This year’s Tiki Oasis VIP Gift Bag (handed out upon check-in at The Crowne Plaza Hotel and limited to 500) will contain this postcard which has a unique download code for the free 14 song TOP SECRET DIONYSUS RECORDS SAMPLER, featuring tracks from Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited, The Martini Kings, Orchestra Superstring, Kava Kon, Robert Drasnin, Creepxotica, Skip Heller, Jerry Sun, The Creepy Creeps, The Satelliters, The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, Redondo Beat, and Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers. About a week after the event ends, we will be sticking these in all Dionysus Mail-Order packages until we run out.
This Wednesday, August 15, 3 PM – 5 PM Pacific, tune in to Lee Joseph’s “Over Under Sideways Down” on LuxuriaMusic.com for a special show featuring Tony Marsico of The Martini Kings who will be playing the Tiki Oasis main stage – Friday, August 17 at 6:40. Lee and Tony will discuss Mission: Tiki Oasis 12, The Martini Kings, their new Dionysus Records release “Palm Springs Serenade,” their new self-released CD and back catalog, and some of Tony’s fabulous history playing music with the likes of The Plugz, The Cruzados, Bob Dylan, and others!
The Starting Gate,
5052 Katella Ave.,
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
8AM-8PM,
$30 Admission
SURFGUITAR101.COM/CONVENTION
Machine gun staccato guitars drenched in dripping reverb, twangy plunk, bouncing bass, driving, tribal drums………most are unaware that the musical genre known as “Surf” that was catapulted onto the radar of modern pop-culture by Pulp Fiction has evolved and developed into a full-blown sub-culture with fanatic followers, complete with its own online ground zero, a website called (what else?) surfguitar101.com.
Once a year, the fanatics convene for a marathon 12-hour festival of all things surf–live performances by 8 of the best bands in the genre from all over the world, a “Living Legends of Surf Jam,” which features performance collaborations from the original players that were there back in the genre’s 60s beginnings, a surf music and memorabilia marketplace, and an extremely generous raffle featuring music, clothing, collectibles, and musical instruments and accessories from prominent makers/sponsors such as Fender, Eastwood, Nocturne Pedals and many more!
Now in its 5th year, the Surf Guitar 101 Convention has grown from a small gathering of geeks, to an all-out international festival, drawing attendees and interest from across the globe to Los Alamitos. Starting Gate, an all-age concert venue with full food menu and bar. 2012 promises to be the largest convention yet, with substantially increased advertising, marketing and corporate sponsorship.
5th Annual Convention Highlights:
–A historic reunion performance by the band that re-ignited interest in Surf Music in the 80s andushered in the so-called “Second Wave,” JON & THE NIGHTRIDERS –A Live set by the group that many consider the best modern surf band in the world, direct from Indiana, featuring material from their new album Tribal Fires, THE MADEIRA –A performance by Denmark Surf rockers El Ray, on their first American tour –The second US visit by Euro-Instro/Surf/Ska/Soul troupe Los Venturas from Belgium –From Wisconsin, one of the best traditional surf mainstays since 1994, The Exotics –Direct from Florida, Southeast Surf/Rockabilly/Space masters The Intoxicators! –Local Orange County, California Hot Rod/Surf legends The Dynotones–Celebrating their 6th album, East Coast Surf, Sci-Fi, Spy, Hot-Rod veterans 9th Wave –Incredible live reunion performances by first wave bands The Rumblers, of I Don’t Need You No More and Boss fame, and Southern California’s own The Nocturnes, famous for the classic Third Star from the Left
Here is the playlist and a podcast link from episode five of my “Over Under Sideways Down” show on LuxuriaMusic.com. This show featured a mixture of freakbeat, psych and heavy sounds some of which may freak out some of our dedicated garage and lounge friends. I personally love this stuff, and have deep roots here with a childhood fondness for what was called “underground music” at the time – and coming of age a stoner teen in the early ’70s.
This show only scratched the surface so expect more in the near future!
Note that the playlist below contains specifics on what source was used for the music played during the show so you can geek out. CHECK OUT THE PODCAST AT THIS LINK.
Artist – Song – Label/Source
First Set
Our Patch of Blue – Zoom Zoom Zoom – Warner Bros US 7”
The Syn – 14 Hour Technicolor Dream – Deram UK 7”
The Attack – Any More Than I Do – Decca UK 7”
Don Fardon – I’m Alive – Youngblood UK 7”
The Boston Tea Party – We Have Already Died – Flick Disc LP
Lincoln St Exit – Sunny Sunday Dream – Psych-Out 7”
Second Set – San Francisco to Texas
Country Joe and the Fish – Silver and Gold – CJ Fish LP Vanguard
Jefferson Airplane – She Has Funny Cars – Surrealistic Pillow RCA mono LP
Grateful Dead – The Golden Road (etc..) – S/T Warner Bros mono LP
Big Brother and The Holding Company – Light is Faster than Sound – S/T Mainstream mono LP
Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Reverberation – International Artists 7”
Sweet Smoke – Morning Dew – Jan-Gi 7”
Third Set – Art and Pych
McGough & McGear – Ex Art Student – S/T Real Gone Music CD reissue (horrid stereo…)
The Creation – Painter Man – Raw Records (yes, the ‘70s UK punk rock label) 7” reissue
Fever Tree – The Man Who Paints The Pictures – S/T Uni LP
The Misunderstood – Children of the Sun – Fontana UK 7”
The Hook – Son of Fantasy – S/T Unil LP
Rainy Daze – In My Mind Lives A Forest – That Acapulco Gold Uni mono LP
Turquoise – Hello Bill – Arcade 7”
The Riders of the Mark – The Electronic Insides and Metal Complexion that Make Up Herr Dr. Kreig – Open Lid 7” compilation
The New Life – Ha Lese – The Sidehackers Sdtrk – Camaret LP
Fourth Set – Psych Girls
Louise Hubner – Intro/Gods – Seduction through Witchcraft LP Warner Brothers
Saffron – Vision is a Lonely Word – Goddesses in the Sky CD comp
The Models – Bend Me Shape Me – MGM 7”
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester – Snowblind – Straight 7”
Sandie Shaw – Your Time is Gonna Come – Reviewing the Situation CD reissue EMI
Fifth Set – From Paranoid to Heavy
Electric Prunes – You Never had it Better – Lost Dreams LP (not a bad stereo mix!)
The Pretty Things – Defecting Grey – Columbia UK 7”
Leafhound – Freelance Friend – Time Machine Vertigo Retrospective CD box
Coliseum – The Kettle – Time Machine Vertigo Retrospective CD box
Jade Warrior – Borne on the Solar Wind – Time Machine Vertigo Retrospective CD box
Leigh Stephens – Red Weather – Red Weather LP Phillips
Final Set – Faves and Raves
Pink Floyd – See Emily Play – Tower US mono 7”
Jerry Raye & Fenwick – Mindrocker – DeVille 7”
Mickey Finn – Garden of My Mind – Direction 7” repro
Dom Kaller Os Mods – Lee Riders Group – Garageland reissue LP
The instrumental track that was played between each set was Blue Cheer “Magnolia Caboose Babyfinger” from the Outsideinside reissue CD – Phillips
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