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Moai Madness Tonga Hut art show July 9th--thanks for coming |
MadDogMike
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From: The Anvil of the Sun
|  Posted: 2011-07-09 3:57 pm Permalink
Melvin the Drunken Moai
Every place has one; that guy who has a few drinks too many and dances around with a lampshade on his head. On the sloping shores of Rapa Nui, that guy is Melvin the drunken Moai and he wants to party like it’s 1399!
Melvin is 7 inches tall and 3 inches in diameter, overall height with his lampshade is 9 inches. Hand sculpted from low fire clay and glazed with food safe glazes, the exterior in rustic orange and the interior in bright neon orange. His removable hat is a candelabra lampshade made of plastic and fabric, a straw will let you imbibe with his lampshade in place. Fairly thick sides give Melvin a good heft. With his lopsided, half-mast gaze, inebriated grin and a 45 degree twist to the left, Melvin looks like he could go down at any minute, but don’t worry - your rum is safe with him.
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danlovestikis
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Posts: 3553 | Posted: 2011-07-09 4:18 pm Permalink
MadDogMike, I love him and you too, Wendy
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Aquatic Safarinaut
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From: Valley of The Joe
| Posted: 2011-07-09 4:32 pm Permalink
sooo bumned that I'm missing this...
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TiKiMaN77
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Joined: Nov 30, 2004
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From: Burbank
| Posted: 2011-07-09 5:47 pm Permalink
Welp, my wife and I are running behind here now, so I'm posting this up here for everyone to see before I get to the show with the original...and I'll be trying to sell off some prints of it (11X17) while we're there. Hope there's room for it.
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RevBambooBen
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From: Huntikington Beach
| Posted: 2011-07-09 9:52 pm Permalink
happy Moai-ing all you Aku Aku freaks at the Tonga Hut tonight!!!
will have to kechup on the online sale gig.
i'm sure it's go'in off!!!
cheers!!
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heylownine
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From: Agoura Hills, CA
| Posted: 2011-07-09 11:47 pm Permalink
Thanks to Grog, Hiphipahula, and everyone else involved in putting on the Moai Madness show tonight at the Tonga Hut. It was a great time with some killer art.
Our new Moai mug by Grog is already fitting in nicely.
Mahalo!
kevin
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JOHN-O
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From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2011-07-10 01:34 am Permalink
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On 2011-07-09 14:04, kirby wrote:
Just finished this "Moaisaic" for the show... See ya there!!
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I wanted this !! Queen K. beat me to it. You snooze you lose, I guess. 
Great show. Thanks GROG. 
And thanks Kelly for the Moai Madness !! You are the greatest Tiki mixologist in the world. This is a Tiki fact.
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Wildsville man
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From: PALM SPRINGSVILLE
| Posted: 2011-07-10 08:46 am Permalink
Great seeing some old friends and New Art at the Tonga Hut yesterday.
I don't get out of Palm Springs too much on the weekends so this was a special treat for me.
Great Art,Great Drinks,and what seemed like 40% of tiki central .
Kelly you looked more comfortable behind that bar then I have ever seen you before.....Great job setting the tone.
Grog Great Job setting up the show and lining up some top notch artist.
Awesome!!!!!!!
W
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GROG
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From: Tujunga
| Posted: 2011-07-10 09:20 am Permalink
Thanks everybody who came out and to all the artists who contributed to the show. It was a great time, and the drinks were flowing. Thanks everybody at the Tonga Hut ---Kelly, Jeremy, etc.
Wildsville man, Queen K, and Ray, thanks for making the long trek out from Palm Springs and supporting the artists and the Tonga Hut, and Polypop and others who put some miles on their car to make it to the show. Much appreciated, and great to see you guys.
Thanks Tobor64 fro the YUMMY Kalua pork. That was hilight of night for GROG.
Special thanks from GROG to everybody who bought GROG' crap. Hope you enjoy it.
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The online Moai Madness thread is up in Marketplace, so artists everywhere go post stuff there, and everybody else go check it out. Here's the link:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=40575&forum=12&start=last&0
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OceaOtica
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Joined: Sep 29, 2003
Posts: 869
From: la, home of Tiki Ti
| Posted: 2011-07-10 10:05 am Permalink
Thank you Grog again for another great show! Sorry work made K and I get there 5 minutes before the show closed...hope to see photos of the show in full effect. Looking forward to the next concept!
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PiPhiRho
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Posts: 977
From: Redondo Beach
| Posted: 2011-07-10 12:15 pm Permalink
I really wanted to make it to this, especially as it was one year to the day that I was on Easter Island communing with the Moai at Ranu Raraku (the picture in Tiki Magazine was taken on July 9, 2010). The 405 had other ideas, though. Everyone was rehearsing for the shutdown next week, apparently, and I was forced to abandon the effort. I hope to see some pictures.
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Tonga Tom
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From: 2 mi. south of the Hut
| Posted: 2011-07-10 1:46 pm Permalink
Here's some photos from last night...
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danlovestikis
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Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3553 | Posted: 2011-07-10 3:08 pm Permalink
Thank you for all the photos it's fun to see what I've missed. Cheers, Wendy
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Chuck Tatum is Tiki
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Joined: May 12, 2011
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From: Southern Cailifornia
| Posted: 2011-07-10 5:45 pm Permalink
Yea! Brent is back on his feet,good to see the Ding Dong Devils in full force
I knew those "Power Rings" are good for something, GO DDDs GO!
CTiT
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happychi
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Joined: Jun 29, 2009
Posts: 71
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2011-07-10 6:16 pm Permalink
I had a little too much fun...John-O is a bad influence on me 
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