Tiki Bar TV Episode 28: The Play

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Photos from Atlanta's Furries versus Klingons Bowling Competition

My old pal Pint Champion was brave enough to head over to the Furries versus Klingons bowling competition in Atlanta to get some photos. Posted below are a couple of pics, but there should be more on the way considering that he was able to take "over two hundred pics and a couple of videos of the furries dancing." Thanks, Champ! You rock.


Photography by Pint Champion © 2007

Electric Boogaloo on Soul Train

Robot-Gods among men:

Furries Versus Klingons: Atlanta will Never be the Same

Join the MurrFurs as we take on the “USS Republic Klingons” in their second annual Bowling Challenge!


Thanks to Michael for pointing me toward this rather weird information. Hopefully, there'll be some photos on Flickr after the event.

Tiki Chris Week in Review (Friday September 28, 2007)

Busy week. Lots of cool stuff going on (some of it top secret!) but no time to write anything. Oh well. At ontoTravel, I wrapped up my New Jersey photo series (for the time being) and started on a new series of photos from a recent trip to Milan. And of course, there are plenty of London Daily Photos to ogle at ontoLondon. Beyond that, dig around - I'm sure you'll find something else to your liking, such as this poem by Thomas Edison.

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
Asbo for London tagger, Raider
London Daily Photo: White
London Daily Photo: A Fine Pair
London Daily Photo: Wall
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?"Jerusalem Tavern...
London Daily Photo: No Joke
Small, Medium and Large: Major Street Artists Sho...
London Daily Photo: Tribute to Vonnegut
London Daily Photo: Working Together
London Daily Photo: Old Street


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
Garage Culture in Murmansk, Russia: No Girl's All...
New Jersey: Moby's Deck
New Jersey: Snow Crab Clusters
BBC Photos from Papua's Central Highlands
Milan: Reserved Seating
Maponya Mall in Soweto
Milan: Chiude/Apres


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
South American Cruises to visit Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui in Science Magazine
Monolithic Pop Culture References #66
New Book: "The Stone Gods" by Jeanette Winterson
Ohio dance collaboration with Rapanui choreographe...
Monolithic Pop Culture References #67

Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
More Weekly Review Than You Can Shake a Stick at (...
Schmap!! Ft Lauderdale: Mai-Kai Photo
I Against I - Bad Brains
Thomas Edison: Poet, Surrealist

Thomas Edison: Poet, Surrealist

An Untitled Prose Poem
by Thomas Edison

A Bowery angel smoking a palm tree stubbed his toe on a comet, and pimples came out on his toe nail as big as mountains. He swore so much that God made eight new planets out of the conversation & peopled and fauna'd and flora'd them eccentrically. The almighty has a vein of humor. He made these planets & peopled them to give amusements to beings on the rest of the celestial plantation. The men were 800 miles long & 1/4 inch thick. They slept on telegraph poles, and animals with bodies as big as a pea with 900 eyes each as big as a saucer lived on these long men by catching them by the feet and sucking them in like macaroni.























Click here for reading and discussion on NPR's Talk of the Nation.

Click here for reading and discussion on BBC Radio 4's Today.

Click here for the Thomas A. Edison Papers website.

I Against I - Bad Brains

Don't ya just love YouTube? Here's a great song that I remember blowing me away when I first saw the video on MTV's 120 Minutes. Oh the memories.

Schmap!! Ft Lauderdale: Mai-Kai Photo

Yep, that' s my "Schmap" shot on the Mai-Kai page of Schmap's Ft Lauderdale listings. Here's a closer look:

Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007

Click here for a bunch more of my Mai-Kai pics Flickr.

More Weekly Review Than You Can Shake a Stick at (Friday September 21, 2007)

It's true. I've been a bad boy not producing much fresh content and simply relying on the likes of YouTube, the BBC etc for posting material. Hey, what can I say? It was a fun summer (if not a warm one here in London). Now that autumn's here, I've got all sorts of goofy ideas (especially for October). As for this past week, I finally managed to write a new post for my I ♥ T-Shirts series - this one about a Tee I got while at the Hukilau in Ft Lauderdale. I also ...

- happened upon a really yummy Honolulu Food Blog,

- added a few more pics from my recent trip to the Jersey Shore,
- updated Rapa Nui News,

- interviewed one of my favourite artist, Michael Murphy and ...

- had lunch at one of East London's best caffs.

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
London Daily Photo: Not a Hot Desk Office
London Daily Photo: Westbourne Grove
Surf's Up, London!
London Daily Photo: Private Club
Staying in London Hotels Shouldn't be a Comedy
London Daily Photo: Beer and Roses
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Castle Sandwich...
London Daily Photo: Do Not Enter
London Architect/Artist Michael Murphy Interviewed...
London Daily Photo: Pine-oak-eo's
Creativity Gives London a Leading Edge
London Daily Photo: Borough of Hackney


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
New Jersey: Bahr's
New Jersey: Moby's
Honolulu Food Blog: Too Cruel!


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
Rapa Nui visitors drawn to moai and natural beauty...
US East Coast canoe trip inspired by what happened...
Rapa Nui "fascinates the human race"
Rapa Nui best for hiking or archaeology
Maori king to meet with representatives of Rapa Nu...
Possible fare includes Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui piece in Condé Nast Traveller
Henry Moore inspired by Rapa Nui art
Local views on New7Wonders
"Ignored nature, cut down all the trees, built 50 ...
Visit to Rapa Nui one of many trips for "Fil-Am la...
New7Wonders list = great itineraries
Trip to Rapa Nui fulfils life long dream
International Conference on Easter Island and the ...
"Collapse" not just in "isolated" Rapa Nui
Moai replica in Kerrville, Texas
Global sailing trip stopped at Rapa Nui
Luxury condo development inspired by moai
Moai to be topic at October meeting in Huntsville,...
Lowbrow moai in Vancouver
Ithaca museum displays Rapa Nui photography
Rapa Nui representative spoke at UN event
Monolithic Pop Culture References #65
Yoo by Philippe Starck features entrance inspired ...
"Bashed, bruised and beautiful" Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui engraving by Duché de Vancy used in langu...
New lodge opening on Rapa Nui
Canadian Nature Club to visit Rapa Nui

Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
Not Alotta Week in Review (Friday September 14, 20...
Out of the Frying Pan at Espace Uhoda (Liège, Belg...
Decorate Yourself with These Great Army-Type Dog T...
I ♥ T-Shirts: Hukilau 2007
Blow me Down! It be International Talk Like a Pira...

Quiet Village - Martin Denny on Hawaii Calls

I had no idea this video existed - what a brilliant song! It seems to only get better the more I listen to it.

Blow me Down! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Arrgh! I almost forgot that today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Be makin' sure ye be checkin' out all the piratical postin' that be on this here cap'n's blog!

I ♥ T-Shirts: Hukilau 2007

Comfortable, practical, and these days the only accessory you need to make a statement, it's hard to imagine a world without the ubiquitous T-shirt. I ♥ T-Shirts takes a subjective approach to this modern fashion phenomenon with each post dealing with a favorite shirt. In this post, I take a look back a fun Tee I picked up at this year's Hukilau in Ft Lauderdale.

Shirt: Hukilau 2007
Designer: Kevin Kidney
Price: $20
Purchased: June 2007 at the Hukilau in Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Status: Still has that "new car" smell

Back in June, I had the good fortune of attending the 2007 Hukilau, "a celebration of midcentury Polynesian Pop splendor at the historic Mai-Kai in Ft Lauderdale, Florida" (click here for more Hukilau posts). Needless to say I had a fantastic time. While there, I also did a little shopping, picking up an official Hukilau T-shirt along with the rest of my plunder.

According to its accompanying tag, this "vintage soft" brown shirt made by Alternative Apparel, is "printed with water based inks to become more uniquely yours after each wash." It features Hukilau logo artist Kevin Kidney's phenomenal artwork. Kidney is perhaps best known for his work with Jody Daily designing more than 200 items to mark the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland. Kidney's Hukilau design is especially neato with its contemporary yet "could have been made decades ago" feel.


The 2007 Hukilau T-shirt is a cool little souvenir that quickly became a prominent standby when I needed something comfortable to wear these past few months, adding some much needed Florida sunshine to a more dreary than usual English summer.

Once home in London, I found that when I wore my Hukilau T-shirt I possessed super Tiki powers! Photography by Emiana © 2007

Interested in contributing a review of a favourite T-shirt or perhaps sending along a sample T to be reviewed? Click here to access my email address. Then, send an email with a brief description of your idea/product along with any relevant online links.

I ♥ T-Shirts is sponsored by Chongolio's Lost-Isle.

Decorate Yourself with These Great Army-Type Dog Tags

Choose the ones which say it best for you and yours (click the ad for a larger version):

Out of the Frying Pan at Espace Uhoda (Liège, Belgium)

Going to be in Liège around October? Here's an interesting exhibition of recent MFAs from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London .

Out of the Frying Pan ...
Mike Ballard (UK)
Marcin Dudek (Poland)
Lia Anna Henning (Germany)
Mark Melvin (UK)

28 September - 3 November 2007















Espace Uhoda
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Not Alotta Week in Review (Friday September 14, 2007)

Not a lot to report this week. I pretty much just geeked out on YouTube but did manage to get out and take some nice photos at the opening of James Jessop's "Night of the Demon" exhibition and to post this London Daily Photo of man's best friend. I also started (and haven't yet finished) a series of photos from a recent trip to New Jersey.

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
Photos from James Jessop's "Night of the Demon"
London Daily Photo: East End Job
London Daily Photo: Girls Night Out
3-in-1 Oyster Card - Barclaycard OnePulse
London Daily Photo: Ducks in a Row
Time for Another Zombie Walk? Sure! Why Not?
London Daily Photo: OHH LOVE TO LOVE YA BABY!!!
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Laxeiro
Rapping about Fire Safety is Hot!
London Daily Photo: Olive Oil
London: World's Most Expensive City for Dining Out...
London Daily Photo: Willow
London Daily Photo: Old Truman Brewery


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
New Jersey: Reserved Seating
New Jersey: Late Morning in Rumson
Girlie Men of the Taliban
New Jersey: Relish the Thought
Out of the Frying Pan at Espace Uhoda (Liège, Belg...


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #64


Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
Pretty Cool Week in Review (Friday September 7, 20...
Barry White Conducts the Love Unlimited Orchestra
Mimes for Jesus?
Releasing the Beast within
This Ain't No Picnic - the Minutemen!

This Ain't No Picnic - the Minutemen!

Whenever I get asked what kind of music I listen to, I always come up with an "I dunno. Everything," which is true. Anyway, Double Nickels on the Dime is a damn fine album, especially with the song "This Ain't No Picnic" as one of the tracks.

Releasing the Beast within

Even creepier than Mimes for Jesus? Furries!

Mimes for Jesus?

Just when I thought life had lost its "umph" ... Mimes for Jesus!

Barry White Conducts the Love Unlimited Orchestra

I wish I had an orange suit to wear while conducting my orchestra.

Pretty Cool Week in Review (Friday September 7, 2007)

Hey everybody. This has been a pretty cool week in Tiki Chris Land. Here's this week's wrap up.

I posted some pics from my adventures in that hotbed of culture known as South Pittsburgh, Tennessee. I also posted a link to a Juxtapoz photo essay of a recent Brooklyn outing with street artist extraordinaire Dan Witz. Thanks to Dan for showing me around and letting me hang while you pulled some brilliant pranks!

Over at ontoTravel, my old buddy Jon Dowda provided a stellar instalment of Expat Perspective, in which he recounts a bus ride from Durango to Ciudad Juárez. It's a really good read and is accompanied by some fascinating photos that Jon took during the trip.

And ... I finally got around to updating Rapa Nui News. Hopefully, I'll be able to work on it a bit more this weekend.

Thanks to everybody who left comments this week! It's nice to know you're enjoying the blogs.

Have a great weekend,
Tiki Chris

Below is a list of recent posts from four blogs that I administer: ontoLondon, ontoTravel, Rapa Nui News, and Tiki Chris. Each Friday, I hope to provide a weekly review of what I've posted. If a particular blog interests you, keep in mind that I’ve been blogging since well before this past week. You may want to take a look through the archives of any blog that interests you. Thanks.

ontoLondon
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This week's posts:
London Daily Photo: Walking on Water
It's Tube Strike Time Again
London Daily Photo: Fresh and Wild
Here We (Don't) Go Again: TUBE STRIKE Update
London Daily Photo: Local
Francis Bacon's 'rent cheque' to be cashed
Faster Eurostar with New Service to St Pancras
Londonist asks "What’s for Lunch?" Meson Los Barri...
London Daily Photo: Fag Butts
TUBE STRIKE Update
London's Religious Ghettos
London Daily Photo: Brick Lane
London Graffiti Artist Tek33 Interviewed
TUBE STRIKE Ended/Commuter Chaos Continues
More TUBE STRIKE Madness to Come?
London Daily Photo: Chandelier at Canela
Another TUBE STRIKE Looming?
London Daily Photo: Keepin' Your Head above Water...


ontoTravel
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This week's posts:
Air Travel on the Rise in China
Expat Perspective: Jon in Monterrey - "Don't Buy t...
The State of Foreign Tourism in Japan
New Jersey: Secret Spot
New Jersey: Reeds


Rapa Nui News
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This week's posts:
Moai-inspired topiary in Essex, England
Theme park in Shenzhen has "Easter Island" replica
Royal Caribbean to visit Rapa Nui
Critique of New7Wonders
"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #63
Learn about highly advanced civilizations
Poet likens moai to loneliness
CLIA Cruise Lines to visit Rapa Nui as part of UNE...
Princess Cruises has extended voyages to Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui among new gap year destinations
Ocean "carve-up" to benefit Rapa Nui?
Lonely Planet one of best guides to Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui lunch event
Rapa Nui's mysteries
Kiwa hirsuta mention
Ancient Rapanui: "lab" island civilization
Rapanui part of ma'ohi culture
Costner's Rapa Nui was "homo-erotic fallacy"
Tucson, Arizona artist painted miniature golf moai...
Rapa Nui "classic example" of environmental collap...
Collapse by Jared Diamond reviewed
Recounting a global tour, Rapa Nui included
Travel article about Rapa Nui
Around the world tour on private jet to include Ra...
Iowans visit Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui's environmental problems to happen in Haw...
Rapa Nui visit all about the moais
"Monolithic" Pop Culture References #64


Tiki Chris
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This week's posts:
Tiki Chris Update (Friday August 31, 2007)
Photos from the Blu, Ericailcane Exhibition at Laz...
What could be better than Momma's deviled eggs?
Firework City: South Pittsburgh, Tennessee
Dan Witz in Williamsburg (Photos for Juxtapoz)

Dan Witz in Williamsburg (Photos for Juxtapoz)

While I was offline during the last couple of weeks in August, I managed to squeeze a trip to Brooklyn into my schedule for a day out with one of my favorite artists, Dan Witz. Make sure to check out the complete Juxtapoz post!

Dan Witz in Williamsburg
by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Tuesday, 04 September 2007










The first graffiti that Dan Witz remembers being aware of as a child are those World War Two era "Kilroy Was Here" drawings. Still amazed by the idea that simply drawing a horizontal line can "magically create space and become the top of a wall," Dan has adapted the "Kilroy" design to suit his own urban prankster needs. By updating the basic "Kilroy" concept, Dan creates provocative, and often hilarious, street art.

Click here for complete story and plenty of photos.

Firework City: South Pittsburgh, Tennessee

One of the most visually stunning places for me as a child was the small town of South Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Located off Interstate 24 about 20 miles west of Chattanooga en route to Nashville, the town is perhaps best known for its garish and massive Tennessee Alabama Fireworks World mega-shop, a just-off-the-exit pitstop for refueling, refreshments, beer, bottle rockets and pretty much any kind of firework imaginable. At night especially, TAFW and its competitors beckon weary travelers with the faux neon glow of thousands upon thousands of tiny light bulbs arranged into letters advertising their wares. Local folks call South Pittsburgh the "Las Vegas of the South". TAFW also sells souvenirs, stuff like "Life's a Gas: The Ultimate Fart Book", and other stupid non-essentials such as "hillbilly" cookbooks and, sadly, rows of racially insensitive trinkets.




As a kid, I would get so excited when I knew we were to drive by this monstrosity and beg my parents to stop. Usually, Dad worked it out so that a stop would serve as some sort of reward (or bribe) for good behaviour. Of course, he loved shopping for fireworks as much as I did and probably enjoyed shooting them even more so.



On a recent visit to Tennessee, I made a brief trip to South Pittsburgh with my camera. Unfortunately, I could only manage to get there during the day, thus, no pics of the spectacle of lights. However, I was able to stray from the roadside attractions and roam around a bit downtown, the official home of the National Cornbread Festival. The downtown, a few miles from the I-24 exit, might as well be a world away. Snuggled up to the side of a mountain, it's a sleepy, and rather attractive, little town hearkening back to a supposedly simpler time. Still, evidence of a citywide fascination for all things explosive (wrestling, firearms) was easily spotted.

Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007

What could be better than Momma's deviled eggs?

Momma's Deviled Eggs
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007

Photos from the Blu, Ericailcane Exhibition at Lazarides Gallery

Click here for photos from the opening of SUPER FLUO, a collaborative exhibition at London's Lazarides Gallery of artwork by Italy's "modern day street insurrectionists" Ericailcane and Blu.










Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
for Juxtapoz
Friday, 30 August 2007