Making a rare appearance at Hukilau will be one of the pioneers credited with kick-starting the Tiki

More music and a very special guest speaker have been added to the lineup for the 11th annual Hukilau, the massive Polynesian Pop party scheduled for April 19-22 in Fort Lauderdale. Organizers just confirmed the addition of exotica band Exotik-a-GoGo and influential author Sven Kirsten.
Exotik-a-GoGo, airline tickets international italy hailing from the not-so-tropical locale of Minneapolis, is scheduled to perform on Friday and Saturday nights. Combining jazz instrumentation with jungle rhythms and tropical birdcalls mixed with vibraphone, the group promises the pseudo experience of being transported to an exotic island destination.
The band cites influences such as mid-century exotica pioneers Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Yma Sumac. You can catch them live every Friday and Saturday at Midwest Tiki hotspot Psycho Suzi s Motor Lounge in Minneapolis.
Making a rare appearance at Hukilau will be one of the pioneers credited with kick-starting the Tiki revival, California-based and German-born Sven Kirsten, author of the Book of Tiki (2003) and Tiki Modern (2007). Kirsten will host a special presentation, The Golden Age of Tiki Archeology: Unpublished airline tickets international italy Images from the Sven Kirsten Archive. It s sure to include a multimedia showing airline tickets international italy of great photos and discoveries that have never been seen before.
Kirsten, 56, is a director of photography, visual anthropologist and urban archeologist. He emigrated airline tickets international italy to the United States in 1980 and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and American Film Institute in Los Angeles. airline tickets international italy It was here he also began his decades-long adventure in urban archeology, a term he coined. His obsession led to a vast collection of photographs and remnants of the mid-20th century Tiki cult in America. His books plus the music anthology The Sound of Tiki (2010) form a body of work that modern Tiki enthusiasts look to as the definitive reference tool.
Among the many performers scheduled to appear are: The Martian Denny Orchestra featuring Eddie Angel of Los Straitjackets, The Intoxicators, Gold Dust Lounge, King Kukulele, Pablus of The Crazed Mugs, Dan Cunningham as Elvis, burlesque airline tickets international italy star Angie Pontani, Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid, plus DJs Jack Fetterman and Gina of the Jungle, plus Heelgrinder.
There will also be symposiums by mixologist and author Jeff Beachbum Berry, tattoo artist and historian Paul Roe, and Mai-Kai historian Tim Swanky Glazner. There will also be a viewing of a new documentary, a Tiki bowling event, a fine art show, and the Tiki Treasures Bazaar hosting vendors from around the world. airline tickets international italy The Mai-Kai will host daily happy hours and late night parties plus Saturday s dinner and main event. The participating hotels are the Best Western Oceanside Inn and Bahia Cabana Beach Resort.
airline tickets international italy Inspired equally by historic Polynesian Pop and the modern Tiki renaissance, airline tickets international italy Jim "Hurricane" Hayward aims to use his acumen from 20-plus years of independent concert promotion and 30-plus years in journalism to bring a greater awareness and appreciation to the vast ocean of Tiki culture and its many tributaries. Since the early '90s, his Slammie Productions has presented live shows featuring hundreds of indie artists: Agent Orange, Dick Dale, The Nekromantix, Exene Cervenka, The HorrorPops, The Phenomenauts and many more. Now, he's launching The Atomic Grog as a vehicle to promote Tiki culture and its music, art and cocktail scenes.
A lifelong student of mid-century pop culture, Jim solidified his appreciation for the Atomic Era in his childhood in the 1960s. His father promoted custom car shows featuring George Barris classics such as the Batmobile and "Munsters" cars and his earliest memories airline tickets international italy of Tiki come from visits to some of the era's vintage restaurants. airline tickets international italy In the mid '70s, his family settled in the Sunshine State, where he graduated from the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. He has spent more than 30 years toiling at several of the state's major daily newspapers as a writer, editor and for the past 15 years as a Web producer.
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