Travelling to exotic tropical locales (I'm pretty fortunate that I get to write off trips to Paradise), sipping rummy cocktails, collecting Hawaiiana, Exotica & Hawaiian music, playing fetch with my dog.
Music
Eden Ahbez, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman... Ape, Makana, Ernie Cruz Jr., Tommy Tokioka, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Braddah Iz), Keali'i Reichel, Jake Shimabukuro, Bill Tapia... Sex Pistols, X, Buzzcocks, Los Straitjackets, Combustible Edison, Brian Setzer, Madness, the Blasters, Los Lobos... Kenny Sasaki & the Tiki Boys, Fisherman, Lushy, Blue Hawaiians, Mai Kai Gents, Smokin' Menehunes... Monster Magnet, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Nirvana...Alfred Alpaka, Don Ho, Nina, Jerry Owens... Tahitian Drum Style, Hapa Haole Style, Exotica Style, Jawaiian Style, Dub.
For cool Hawaiian music, check out www.alohajoe.com. I advertise on his station and I don't know if he's got 2 listeners or 2 million but it makes for great background music while I'm working my ass off.
Movies
The Big Lebowski, Endless Summer, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Graduate, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Napoleon Dynamite, Animal House, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, Tron, The Warriors, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol's 1&2, The Punisher, Never Mind the Bollocks, Escape From New York, Up In Smoke, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Godfather I & II, Dazed & Confused, The Graduate, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, anything Dirty Harry, Hell Ship Mutiny, Blue Hawaii, all Bond, Matt Helm & Our Man Flint flicks, The Party & All Peter Seller's movies and any movie by the Cohn Brothers.
Television
Hawaii Five-O, Hawaiian Eye, Gilligan's Island, King of the Hill, Simpsons, South Park, Sopranos, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island, California's Gold (for that matter, anything by that funny nut Hewell Howser), Band of Brothers, Chick Boxing, Dachshund Racing.
Books
Cash: The Autobiography, I'm a Leboski You're a Lebowski, Catcher in the Rye, Marley & Me & all Ludlum books
Well, you've just stumbled upon Tiki Farm and "The Hardest Working Man in Tiki". We are the world's largest manufacturer of Tiki mugs. We work with artist's steeped deeply in the lowbrow art movement... Shag, Von Franco, The Pizz, Flounder, Mitch O'Connell, Dirty Donny, Derek Yaniger, Sam Gambino, Squid, Ken Ruzic, Ernie Keen, Crazy Al, Doug Horne, Thor, Jimmy C, Mr. G, Drew Brophy, Kevin Kidney, Jody Daily, Rick Rietveld, Thor, Big Toe, Benzart, Tiki Diablo, Joe Vitale, Donella Vitale... the list goes on.
We (meaning me & all of my fellow Tiki Freaks) throw some pretty amazing parties and surround ourselves with the most loveable group of nuts you've ever met with seas of perfectly coiffed 1950's inspired hair-do's, colorful tattoo's & most all are drunken lovers - no fighters. If you're ever in San Clemente, CA, stop on by & we'll give you the tour of the place & you can check out our Bamboo Ben built Tiki Bar, "Mugoomba".
You can find our mugs pretty much all over the globe... in gift shops, resorts, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, concert venues, etc.. We have been commissioned by 100's of different bars & restaurants to produce custom designs as well as the designs we are known for which we sell on our website. Our mugs have become very collectible with older designs fetching unheard of sums on eBay when they become available. Some of our past commission clients have included Disneyland, Mattel, Fender Instruments, Marriott, Emeril Lagassi, Ron Jon, Carroll Shelby, Trader Vic's, Don the Beachcomber, Appleton's, Hard Rock Hotel, House of Blues and many others.
We've got a 1954 GM Bread delivery truck being pimped out into a Tiki Lounge on wheels by West Coast Customs. There is also a collector's guide coffee table book on our mugs coming out in late 2008. We're pretty much crazy busy every day but every day is a blast at Tiki Farm!
Please check-out Tiki Farm at Tiki Farm MAHALO!
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Mugoomba
Here's my pal Crazy Al doiin' his thaang...
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Easter Island...
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Hawaiian Eye!!
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Who I'd like to meet: Any fellow Tiki mug collectors, Tiki artisans and fans of Tiki in general. Also, any fans of the greatest movie ever... The Big Lebowski. Johnny Cash in the afterlife.
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