural. I took tonight off too. Trying to work with China bites! |
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Thu, Aug 28, 2008 2:59 PM
Don't let me down Buzz. Brass knuckles! |
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Thu, Aug 28, 2008 6:19 PM
Jonesey the Buzzy tiki is just so terrific. I didn't know Buzzy when you first showed the project to me. Now that I know him and see it finished I am just so impressed with your talent. You rock, Buzzy rocks, I just love all the great people that tiki has brought into our lives, cool, Wendy |
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Sat, Aug 30, 2008 12:19 AM
Here's yesterday's sunset from the hotel: After working at the factory all day, it was nice to take my show on the road and spend some time under the clouds. I took the prototype turned drum to work on. I hardly took any stuff with me, but I had a good day nonetheless. This was last week of this gig. Aside from back to back wedding rehearsals, the only other excitement was... The guitar dudes right speaker went out and he couldn't fix it. He still rocked on the whole second half of the set! The wine and cheese crowd had a great time, despite the diminished soud quality In other tiki news, I finished another chair this afternoon: This log gave me a real neat naturally tapered shape to the whole thing Two down, one more started today
Hey Wendy! The whole world will soon share in the moment when this person was brought into your lives. Stay tuned for a forthcoming journal entry from this year's Oasis, featuring Buzzy meeting Dan of Danlovestikis and Wendy of Danslovestikis. Coming soon to this thread!
Go back a few more pages on Babalu's other crafts mug making thread. :wink:
Waitaminnit! Everytime you say that, I see that Cammo came over. Why did you and Cammo vote me out of the Southern California Coastal Polynesian San Diego Touring Hand Built Tiki Mug Ceramics Club?
That has a nice ring to it.
And I'll keep on rockin, I'm also working on the drum at home tonight since I was BANNED from Babalu's studio and couldn't go over there tonigt. |
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Sat, Aug 30, 2008 4:33 AM
That Cam guy is like the wind.......he freakin' BLOWS! |
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Sat, Aug 30, 2008 6:40 AM
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