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Proof that Tiki was part of the Swinging Singles Culture in 1966, (The Tahitian Drum thread) |
Swanky
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Posts: 4813
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
|  Posted: 2008-07-08 11:02 am Permalink
If someone wants that drum, Check this auction.
Sweet!
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tikiyaki
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From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2008-07-08 11:16 am Permalink
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On 2006-08-20 23:52, Sabu The Coconut Boy wrote:
I found this article in a January 1966 copy of ARGOSY magazine today. The article was about the current fad of "Singles" apartment buildings and how popular they were at the time. Featured was the South Bay Club apartments in Torrance, CA, (Dr Z, do you know where these might be located?). Having grown up in the South Bay, that was interesting on its own. But among the fun photographs of the happy, horny denizens of said apartments, there were these photos of a very cool tiki conga-drum 
The drum can be seen again in the lower left-hand edge of this photo
Does anyone know who made this tiki drum?
P.S. I had first-hand experience of this "Swinging Singles Aparment" fad. When I was a paperboy in Junior High, (around 1976), I delivered the Daily Breeze to a Spanish-style apartment complex that took up a whole block in Redondo Beach. I remember that the entire apartment complex was rented by young singles, and while walking through the jungle-like central courtyard each day, delivering my papers, it was common to see young couples practicing the complicated moves of the current disco dancing craze through their sliding glass doors. I was hypnotized by the complexity and sensuality of that dancing, and I'm sure the customers on the next block wondered why their paper took so long to be delivered some days.
Sabu
[ This Message was edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy 2006-08-20 23:53 ]
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DAMN I WANT THAT DRUM !!!!!!!!!!
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Jeff Central
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Joined: Jul 23, 2002
Posts: 1529
From: Columbus, Ohio
| Posted: 2008-07-08 12:13 pm Permalink
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On 2008-07-08 11:02, Swanky wrote:
If someone wants that drum, Check this auction.
Sweet!
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Damn, that thing would make a nice bowl!!! 
Cheers and Mahalo,
Jeff
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10598
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-07-08 12:45 pm Permalink
Wow, at first I didn't realize the size of that puppy, but seeing the guy kneeling next to it, it IS hefty, and that makes it well worth it. I hope someone here gets it. These drums are from the golden age of Tahitian tourist art, they just don't make'em like that anymore!
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4813
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2008-07-08 12:53 pm Permalink
Ms Swanky found it and we've been drooling. It was at $99 this morning. When it hit $299, well, I had to share. Maybe someone here can get it. I have too many other things to do with $400 right now. Would have loved to have this coffee table in the Hidewaway.
This is on that long list of things to carve one day...
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GatorRob
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Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 1767
From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2008-07-08 3:40 pm Permalink
D'oh! I've been wanting one of those drums for a while now! I drooled over the ones at Oceanic Arts. Here they are:
And here's a drum from the Mai-Kai, just to keep us all salivating. (Eyes on the drum fellas.) :
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GatorRob
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Posts: 1767
From: 3 hrs 33 mins to paradise
| Posted: 2008-07-08 3:45 pm Permalink
One more... from the Trader Vic's warehouse sale:
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MadDogMike
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Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6484
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2008-07-08 3:51 pm Permalink
Why doesn't someone post a tutorial on how to stretch drumheads so we can all carve our own drums?
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Kawentzmann
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 254
From: Berlin, Germany
| Posted: 2008-07-08 3:53 pm Permalink
Martin Denny holds a similar drum on the back of The Best of Martin Denny.
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10598
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2008-07-08 4:05 pm Permalink
I have one of those lil' ones. It's not big...but it's OLD!:
Left is the Tiki Diablo mug that was inspired by these for size reference.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2008-07-08 4:37 pm Permalink
Here's the Martin Denny drum. I think he might of gotten ripped off:
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GROG
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Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6255
From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2008-07-08 4:40 pm Permalink
Yes, he definitely MIGHT'VE gotten ripped-off.
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Paipo
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Joined: Jun 22, 2006
Posts: 1886
From: Aotearoa / NZ
| Posted: 2008-07-08 5:10 pm Permalink
This thread was always cool, but it's even cooler now it's the unofficial Marquesan/Tahitian drum repository!
Seeing that ebay auction will soon be gone those pics should be here too, as they are a pretty good reference for us carvers:
A couple more from my collection:
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squid
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Joined: Sep 30, 2002
Posts: 1462 | Posted: 2008-07-08 5:23 pm Permalink
Here are some good links for those wanting to build some drums and skin 'em up!
Rope tension: http://www.nfdc.net/home/cbdb/Ashiko.htm
Tacked head : http://www.tentigerskungfu.com/lion_drum_head_replacement.htm
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tikiyaki
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Joined: May 18, 2004
Posts: 2677
From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2008-07-08 5:52 pm Permalink
Whoa boy, that's alot of math 
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