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The Swank Pad  Click the Hi-Fi button for the 24 hour broadcast of The Swank Pad. Lounge and kitsch classics abound on this variety show of the 'net. Listen while you surf! What's New Today on The Swank Pad? Updated 3-9-007Join the Swank Pad Forums for the latest!Click Here for the "Hapa Haole Hideaway" Tiki Bar Web Cam Swank Blather  TikiDaze - Retro Tiki Wall Calendar! The 1961 Corvair catalog. Fun at any speed. The Swank Pad's Best of Knoxville  Puffer Fish Tiki Bar Lamps For Sale - A key part of any tiki bar, the Swank Pad is glad to now sell puffer fish lamps direct to you.  The Building of Hale Tiki - A modern classic tiki bar in Augusta, GA. Swanky, Bamboo Ben, Crazy Al and Basement Kahuna spent a week building out the bar and turned a old shell into a masterpiece Sven Kirsten called one of the finest bars built in recent times.  Hapa Haole Hideaway Tiki Bar Tour - A tour of my home tiki bar  The Swank Vinyl Exotica CD II - 30 Tracks of vintage vinyl for your tiki bar soundtrack. The exotic mood of the classic tiki bar is recreated from vintage vinyl.  Spiegel 1969 - The 1969 Spiegel catalog. First we had the Fembots, now we see where they live, and how they treat the men and children...  Attack of the Fembots! - Where serious megalomaniac scientists go to dress their luscious robot army! These images are real. Women wore these things.  1957 Spiegel Catalog - The beautiful world of Star Bright Living. An incredible view of the height of style of the generation!  1951 Household magazine - The oddities of life in 1951. Ads that are from another era.  Knoxville Then & Now - Urban Archeology in Knoxville, TN. I take vintage postcards of diners and motels and find what exists of those locations today. Sometimes the entire building is there, others there is nothing, and many have a tantalizing remnant of their former glory.  Vanishing 50s America - Hotels, Homes, Diners, Signs, Architecture and more of what remains of a more beautiful time in America. As I travel, I document it's vanishing past.  The American Home - Fun views from 1957 Better Homes and Gardens - Incredible furniture and great designs from the height of 1950's culture, at which I take pot shots and poke fun.  The Grogalizer - The companion site for "The Grog Log" and "Intoxica." Helps you find the recipes you can make from these great books.  The Swank Vinyl Exotica CD - 32 Tracks of vintage vinyl for your tiki bar soundtrack. From Werner Muller to Charles Mauu and many points in between.  Hukilau 2002 in Atlanta - The first year of my tiki event Hukilau. Voted best event of the year by Creative Loafing Mazagine.  Hukilau 2003 at the Mai Kai - The first year Hukilau was held at the Mai Kai. 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Headlines from other sitesRequests, suggestions Coming to you from the beautiful Sunshine Coast.Any contributions are welcome especially rare and unusual stuff.My email is xtabay4@gmail.com if anyone wants to message me regarding shares they can't download for one reason or another or just to shoot the breeze.Posted: 12 Dec 2012 | 11:42pm US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/Mojito Criollo and Rhum Agricole BlancYeah, they're trendy as hell right now, but a well-made Mojito is still a thing of beauty. This variation adds lemon rind to the classic recipe, and a dash of aromatic bitters, which I've seen Cuban bartenders do when...Posted: 3 Jul 2008 | 6:56pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/1st Rule Is: The Laws of Germany2nd Rule Is: Be Nice to Mommy 3rd Rule Is: Don't Talk to Commies 4th Rule Is: Eat Kosher Salami 5th Rule Is: Post Animated Ramones Vids to MeFi...Posted: 3 Jul 2008 | 9:41am US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/Corndog-grabbing Gone AwryDerrick Bostrom shares from his collection of humorous, yet oddly-disturbing newpaper clippings and cartoons from the 1980s. [Link: Things I Should Throw Out: Clippings From The Eighties]...Posted: 1 Jul 2008 | 10:44pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/The Hai'deaway HeadhunterAfter months of late-night research and seemingly endless experiments in basement mixology, I'm proud to announce the Official Cocktail of my home Tiki bar, The Hai'deaway Headhunter, always on the menu, and always made with the freshest and finest...Posted: 1 Jul 2008 | 6:17pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/How About a Nice Hawaiian Punch (Village Photo)?Hawaiian Punch Village at SeaWorld, from the collection of matterhorn1959Hawaiian Punch Village was an area tucked into the back of SeaWorld in San Diego — SeaWorld used to have lots of Polynesian theming, but it’s sadly gone now. (One of SeaWorld’s creators, George Millay, also owned The Reef, a Polynesian restaurant in Long Beach.)Matterhorn1959 has [...]Posted: 1 Jul 2008 | 2:52am US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comJapanese ET Kleenex PackBecause Junkyard Clubhouse's commenters demand it (well, only one commenter, actually)....Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | 6:51pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/Cochina Cubano-WisconsinoDinner this evening comprised a delicious tri-tip beef roast, rubbed with a Cuban marinade of garlic, lime juice, olive oil, roasted jalepeno peppers, sherry, cilantro, oregano, parsley, and cumin, then slow-cooked in the smoker for 5 hours over hickory...Posted: 29 Jun 2008 | 5:49pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/Weekend ProjectI built a shelf yesterday to hold some of my recent Tiki finds. As the Hai'deaway is getting a bit full, it took me quite a while to find a spot on the wall to mount it. Mrs. BH...Posted: 29 Jun 2008 | 5:09pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/Deep Blue Sea I really like Bernard Herrmann's score for the film Beneath the Twelve Mile Reef. Unfortunately the film was really naff.Anyway rather than share the entire soundtrack recording I've started and finished with two of the best themes from the score and included other tunes which I think reflect the bubbly underwater world. Here it is then with around an hour of great music.Track list01. Bernard Herrmann - [Deep Blue Sea #01] The Undersea02. William Orbit - [Deep Blue Sea #02] Sea Green03. Paul Ruskay - [Deep Blue Sea #03] Mission 7 - Garden of Kadesh04. The Future Sound of London - [Deep Blue Sea #04] Spineless Jelly05. Patrick O'Hearn - [Deep Blue Sea #05] Beneath the Celestial Sphere06. Walt Rockman - [Deep Blue Sea #06] Nautilus 107. Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen - [Deep Blue Sea #07] Cascades08. The Future Sound Of London - [Deep Blue Sea #08] High Tide On The Sea Of Flesh09. Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - [Deep Blue Sea #09] Depth Charge10. William Orbit - [Deep Blue Sea #10] Bubble Universe11. Bersarin Quartett - [Deep Blue Sea #11] Geschichten Von Interesse12. Walt Rockman - [Deep Blue Sea #12] Deep Sea Soundings 113. Trevor Rabin - [Deep Blue Sea #13] Deep Blue Sea14. Bernard Herrmann - [Deep Blue Sea #14] The Undersea ForestLinkPosted: 28 Jun 2008 | 8:38pm US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/Space DanceIf all aliens were like this we wouldn't mind being abducted and probed!Groovy bongo music and Raquel in her prime dancing before the Mexico Olympics 1968 sculptures.Posted: 27 Jun 2008 | 2:07am US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/Tiki turtle necklace Jeffrey, a web designer who moonlights creating products with New Zealand’s instant manufacturing company Ponoko, created some lovely pendants that cross Maori tiki and turtles.Acrylic, in a variety of color.$45-$60 USD.See the necklaces at Ponoko | Visit Jeffrey’s blogShare ThisPosted: 26 Jun 2008 | 2:14pm US/Eastern Source: http://tikitalk.astropad.comHollywood Home Tiki Bar For Sale: Only $7.5 MillionTiki bar at the Wolf’s Lair in HollywoodHollywood! Dah dah dah dah!Mentally cue up Robin Leach for this one: (Is he dead? I forget.) Nestled here on 3.3 acres of land overlooking Hollywood, a mansion fit for a Kamehameha… The Wolf’s Lair, built for and by L. Milton Wolf, one of the original developers of [...]Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | 1:09pm US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comHawaiian Eye Tiki Mug by Kevin KidneyHawaiian Eye Mug by Kevin KidneyKevin Kidney is the A#1 lover of all things Hawaiian Eye, the 1959-63 Warner Bros. TV show… he’s also, in my opinion, the A#1 Polynesian Pop artist. No one does Polynesian Pop in true keeping with the midcentury style of the art form like Kevin does. So this is a [...]Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | 12:47am US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comGet Smarter This is a share I found on a forum. I'm excited about this new movie and this soundtrack recording should get us in the mood. I still get goosebumps from the original theme. Not my upload so no complaints eh.Tracklist:1. Smart Dreams2. Get Smart Theme3. Cake Factory4. Theme (Look One) featuring Get Smart Theme5. Max Denied6. Max Takes A Bow7. Dropping Like Flies8. Theme (Look Two) featuring Get Smart Theme9. Agent 2310. Max Ejects featuring Get Smart Theme11. Skydiving featuring Get Smart Theme12. Laser Hallway13. Entering Moscow14. Rooftop Fight15. Max Calls 9916. Theme (Look Three) featuring Get Smart Theme17. The Big Chase featuring Get Smart Theme18. Wish We Had More Time19. Smart Exit featuring Get Smart Theme20. Theme (Look Four) featuring Get Smart ThemePart 1Part 2Password: TriceMP3.comPosted: 25 Jun 2008 | 11:50pm US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/It's A Family GameFrom the always delightfully potted mind of the Booberry Alarm Clock comes this awesome bit of 70's nostalgia: the TV commercial for Mego's horrifically named board game, Ball Buster. What the hell was their marketing department thinking? [Link: 1975...Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 7:02pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/NY Times: In Defense of the BlenderChamborlada at Forbidden Island, photo by Kenn ChristThe New York Times has a great article today about blender drinks — specifically, delving into bartenders’ understandable distaste for them, and why they’re worth a second look. It’s a refreshing read: just a few years ago, an article like this would have more likely been on the [...]Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 3:12pm US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comSan Diego: Tiki Oasis 8Tiki Oasis 8Robert Drasnin! Waitiki! I’m there!Taking place once again at the former Hanalei Hotel (now the snoozetastically-named Crowne Plaza), with a special Thursday night meet-and-greet at the Bali Hai. There’s also burlesque & musicians & vendors & all the usual trappings, but of course it’s really all about the room parties. Though I am [...]Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 2:13pm US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comWatch Hawaii Five-O episodes online for free Hawaii Five-O, the now classic police drama set in Hawaii, can now be watched anytime for free on CBS.com. The series, which ran from 1968 to 1980(!), starred Jack Lord and his immovable hair curl as Steve McGarrett and James MacArthur as his second-in-command, Danno.19 episodes in total from seasons 1 and 2 can be streamed from the site. The Flash-based player can play full-screen or can be embedded in web applications, similar to YouTube videos. Downloading does not seem to be supported.Here’s an example: episode 33, “King Kamehameha Blues,” which revolves around hippies stealing an artifact from the Bishop Museum.Watch CBS Videos OnlineWatch Hawaii Five-0 at CBS.comShare ThisPosted: 25 Jun 2008 | 6:57am US/Eastern Source: http://tikitalk.astropad.comShe hid it where!Ursula Martinez Hanky Panky NSFWIf you haven't seen this yet this is one great clip. Comedy, magic and stripping combined all to the strains of Mancini's Shot in the Dark and who would believe she's forty plus? Don't watch it if you're easily offended though.Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 6:00am US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/Los Angeles: King Kukulele’s Floating Luau at the Tonga HutMahiki RumKing Kukulele’s monthly Floating Luau is drifting into the San Fernando Valley this Friday, to the Tonga Hut in North Hollywood. The Tonga Hut recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, making it a natural choice for the King to weigh anchor in her port.The Friki Tikis will be performing, and the King has brought back [...]Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 12:02am US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comMy Travels: Thatch in PortlandI’ve got a backlog of Tiki Travels to tell you about! Remind me to tell you about New Year’s Eve at Tiki-Ti, and the swell Sippin’ Safari event in Boston. But to get started, I went to Portland a bit more than a week ago…It’s really quite silly it’s taken this long, but I finally [...]Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | 11:20pm US/Eastern Source: http://blog.humuhumu.comXtabays World rating on Blogged.comI got this message from Blogged.com:"Our editors recently reviewed your blog and have given it an 8.3 score out of (10) in the Entertainment category of Blogged.com.This is quite an achievement!We evaluated your blog based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style.After carefully reviewing each of these criteria, your site was given its 8.3 score."Its nice to get recognition like this especially as I don't always get as much feedback as I would like.Here's the link to my page. Its very nicely set out and they've got thousands of other blogs to check out.LinkPosted: 24 Jun 2008 | 6:30pm US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/Tiki Bar In A SuitcaseClick to Embiggen [via bighappyfunhouse]...Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | 5:19pm US/Eastern Source: http://www.mrbalihai.com/goof/Beyond the Reef I was looking for some sea related tunes when I realised I had a lot of versions of that moody exotica classic Beyond the Reef. Martin Denny in particular seemed to love the song and did quite a few versions. I've included four of his versions although one sounds like a different song to the original.Anyway I thought I'd share the versions I have although no doubt there's lots of others.01. Arthur Lyman - [Beyond the Reef #01] Beyond the Reef02. Billy Vaughn - [Beyond the Reef #02] Beyond the Reef03. Chick Floyd - [Beyond the Reef #03] Beyond the Reef04. Felix Slatkin - [Beyond the Reef #04] Beyond the Reef05. Frankie Carle - [Beyond the Reef #05] Beyond the Reef06. George Cates - [Beyond the Reef #06] Beyond the Reef07. Hal Aloma - [Beyond the Reef #07] Beyond the Reef08. Henry Mancini - [Beyond the Reef #08] Beyond the Reef09. Jerry Byrd - [Beyond the Reef #09] Beyond the Reef10. Kalua Beach Boys - [Beyond the Reef #10] Beyond the Reef11. Leo Addeo - [Beyond the Reef #11] Beyond the Reef12. Les Adams & His Fabulous Hawaiians - [Beyond the Reef #12] Beyond the Reef13. Los Indios Tabajaras - [Beyond the Reef #13] Beyond the Reef14. Martin Denny - [Beyond the Reef #14] Beyond the Reef'a go go15. Martin Denny - [Beyond the Reef #15] Beyond the Reef (version)16. Martin Denny - [Beyond the Reef #16] Beyond the Reef live17. Martin Denny - [Beyond the Reef #17] Beyond the Reef18. Marty Robbins - [Beyond the Reef #18] Beyond the Reef19. Morgan, Tommy and The Warren Barker Orchestra - [Beyond the Reef #19] Beyond the Reef20. Muzzy Marcellino - [Beyond the Reef #20] Beyond the Reef21. Paul Page - [Beyond the Reef #21] Beyond the Reef22. Peter Posa - [Beyond the Reef #22] Beyond the Reef23. Ray Conniff - [Beyond the Reef #23] Beyond the Reef24. Rudi Wairata and his Mena Moeria Minstrels - [Beyond the Reef #24] Beyond the Reef25. The Big Sound - [Beyond the Reef #25] Beyond the Reef26. The Blue Comets - [Beyond the Reef #26] Beyond the Reef27. The Hillbilly Soul Surfers - [Beyond the Reef #27] Beyond the Reef28. The Out-Islanders - [Beyond the Reef #28] Beyond the Reef29. The Outriggers - [Beyond the Reef #29] Beyond the Reef30. The Polynesians - [Beyond the Reef #30] Beyond the Reef31. The Surfmen - [Beyond the Reef #31] Beyond the Reef32. Tommy Garrett & 50 Guitars - [Beyond the Reef #32] Beyond the ReefGet it here.Posted: 24 Jun 2008 | 1:11am US/Eastern Source: http://xtabaysworld.blogspot.com/ So you want to use some images from The Swank Pad? Ok. You can, IF you credit The Swank Pad with a link and you download the images and put them on your server rather than linking to The Swank Pad images directly. 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