Tiki Caliente 2 on June 4th-6th (go to www.tiki-caliente.com for official Swag)

On 2010-05-20 22:46, tikiyaki wrote:
Cool..... Glad you bought DJ gear....are you still rockin the 70's (really 80's) big ass stereo speakers ?

No, I bought a PA and speakers, with stands.'
Now the 70s speakers stay home with the classic rock playing thru them.
no bong water spills though.
:wink:

Jeff(btd)

[ Edited by: bigtikidude 2010-05-20 22:52 ]

Every Day is like Christmas at my House,One day Ups is dropping off the tents,then the wristbands,then the tee's and then some art.

The weather here in Palm Springs is sitting at 88 and nothing over 93 in the next 5 days.

Bring some sunscreen and your reading glasses so you can read about tiki caliente at tiki caliente at the release party of the new tiki magazine .

COming Soon: Jetson's Palm Springs Survival Video! All you need to know about how to stay cool and beat the heat in the desert sun.

be sure to catch the martini kings sat. june 5th at caliente for 2 big shows featuring cherry capri. 2pm and 6pm. also the martini kings are 98% sure we will have our new cd ready for tiki caliente.
"girl talk" the buddy greco sessions.
we teamed up with a real lounge legend- buddy greco. we think you will enjoy the results!

In my tradition of doing Hula Girls posters for every big event that we play, here's the latest. Hand pulled silk screen posters in a limited edition of 50. Metallic gold speedball ink with a black overprint. Twenty bucks at the show.

Disclaimer: This is NOT the official event poster and The Hula Girls are in no way headlining Caliente. It only appears that way because I designed the poster as a Hula Girls poster....

Hope you dig it!

Aloha.

Also, The Hula Girls are once again bringing our renound hula girl pinup dancers to Caliente. There is no nudity and they keep it all very family friendly.... Miss Betsy Bosen and Miss Judy Luck

Looking forward to the show!

Cool poster Spike, looking forward to seeing all the bands and of course the girls.

Thanks Doug! I'm looking forward to all of that too! Should be a super fun weekend!

Look's great Spike,and so do's the Poster by the way!!!!!!

W

This is the greatest Tiki Ever in my book so you cant go wrong!!!!!!!

THIS SUNDAY WRISTBANDS WILL GO OFF SALE. GET YOURS NOW!!!!!!! ANYONE WHO PRE-BUY"S THE WRISTBAND WILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO NIGHTTIME EVENTS.
ALSO DISCOUNTS ON DRINKS AND SELECTED VENDORS PRODUCTS.

PLEASE DO NOT COME TO PALM SPRINGS AT THE LAST MIN THINKING YOU CAN BUY ONE AT THE GATE.......MOST LIKELY YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TOO.

I SAID 350!!!!!!!! AND ONE THING I AM IS A MAN OF MY WORD SUCKA!!!!!!!!!

On 2010-05-26 06:10, Wildsville man wrote:
THIS SUNDAY WRISTBANDS WILL GO OFF SALE. GET YOURS NOW!!!!!!! ANYONE WHO PRE-BUY"S THE WRISTBAND WILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO NIGHTTIME EVENTS.
ALSO DISCOUNTS ON DRINKS AND SELECTED VENDORS PRODUCTS.

PLEASE DO NOT COME TO PALM SPRINGS AT THE LAST MIN THINKING YOU CAN BUY ONE AT THE GATE.......MOST LIKELY YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TOO.

I SAID 350!!!!!!!! AND ONE THING I AM IS A MAN OF MY WORD SUCKA!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Rory is a man, that means business.
:o

Check out our t-shirts !! All the artists involved have gone WAY off the charts with these designs for Ohana Tees- Truly inspired by cult icon tura Satana! We will only have 50 shirts per artist EXCLUSIVE for the event. Get to our booth early before they are gone GONE!
http://www.ohanatees.com/tees.html

As someone who believes too much of a good thing is, well, fantastic... there may be some post-Tiki Caliente whoop-dee-dooing available for those who dare venture to the nearby Agua Caliente Casino on Sunday night. That is, if you're into masked wrestling that smells of chalupas. Lucha Libre wrestling, anyone? If you've ever been to Lucha Va Voom, this is like that, only without the "Va Voom". Campy fun for those who don't want this weekend to end any sooner than it has to. http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100515/LIFESTYLES0101/5140346/Lucha-Libre-is-coming-to-The-Show

Thanks for the Heads up on that.
Not sure how tired I will be.
but I am off on mondays, and I am staying sunday night.
so it's possible.

Jeff(btd)

Fri
Jun 4

Sunny

102°
73°

0%

102°F

Sat
Jun 5

Sunny

100°
71°

0%

100°F

AWESOME!!!

See yous in the pool!

ugh......
I'm sweating now, thinking about it.
:-/

Jeff(btd)

I was asked to carve an official event drum for Tiki Caliente this year. I'm just about wrapping it up and thought you all would like to see it. A couple of parts need another coat of stain tomorrow morning, but this is pretty much how it will look when done, except the color will be a little better and it will be a lot more shiny:

I had a lot of fun carving it. Thanks for asking me to do this WildsvilleMan! Everyone that has seen it in person is totally blown away by it, and I hope you are as well.

Here's a little more background info on some of the designs and features I added to it

The three tikis I carved on the legs are my "tribute" versions to this one by the Tropics pool:


The original tapered too much at the chin, so I had to put the foot under the tongues for stability.

The logo was my carved rendition of Doug Horne's event logo.

Carving this rated high up there in the difficulty scale of stuff I've done:

His original used the black lines on the letters as shadows to give the illusion of depth. I didn't need false shadows on my letters because I was planning on carving them raised from the background anyway, but I wanted the logo to look as exact as possible. So, I carved them out with the outline of the letter and shadow, and then went back and added the shadows with my trusty Optima 1 Dual woodburner. The tapa patterns on the frame were carved out first, then I went back and burned in the recesses with the woodburner. The burned parts can still be seen under the stain after I added it.

For the back of the drum, I used some elements from the Tiki Caliente 1 mug that I borrowed from Tiki-Kate. This one:

Thanks Kate! I'll be bringing your mug back soon...

My first draft had the A-frame the same way it was on the mug, but it just didn;t fit on the drum right. So, I used TC as a handy reference source and found this post card of the Tropics over in Locating Tiki:

The end result: the A-frame from the postcard, palm trees, and flaming tiki torches.

I couldn't do finer details in the relief carving on the back because it's where you handle the drum the most. Smaller details would tend to break off under the strain of the drum being lifted and moved about. If this was just a display drum I would have done them, but this piece is going to be functional: played, moved, and handled. I had to take its functionality as a playable drum into consideration and carve and sand it with soft edges and duller details than a display piece would have.

Because of the way everything was configured on it, I was able to make the bell part a little larger than it appears from the outside view. It actually extends below the bell into the pedestal portion.
These lines show where it was hollowed out to make a bigger sound chamber and vent:

I recently put a head on another drum I carved and when I was testing it,I noticed the air/sound wave blowing out the hole in the bottom of the bell when I hit it. Kind of like a quick blast of air shooting out.

That got me thinking...

What if I carved the mouths on the tikis all the way through to the hole that already runs through the center of the drum?
The two red zones are where I then carved the mouths back through to the hollowed out center chamber of the pedastal

I shined a light through the center and snapped this picture to show the new air hole

I made one like that in each mouth.

Now, in theory, if you take a burning incense cone and place it inside the drum at the bottom of the hollowed part on a fire resistant surface, then the whole drum chamber will eventually fill up with smoke as it burns away. If it got full enough of smoke, when you play it, the air forced out by the sound wave will blow the smoke out the holes in the mouths when you hit the drum head.
Hopefully it would be something like this theorethical cross section of the smoke filled chamber:

So while you're playing the drum, the tikis will be breathing out puffs of smoke in time with your playing, until it runs out of smoke.

That would be even cooler if they could blow smoke rings!

I'll do a test of the smoke blowing tikis when I get the head on and report back here. Come check it out in person at Tiki Caliente!

Buzzy Out!

[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2010-05-28 01:17 ]

Dude, that is one sick drum. Can't wait to see it in person.

Damn Buzzy! The details on that thing are amazing. And putting the vent holes in the tiki's mouths... awesome idea.

AWESOME Drum !!!!!!!!!!

FANTASTIC, Buzzy!!

Buzzy, Awesome drum !

Available at Caliente !

The very first Tikiyaki Orchestra Mug, originally done for our Hukilau 2008 appearance in Blue, now available in classic brown glaze, sans the "Hukilau 2008" inscription on the back.

These are not limited edition, so we'll make em' as long as people buy em. Also comes with nifty printed packaging.

Sculpted by Squid, based on the design from the Tiki on the cover of "StereoExotique"

Available for $20 at Tikiyaki Airways Vending Hut !

Buzzy,
that drum looks great,Is it the same shade as my Uke? I gotta Know? I am going to beat that drum till the fat chicks come home

Awesome job on the drum BPB!

Is anyone from up here in Sacramento heading down to the Caliente Tropics event next weekend?

Incredible work Buzzy. You're stuff keeps getting better. I hope the smoke works . Im just wondering because it breathes from the same hole it exhausts from . But dont change a thing . Great concept . Rory doesnt deserve it .

awesome drum buzzy!

WHOA!
Buzzy, dare I say you've outdone yourself with this drum?!?

(until your next carving, that is)

AWESOME WORK!

Cool mug, Jim! I have the blue version, but I may have to pick up this new version... cool box art!

Holy FUck Shit, Buzzy!

Speechless on the drum! Eyes popped out... stunned. Wanna touch it.

We just added another artist to the tshirt collection...Dale Sizer
go take look!!!
http://www.ohanatees.com/tees.html

On 2010-05-28 22:45, Coco Joe wrote:
Holy FUck Shit, Buzzy!

yeah, what that Fucker said.
Absolutely Amazing.

Jeff(btd)

just in time to be relesed sat. june 5th at tiki caliente. the newest cd from the martini kings featuring buddy greco.

Here is a sneeker of some original art I have been working on for tiki caliente..

What a great group of vendors we have for Tiki Caliente 2. This show is going to rock the house down.

Update.....

I have 2 King rooms left and then we are SOLD OUT,Get off the fence and make the move by going to http://www.tiki-caliente.com and booking now.

also,

Wristbands are going off Sale Monday night from the website.

Keep it loose and see ya in the Springs!!!!!!!!!!! Dig?

Kirby you flippin ROCK MAN , im gonna go out there for the day . WAYYYYYYY OUT .

Book yer rooms now.
don't regret not going.

and get your wristbands today online.
last day to buy.

Jeff(btd)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SBu08Xdb7k&feature=player_embedded

Awesome, Jeff! I have this movie and just started watching it again last week (in preparation!)

We have the fashion show lining up and there as vintage alohawear from the 1940s, 1950s and of course, my favorite decade, the 1960s. I also have about 10 outfits picked out for myself to wear over the weekend!

I am so looking forward to this colorful weekend and sharing Mai Tais with my ohana.

Please be my online friend on FaceBook!

[ Edited by: Cherry Capri 2010-05-31 14:32 ]

10 outfits for the weekend?
wow!!

I got 3.
and a pair of swim trunks.
can't wait.

Dani and I are making a couple of new items for the event, Here is some pics. of the first item, " Caliente 2 Martini " glasses:

Cheers! Gogo

Wow Buzzy that is an amazing piece of art you created.

You really DO have skills!

Kirby, you're stuff keeps on getting better and better. I missed out on one of the masks at the Tonga Hut Parking lot sale--not this time.

Wow, I went in a different direction for a while and tried my hand at painting . Its hard to carve the big stuff when your back is jacked .

Plus some tikis

A Moai KavaKava

I have some KavaKava mugs left

Some handcarved Koa wood pendants

Plus I will be selling the Official Tiki Caliente 2 pendants at my booth . Stop by and pick one up . They are molded from the last tiki pendant picture . Its a reproduction of the parking lot tiki that is also on Dougs Poster . And just for fun Im selling SQUIRT GUNS to help beat da heat . See ya there folks !

This mug is AWSOME!!!!!!

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED HOW MUCH PALM SPRINGS PUNCH THIS HOLDS

Mostly in the Jay Leno chin!!!!!

Ok since I can't get ahold of a camera, my video will not be hapening. So instead, here are a few simple tips for you to beat the heat in Palm Springs.

Palm Springs gets very, VERY hot in the summer. We've only just started to warm up, but you never know when the heat will hit.

1. Where lots of sunblock. It's very easy out here to go out for a tan and come back burned. And remember the skin on your face is more sensative, so only use a sunblock of SPF 15 for your face.

2. We all like to dress to the nines, but in the summer heat, somtimes less is more. Besides, who wants to ruin their best shirts and dresses with pit stains? This also means shorts for dudes are probably the best idea. I am leaving my jeans at home myself. And ladies, bring those fans! (hats may be a good idea too)

3. Fluids! No, i don't mean knocking back all the rum you can to stay hydrated, water is usally the best thing. But do drink respnsibly as well. No one wants to hear that someone couldn't hold their alcohol and puked in the pool.

Other than that, all I can say is have fun, and I can't wait to see you all this weekend!