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DJ Lee, exotica, Lounge Music, Lounge music events, Palm Springs

3/14 DJ Lee at Tonga Hut Palm Springs

Join me at the brand new Tonga Hut Palm Springs! I’ll be spinning exotica, lounge, surf, instrumentals and swingin ’60s sounds for your mid-century style dining and imbibing! I’ll be there from 7 PM till…they pull the plug! No Cover! Tonga Hut Palm Springs 54 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California 92262, (760) 322-4449, http://www.Tongahut.com

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March 14, 2014by Dionysus Records
Stuff We Like, Surf Guitar 101, Surf Music

1/18: Winter Surf Fest 2014!

3rd Annual Winter Surf Fest
Saturday, January 18, 2014, 12 – 7 PM
at The Starting Gate
5052 Katella
Los Alimitos, CA, 90720
www.startinggateoc.com 
$20.00 cover for the entire day!
Facebook invite page

While the weather in Southern California might be getting colder this time of year, it certainly doesn’t affect the spirit of the thriving instrumental Surf Music scene.  For the 3rd year in a row, the organizers responsible for one of the largest Surf Music events of the year, the SurfGuitar 101 Convention, have assembled some of the world’s best contemporary live Surf Music bands for an incredible seven-hour extravaganza of reverb-drenched guitar goodness at the 3rd Annual Winter Surf Fest.

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From the San Diego area comes Jason Lee and the R.I.P. Tides, a hard-edged trio that will be promoting the debut of their first full length LP on Dionysus Records.  From Northern California comes the masters of traditional Jewish tunes gone Surf, Meshugga Beach Party, complete with beards, outfits and shtick. In a special reunion performance comes San Diego’s The Sand Devils, who bring their unmistakable brand of dark and ominous Surf. Local San Gabriel Valley favorites The Volcanics will don their trademark sweaters, take the listeners into a 60s time machine and perform many of the newer tunes from the recent release of their second album The Lonely One on Double Crown Records. Out of the ashes of one of the most influential of the 90’sSurf revival bands, The Ghastly Ones, comes Boss Fink, a Hot Rod-themed romp including former members of The Huntington Cads. And, rounding out the bill comes the day’s annual opener, High Tide, an all-star band featuring some of the best veteran players from the scene including members of The Torquays, The Planktones, The Reventlos and Insect Surfers.

In addition to the exceptional talent on stage, the event will feature a shopping area spilling over with specialized vendors selling Surf Music records, CDs, posters, t-shirts, books, magazines, musical instruments and other related accessories and collectibles.

The venue offers a full kitchen and bar throughout the show, so prepare to settle in, relax and enjoy an entire day of some of the very best pounding drums, throbbing bass, and dripping with reverb twangy guitars anywhere!

January 15, 2014by Dionysus Records
Creepxotica, Dionysus bands, San Diego, The Creepy Creeps

The Creepy Creeps Best Live Band at San Diego Music Awards!

Congratulations to our fabulous Creepy Creeps on winning the Best Live Band category at the 2013 San Diego Music Awards! Link to NBC News article here

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Robert Plant’s favorite band – The Creepy Creeps – photo taken in 2011

October 17, 2013by Dionysus Records
Big Sandy, Country Music, Creepxotica, Dionysus bands, Dionysus Records, DJ Lee, Events, exotica, Lounge music events, LuxuriaMusic.com, Rockabilly, Tiki, Tiki Oasis

8/15: Tiki Oasis 13 – Big Sandy, SCOTS, El Vez, Creepxotica and…

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This year, Tiki Oasis explores the Hawaiian influence on American music. Part Americana, part Hawaiiana, Hulabilly is an American music style derived from the blending of Rockabilly and Haole Hawaiian music. The live musical entertainment at this year’s four-day Polynesian Pop festival/celebration features numerous roots and rockabilly performers, a couple of Elvis (the King of Hulabilly) salutes as well as the essential exotica / surf / instrumental sounds Tiki Oasis is known for.  DJs will be covering the gamut of these musical styles as well and this year, LuxuriaMusic.com will be featuring their DJs in the indoor marketplace.

Two current and one future Dionysus artists will be playing the event this year. Big Sandy, whose still in-print first album, “Fly Rite With” was released by the label in 1989, will be headlining the event at a special Sunday Hoedown with the legendary El Vez. Surf / Exotica creeps, Creepxotica who have released their “Haunted Bossa Nova” LP on Dionysus this year, will be playing at the Bali Hai Meet and Mingle on Thursday Aug. 15, along with The Fishermen, featuring Brian Lease, former vibe player of  ’90s Dionysus lounge sensations, Frenchy, and Tiki Oasis favorite, Kim Tsoy who will be backed up by a band including Dionysus’ Records Lee Joseph on bass. Jason Lee  and the RIP Tides, whose debut LP will be released on Dionysus, will be playing poolside on Friday. Jason Lee will be teaching a “Twang Guitar” seminar on Saturday at 1:00 PM. Dionysus Records’ Lee Joseph will be doing a DJ set of all rockabilly, poolside, on Saturday at 2:15 PM. There will be a Dionysus Records vending booth in the Outdoor Marketplace on both Saturday and Sunday.

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For detailed information check the Tiki Oasis website. Here is the schedule of bands on the main stage:

CreepxoticaSmTHURSDAY (Bali Hai)
Emcee: King Kukulele
Lanai Stage 7pm
King Kukulele
Lanai Bar 6pm – Midnight Eric Musick
Lanai Bar 7:30 and 9:30 sets
Fisherman & Kitty Chow
Lanai Stage 8pm Kim Tsoy
Lanai Stage 9pm
Interlude Featuring Coco Tiki, Mimi Le Meux & Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid
Lanai Stage 9:30pm Creepxotica

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FRIDAY (Crowne Plaza)
King Kukulele/Co-Emcee: El Vez
5:15 – Hukilau Hot Shots
5:45 – Polynesian Paradise Dancers
6:15 –  B Stars
6:45 – Molotov & Dixie D’Lish
7pm – Miss Tiki Oasis Contest hosted by El Vez and Nikki Napalm
7:30  Lucky Stars
8:15 Vic Trevino Jr
9pm  18 Wheelers

Saturday (Crowne Plaza)
Emcee: King Kukulele/Co-Emcee: Big Sandy
5:30 -The Cheap Leis
6pm –  Hulabilly Costume Contest  – Prizes for Kids & Couples!
6:30 -Acapulco Radiokim_tsoy_lg 7pm – Round Two Hulabilly Costume Contest – Prizes for Best Male, Best Female
7:20 – Molotov & Dixie D’Lish
7:40 –  Dancers Ke Polani Ohana E Kai
8:15 The Hula Girls
9pm Southern Culture on the Skids

SUNDAY (Crowne Plaza)
Emcee: Otto von Stroheim
5:30 –  Doors open, come dance with the Hang Ten Hoppers!
5:30PM – 10:00PM Okie Oran Disc Jockeying
6:30PM –  El Vez Special Solo Performance Featuring a tribute to “The King”
7:30PM  Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
8:30PM  Intermission interlude with Hang Ten Hoppers
8:45PM  Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys

Images: Creepxotica, Jason Lee, Kim Tsoy

August 12, 2013by Dionysus Records
Creepxotica, The Creepy Creeps, Tiki

6/22: The Creepy Creeps play California Screamin’ at Don’s!

8th Annual California Screamin’ Art and Hot Rod Show

Saturday, Jun 22 12 Noon – 10 PM
at  Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach, CA
Eighth Annual Art and Hot Rod Show featuring hot rods, motorcycles, Kustoms and The Creepy Creeps!

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June 21, 2013by Dionysus Records
Dionysus bands, Dionysus Records, DJ Lee, exotica

4/3: An afternoon of Noir and Exotica on OUSD, LuxuriaMusic.com

Tune in to LuxuriaMusic.com for the first Over Under Sideways Down of  April! This special Noir and Exotica episode features a 1/2 hour guest segment from Dionysus Records recording artist Jimmy Vargas of  Jimmy Vargas and the Black Dahlias from Australia – along with a stack of exotica vinyl from show host Lee Joseph. Find the show at LuxuriaMusic.com at 3-5 PM, Pacific Time!

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April 2, 2013by Dionysus Records
downtown Los Angeles, Events, Lounge Music, Lounge music events, Stuff We Like, Tiki, Tiki Oasis, Tours

Get Ready for a Hot Lava Holiday with Don Tiki!

Those who live in Southern California, Seattle and Honolulu are in for a treat – Don Tiki will be coming to help us celebrate the holidays, Hot Lava style with shows on December 15 in Honolulu (sorry that one is sold out), December 17th in Seattle at Benaroy Hall (info and tickets) and December 20th in Los Angeles at Walt Disney Concert Hall ( info and tickets ) – and, SOCA peeps –  here’s a link for discount tickets at the Disney show!

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Fans can expect the band’s signature tunes such as “The Natives Are Restless” and “An Occasional Man.” “Even though we’re tiki-worshipping Pagans, we’ll drop six new  holiday songs to get into the spirit of things,” says producer Lloyd “Fluid Floyd” Kandell, who was one of Anthony Bourdain’s drinking guides when the food impresario visited O’ahu for his series No Reservations. Bourdain came away raving, “Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki…it really doesn’t get much better than this!”

Though the band has lost their beloved lead singer Delmar deWilde, to whom the shows are dedicated, they will carry on with their multi-talented cast and a few added guests. The Don Tiki troupe consists of band leader and composer, Kit “Perry Coma” Ebersbach on keyboards, bassist and purring song stylist Hai-Jung, Charles Degala and Tei Tatafu, Jr. on virile vocals, vocalist, dancer and comedienne Sherry Shaoling, percussionist Lopaka Colón, who continues his illustrious father Augie Colon’s jungle and bird call tradition, tenor ace Tim Mayer on reeds, multi-talented Abe Lagrimas, Jr. on vibes and percussion, tribal drummer Jason Segler, space-age Ryoko Oka on keyboards and t’rung (a Vietnamese bamboo xylophone), exotic dancer Violetta Beretta plus special guest artist Frank Orrall of Thievery Corporation and Poi Dog Pondering. Don Tiki is also honored to bring to the stage special guest artists, legendary SOCAL tiki-shaman Crazy Al, rising Brazillian star Tita Lima and Brazil’s golden tambourine, Carlinhos de Oliveira.

The group has just released their Hot Lava Holiday Songs disc which is available on iTunes and will be for sale on CD at their shows.

Those of us who saw them at Tiki Oasis 10 were knocked out. We are certainly looking forward to seeing the group on their first Los Angeles appearance!

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December 13, 2012by Dionysus Records
Art, East Hollywood, Free Event, Hollywood, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles area events, Los Feliz, Stuff We Like, Tiki

Brad “Tiki Shark” Parker and Miles Thompson art shows open 7/6

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

July 2, 2012by Dionysus Records
Art, Creepxotica, Dionysus bands, San Diego, Stuff We Like, The Creepy Creeps

Urban Taxidermy – The Art of Dave Warshaw Video Documentary

Based out of Avalon Tattoo 2 in San Diego Dave Warshaw is quickly making a name for himself. Here’s an insider’s look at Dave outside of his daytime world of tattooing. Several friends and collegues express their insight about Dave as an artist. But it doesn’t stop there, he’s a member of The Creepy Creeps and quite the collector of sorts…take a look!

www.davewarshaw.com
www.urbantaxidermy.wordpress.com
www.thecreepycreeps.com
www.avalontattootwo.com

April 16, 2012by Dionysus Records
'77 Punk Legends, Dionysus bands, Dionysus Records, exotica, Latin Jazz

Orchestra Superstring perform Cal Tjader’s “Mamblues” in Venice CA

Orchestra Superstring featuring X’s D.J. Bonebrake on vibes performs Cal Tjader’s “Mamblues” at The Speakeasy in Venice, CA on Feb 13, 2012. This song is not on either of Orchestra Superstring’s Dionysus albums – enjoy!

February 15, 2012by Dionysus Records
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