Cocktail Nation 228 Palm Springs Serenade

On this show podcast –  Tony Marsico from the Martini Kings was interviewed by host Koop Kooper in regards to the new Martini Kings vinyl release and launch party.

Palm Springs Serenade Podcast

Joel Altruda  Playboys Theme
Henry Mancini Something for Cat
Lenny Dee Moonglow and Theme from Picnic
Howard Shore Ed Wood Main Title
Combustible Edison Call of the Space Siren
Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited The Case
Vic Flick Copacibinsky
Trudy  Pitts Take Five
Paul Phillips I Only Have Eyes For You
Cal Tjader- The Way You Look Tonight
Grace Knight Your Cheatin Heart
Tony Bennett – Wave

Koop Kooper
www.cocktailnation.net

The Martini Kings “Palm Springs Serenade” vinyl LP release, closing party for Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker and Miles Thomspon and Tiki Oasis pre-party!

Sunday, July 29, 2012
4 – 7 pm
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667
www.laluzdejesus.com

Come have one more look at Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker’s “Tales from the Tiki Lounge” and Miles Thompson’s “Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies“ show and celebrate the release of The Martini Kings’ “Palm Springs Serenade“ LP on Dionysus Records at this combination record release, show closing and Tiki Oasis pre-party.

The band will be playing a set and signing their new album, their first on vinyl – 180 gram vinyl with cover art by SHAG and a free digital download code.

Our fave SOCA surf-garage-rock ‘n’ roll monsters THE CREEPY CREEPS and their alter-ego, the soothing, exotic but still creepy CREEPXOTICA are playing some rad shows in their home turf of San Diego in the next few weeks – catch’ em if you can!

Friday 7/27/12 with Mr Tube and the Flying Objects, The Amandas, Ted Washington, DJ Claire at The Casbah – San Diego
Satuday 7/28/12 with Deadbolt at Barona Dragstrip
Saturday 8/18/12 (as Creepxotica) Poolside set at Tiki Oasis  and a Creepy Creeps set during room crawl at Frankie’s Tiki Room’s room
Saturday 8/26/12 with The El Vez for President show and Schitzophonics at The Casbah

Here is the playlist for Over Under Sideways Down‘s all French show as heard on LuxuriaMusic.com Wed July 18 with host Lee Joseph and his guest interpreter, Mimi Me-Me – and did she ever live up to her name! Despite her insults to the host, she has been invited back for a part two of the show later this year. Note that our pal Howie Pyro of “Intoxica”  left a very short echo effect up from his show the night before which we didn’t realize was on until the show started! Click here for the podcast!

This Wednesday, July 18 at 3pm – 5pm Pacific, tune in LuxuriaMusic.com‘s “Over Under Sideways Down” as your host Lee Joseph and his guest translator Mimi Me-Me play almost two hours of French Pop, Ye Ye, Rock and Psychedelic tracks from the ’60s featuring Dani, Clothilde, France Gall, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Dutronc, Karen Bessy, Henri Salvador, Petula Clark, Les Charlots, Stone, Jacqueline Taieb, Shelia, 5 Gentlemen, Michael Polornoff and many more including a French Canadian set!  A podcast will post on LuxuraMusic’s Facebook page shortly after the show ends – come back to the Dionysus blog for a podcast link and play-list!

Trader Vic’s
9 Anchor Drive,
Emeryville, California 94608

On Thursday, July 19, Trader Vic’s and Tiki Oasis present a Classic Fashon Show, with clothing provided by Retro Diva. Models include members of The Devil-Ettes and their groovy friends! All clothing and fashion items will be available for purchase. Hang out in the bar or make dinner reservations. The models will walk through the dining room during the fashion show – it’s old school style!

Classic Coifs by Glama-Rama
Hats provided by House of Nines Design
Music by DJ Otto from Tiki Oasis

This event is also a pre-party for the Tiki Oasis weekender, an event produced and coordinated by San Francisco Bay Area couple, Baby Doe and Otto von Stroheim, taking place in San Diego, CA August 16-August 19

On July 4, exotica and TV/film music legend Robert Drasnin appeared on Over Under Sideways Down episode III on LuxuriaMusic.com  for an in-depth interview about his incredible musical history. Robert brought in numerous samples of music he played on, composed and arranged and told some great stories including one about The Grateful Dead’s involvement in the re-vamped Twilight Zone series.

Here is a link for the show podcast – listen online or download!

Robert Drasnin and Lee Joseph at LuxuriaMusic.com, July 2, 2012

As aired on Luxuira Music.com June 20th, 2012 on Over Under Sideways Down with your host Lee Joseph (feeling the effects of sleep deprivation) The First Day of Summer and Surf Spectacular show is available to listen to or download! Click here for Podcast

PLAYLIST

Tune in to this week’s Over Under Sideways Down on LuxuriaMusic.com. Show host Lee Joseph will feature special guest, the legendary Robert Drasnin. Though known by many exotica fans from the mid-90s reissue of his previously obscure 1960 Voodoo release (also known as Percussion Exotique,) Robert has had a long career as a jazz musician, composer, arranger and director of music for television and film, and is currently a music teacher at UCLA. Robert has worked on shows such as The Twilight Zone, Mission: Impossible, Wild Wild West, Lost In Space, Time Tunnel, Mannix, The Man From Uncle, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and many others — in fact this is a very partial list – for the full story, check out his IMDb page.

Bob will talk about Voodoo and his exotica comeback, Voodoo II but will focus this interview on his days in television and film. He will be bringing in cues and underscores which have never been played publicly detached from the programs and films they were written and composed for.

So tune in to Over Under Sideways Down this Wednesday, July Fourth at 3pm – 5 pm. If you miss the show – you can go to the LuxuriaMusic site and download a podcast.

This week, LuxuriaMusic unveils their new LuxuriaMusic 2012 Summertime Tee! Choose a black or white tee with a really excellent surfin’ graphic by Disney artist Kevin Kidney, guaranteed to make you look boss and bitchin’ at your next beach party or barbecue!  You’ll be stoked and we’ll be stoked because the proceeds go to help pay our live studio bills.

It’s a 100% cotton shirt in black or white, sizes small through extra large are just $30, or even better- 2 for $50 and sizes 2X-5X are $35 or 2 for $60!   See the sizing chart here – www.luxuriamusic.com/2012-luxuriamusic-summer-t-shirt

The 2 t-shirt discount will appear during check-out.

Help LuxuriaMusic.com reach their goal of 150 shirts sold by August 12th. Remember, LuxuriaMusic.com is run and manned by volunteers and run strictly on donations. Thanks for your support of this great and necessary internet radio station!

Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker Tales From the Tiki Lounge
Miles Thompson Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies

July 6 – 29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, July 6th; 8-11 PM
Closing Party: Sunday, July 29, 4 pm – 7 pm

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90027
323-666-7667

Tales from the Tiki Lounge is the rarest, hardest to find, and most collectible, Pulp-Adventure publication never made. It existed only in the Mai-Tai light Zone of Brad (Tiki Shark) Parker‘s imagination. These paintings are the cover-art of the most desired and sought after issues. So precious that they are nearly beyond price, and believability.

“Brad Parker creates lurid paintings that pull in influences from tiki, comics, and rock.” – Honolulu Magazine, “The Best Of 2012 “

“My art is my personal celebration of a creative reinvention of a foolish misinterpretation of an ancient mythology that sought to solve the mystery of the “breath of life” that eternally and precariously surfs the complete expanse between the bottomless sea and the floating shadow land of preexistence in the inconceivable heights of the sky. Not just to live. But, to ‘live aloha’.” -Brad Parker

Preview Brad’s show here

Miles Thompson’s Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies, a show created with Gouache on illustration board, reflects on what makes life both a beach and a bitch. It is an epitaph for the oceans and forests, once abundant and fecund (look it up, it is the root of the F bomb), now only a ghostly reminder of what an infinite life giving power they once were. There is more than just an environmental message here, Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies is also a joyful reminder for us all to frolic around and about the impermanence we all face day to day while we are blessed with a heart, body and mind. Life happens between the lullaby and the nightmare, having and losing. Everything in-between is either a memory that we don’t want to fade, or which is sadly indelible.

Thompson, whose influences range from the ephemeral world of comics, animation and album cover art to centuries of fine art and sculpture, is a native Californian residing in Hollywood who draws, paints, reads, writes, hikes, runs, surfs and meditates. He is most inspired by his daughter who he calls his butterfly.

Preview Miles’ show here

Martini Kings Martini Kings Palm Springs Serenade vinyl LP release and closing party for Tales from the Tiki Lounge and Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies – Live performance by The Martini Kings
Sunday, July 29, 2012, 4 – 7 pm

Come have one more look at Brad and Miles’ show and celebrate the release of The Martini Kings’ Palm Springs Serenade LP  on Dionysus Records, featuring cover art by SHAG, at this combination record release and show closing celebration. Click here for details about the album and event