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Anyone know what happened to Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge? I've enjoyed his music for quite a while now, but as of a couple of weeks ago, the website returns an "under construction" page, all the feeds are gone, and his Live365 page hasn't been updated in a while either. Did something happen to ol' Vic? For reference:

http://www.vegasvics.com/
http://www.live365.com/stations/brianeh

Hope everything's okay.

Cheers & Mahalo,
MB

RB
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aku76 posted on Thu, May 1, 2008 8:40 AM

I tried my weekly download of Vegas Vic and it's not on itunes at all. The last time Vic responded to one of my e-mails he said he would continue if he received good and regular feedback. I think lack of that may have contributed to the stoppage.

Only one person knows...Vic please post and let us know if you're gone.

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Keviki posted on Tue, May 6, 2008 9:42 AM

Argh! I've emailed him a couple times asking where the podcast went, and since he seemed to be starting a new multi-podcast show "Sabu Martinez, Part 1" it looked like he was going to continue it.

Figures it went away the day I went to grab all the older podcasts I was missing, I listen to them all day at work! Perhaps we should create a repository somewhere of all the shows?

I've got the 69 podcasts in I-tunes - I'll be happy to share.

Unless Vegas Vic doesn't want to keep this stuff out there?

Vic?

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I'd be interested I had these on my work PC and had to reformat to test an image and did not back up. Figured I could get them the next day.

Low and behold, they were gone.

I'd be very interested.

I'd be very interested in a copy of that collections...please let me know what I need to do..

No more Vegas Vic! It's so sad!

Don't know what happened, but miss it!

Really, it was one of the best damn pod casts on the web. I learned so much about exotica - well, mostly everything, from listening to Vegas Vic. I had some of the pod casts, but not all of them down loaded. Now, I'm not so tech savvy, and I'm trying to figure out how to save them from I tunes onto a disk so I don't loose them for ever.

I knew it must have been a lot of work putting together a regular pod cast - I was always amazed he had taken the time to do such a fine job. Nothing good lasts for ever.

Maybe we should all e-mail him till he starts re-pod casting?

RB

I'm trying to figure out how to save them from I tunes onto a disk so I don't loose them for ever

Create a new playlist in iTunes (I call mine "Burn List"), click-and-drag the podcast into that burn playlist, then record away!


[ Edited by: Rum Balls 2008-05-27 06:39 ]

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Now that I've checked everywhere that I've kept them, it looks like the only ones I'm missing are these:

1 - Vegas Vic ventures into podcasting (6/1/05)
4 - The 3 Kings of Exotica Show (6/12/05)
13 - (There is no 13! Hah!)
33 - A Look Back (1/8/06)
51 - Mele Kalikimaka (12/18/06)
52 - Gene Rains (2/18/07)

Vic, are you out there? Do ya mind if we make a page to keep all these excellent podcasts somewhere?

Newbie here- I have 1-68 archived, I'm only missing #60 and #69 (and the non-existent 13).

[ Edited by: Bearded Wonder 2008-06-30 18:40 ]

I happen to have all of the Vegas Vic podcasts in case anyone is missing any. Please email me at [email protected] and we'll figure out a way to get you the missing podcast(s)

Ron

I listen to my Vegas Vic & Java's Bacherlor Pad podcasts quite often. I do the Vegas Vic ones do pop back up. If it weren't for these two, I'd miss out on a lot of great tunes & bands.

AAAAaaaaagggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY!!!!!!

Vic, oh Vic what happened!!!!

Hi there, I need to get the first 50 VV podcasts.....I'll be happy to paypal some beer money your way for postage and discs.

I've emailed one of the people who offered, but no response yet....

You can email me at:

skyguym42(put an at sign here if you're not a spambot)hotmail.com

maybe these could be made available as a torrent for p2p distribution?

maybe these could be made available as a torrent for p2p distribution?

What a great idea! Did this ever happen? If not, it should!

TW

I have most of them at work. I am off work for a while but if I go back, I can get the remaining episodes. I'm in!!

Hey, I've contacted a couple of people to no avail....I'd love to get the first 50 episodes! Please contact me at skyguym42---AT---hotmail

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Vic! where are ya man?!

His Live 365 show lit the tiki flame for me and the podcast has provided many great memories the past few years. My top three in order are:

  1. Mileage Run
  2. Paul Page
  3. In a Hawaii Mood

good stuff! Vic, I hope you're well!
I must admit, Digitiki and his Quiet Village have filled the gap nicely. It's great to see exotica live on!

[ Edited by: Gilligan 2009-05-29 20:28 ]

[ Edited by: Gilligan 2009-05-29 20:29 ]

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Hello,

I too, lost all the Vegas Vic's Podcasts. I would love to get them all again if possible from any Ohana here, that would like to assist me. I'm willing to send burning media, pay all postage send and a little Aloha to make it worth your while. Please feel free to post to this thread, or email directly.

Mahalo

Roger aka; uKeHaCk

:wink: I just saw this news ....67 of the 70 episodes of Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge is up at Demonoid. 2.33gig of Tiki/Exotica goodness.

We miss you Vic*!*

They downloaded quite easily for me, which was a real relief, since not only was Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge down, so was all of Live365.com and consequently, life was looking rather bleak. So I download the collection of podcasts yesterday and then today - HOORAY! - not only was Live335.com back up but so was Vegas Vic. Life is good.

On 2009-01-31 10:23, avagraphique wrote:
maybe these could be made available as a torrent for p2p distribution?

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pik0 posted on Mon, Jun 21, 2010 9:51 PM

Wow! The first 67 shows was on torrent?! I missed that. Any links?!

Vic and I used to keep up with each other as we started out podcasting about the same time. When his shows started to fall behind, I emailed him to ask how things are going. He just basically said that he was just getting too busy as an investment banker to do the show.

I truly do miss the show. My wife and I used to listen every Saturday morning as we started our day. So many wonderful memories. Would love to get a copy of the whole series to share with my son someday.

Piko

I'd really like to get at least #66-Paul Page episode. Is this available somewhere?
Mahalo.
~kele

On 2010-06-22 12:05, WaikikianMoeKele wrote:
I'd really like to get at least #66-Paul Page episode. Is this available somewhere?
Mahalo.
~kele

Just go to Demonoid .com and search for "Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge - Podcast Episodes"

I don't want to make a hyperlink in the message board here to a filetrading site like that... though I feel pretty sure that, while downloading CD'S and DVD movies from Demonoid is not quite legal... downloading Vegas Vic's old shows from there is likely not an issue.

There are currently 3 seeders there for it, so your download should probably go pretty quick!

Cheers!

Just a bump to ask if anyone has been able to get hold of the 3 missing podcasts from the torrent.. episodes 13, 27 and 70.

They're still up ... I downloaded them today ... so grab um while you can!

... the search for the missing three continues! ;0)

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There was no episode 13.

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On 2010-08-31 17:18, vegasvic wrote:
There was no episode 13.

Hooray! Vic lives! Welcome back, man. :)

Bump to inform that the torrent with 67 of the 69 Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge podcasts is finally being seeded again at Demoniod.

Guess I missed out, registration is closed on demonoid and the beta just takes you to a plethora of ads. Does anyone have an invite code for the site?

edited due to typlexia :(

[ Edited by: VampiressRN 2012-04-22 10:26 ]

VampiressRN, are you sure you're going to the right site?
It seems to still be publicly available at http://beta.demonoid.me/files/details/2207945/

are you able to download these with a mac? I don't seem to be having any luck downloading these :(

Bump.

Vegas Vic's podcasts were a great way for him to share some of his personal collection of vinyl. This allowed many of us to hear vinyl that we otherwise never would have heard. He had a very interesting collection which he picked and chose from when he made his podcasts.

This link http://www.neowin.net/news/demonoid-returns-after-nearly-two-years-popular-bittorrent-tracker-is-back-online reported that Demonoid (which was hosting a link for a full package of Vic's podcasts) is back in service, and lo-and-behold my search found a hit with one "seeder" so I'm going to load a torrent downloader and see if I can pick up the podcasts.

Loved the show and it was an inspiration to create my own show.
Thanks for the great shows man

http://www.cocktailnation.podbean.com

Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge podcast episodes found at archive.org!

https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.01
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.02
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.03
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.04
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.05
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.06
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.07
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.08
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.09
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.10
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.11
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.12
** Vic skipped Episode No.13 **
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.14
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.15
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.16
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.17
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.18
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.19
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.20
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.21
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.22
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.23
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.24
https://archive.org/details/Vegas.Vics.Tiki.Lounge.EP.25

[ Edited by: Sol_Hoopii 2014-06-28 15:01 ]

The Archive.org listings are up to Episode 37 now. I'm guessing the guy who uploads them does so a couple episodes at a time, over time. He still has a way to go before getting all of them uploaded there, though. So far gettin a full collection from scratch has to be done episode by episode, from a number of sites around the net (and maybe via torrent).

Here's a list of all the episodes, just for reference -

Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #1 - Vic ventures into Podcasting
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #2 - The Cha Cha Cha show
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #3 - Classic vintage vinyl from some of Hawaii's legendary artists
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #4 - The 3 Kings of Exotica - Baxter, Denny, and Lyman
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #5 - Sophisticated Savages
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #6 - Surf's Up!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #7 - Exotic Island Discs. Vic play tracks from 10 essential Exotica LPs
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #8 - Hapa Haole Hitmakers. Vic play tracks from pseudo-Hawaiian Artists, playing pseudo-Hawaiian music. Sweet, cheesy goodness!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #9 - Trip to Tahiti. Vic takes you on a musical journey to French Polynesia
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #10 - Percussion Spectacular. Vic plays great Exotica-era percussion tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #11 - Jungle Madness!. Vic plays great Jungle-themed Exotica tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #12 - Miserlou, Caravan, and Taboo. Vic plays multiple versionsof these classic exotica tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #13 - (THERE WAS NO #13 SHOW)
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #14 - A Taste of India. Vic returns from a trip to Bangalore and plays some India-inspired exotica tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #15 - The Moon of Manakoora. Vic plays multiple versions of this calssic exotica track
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #16 - Lost in Space. Vic plays space-themed exotica tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #17 - Tiki Mix. Vic plays classic exotica tracks
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #18 - The Naked City. Vic plays funky soundtracks, crime jazz, loungecore
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #19 - Quiet Village. Vic plays multiple version of the all-time greatest Exotica track
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #20 - Women We Love. Vic plays exotica tracks from female artists
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #21 - Focus on Arthur Lyman, Part 1. Vic examines the life and career of Exotica legend Arthur Lyman
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #22 - Focus on Arthur Lyman, Part 2. Second part of two-part Arthur Lyman retrospective
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #23 - Vic Plays title tracks from a selection of Exotica and Instrumental Surf LPs
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #24 - Vic Plays tracks for a frequent flier mileage run
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #25 - Vic tries a new format, plays tracks from new surf acts
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #26 - Vic plays surf tracks from around the world
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #27 - More Instro Surf from great working bands (missing from this torrent)
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #28 - Surf Vol 5
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #29 - Surf Vol 6
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #31 - Mele Kalikimaka!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #32 - Happy Surfin' New Year!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #33 - A Look Back
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #34 - Focus on Les Baxter, Part 1
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #35 - Focus on Les Baxter, Part 2
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #36 - Surf Show Seven
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #37 - Surf Show Eight
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #38 - Bongomania!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #39 - Hawaii Calls
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #40 - Martin Denny
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #41 - Vics Bachelor Pad Show One
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #42 - Vics Bachelor Pad Show Two
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #43 - Vics Bachelor Pad Show Three
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #44 - Summertime Tiki Mix
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #45 - Surf Show
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #46 - Near East Show
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #47 - Hapa Haole
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #48 - Exotica
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #49 - 49th State Records Tribute - Part 1
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #50 - 49th State Records Tribute - Part 2
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #51 - Mele Kalikimaka
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #52 - Gene Rains
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #53 - Another Show
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #54 - Four Songs
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #55 - More Exotica
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #56 - In a Hawaii Mood
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #57 - Library Vol 1
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #58 - The Three Suns
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #59 - A Mixed Bag
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #60 - More Exotica
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #61 - Even More Exotica
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #62 - Juan Garcia Esquivel
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #63 - Summer Tiki Mix - Various Tiki and Instrumental Surf tracks to accompany your icy beverages
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #64 - Some African-themed exotica for your listening pleasure
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #65 - Music to Drink By
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #66 - Paul Page
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #67 - Happy Halloween!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #68 - Mele Kalikimaka!
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #69 - Mel Henke
Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge Show #70 - Sabu Martinez, Part 1

bump! because Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge was legendary!

i think i have all the podcasts on an old hard drive, if those links no longer work...

ADDENDUM: looks like the download links still work.

[ Edited by Johnny Dollar on 2022-04-16 07:24:24 ]

If I'm not mistaken, I think he went all the way to episode 100 and stopped.

I used to have every single episode of this podcast on my hard drive. Then it died. I wish all the episodes were available somewhere as I only made it up to episode 40 before I lost them.

It looks like up to episode 37 are available for download. A few are missing like 28 and 32 are missing.

https://archive.org/details/@vegasvictikiloungefan

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I am just discovering the Vegas Vic's Tiki Lounge podcast and have gone through the set on archive.org. Does anyone have a lead on the later episodes(38 - ?), perhaps on torrent or personal collections? Thanks!

[ Edited by TikiCarl on 2022-10-20 05:39:23 ]

Are you still looking for Vegas Vic's podcasts? I have all but 27.

Are you still looking for Vegas Vic's podcasts? I have all but 27.

I am still looking for podcast #27. As I understand it, #13 never existed (superstition perhaps?). A search brings up several archived entries, but the are really of podcast #28 - mislabeled as #27. The final one I have located is podcast #69. Any assistance would be appreciated.

I was able to find the Internet Archive list. Is there any place or way to get the remaining podcasts? I just found this resource and I am starting today with episode #1 and would love to listen to the whole collection.

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