Hello and welcome to this week’s exotic lounge, set within the bustling city of Tokyo. ASK ME ANYTHING ABOUT JAPAN TRAVEL/CULTURE/ETC! Not necessarily my favorite city in Japan, but alliteration is key here at Tiki Tuesday. Tokyo is a crowded, crowded megalopolis in the middle of a very populous country. It’s been the nexus for modern Japanese culture, technology and music since it evolved from a small village set in a swamp into the capital of Japan. Through the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the power of the Emperor in Kyoto diminished and Edo grew in importance. Today, Tokyo is … Continue reading Tokyo Tuesday Question Lounge for July 1st

Aloha folks! This is the place to ask questions for us to answer during our Tiki Tuesday live broadcast at 3pm this next tuesday! Questions about the game, behind the scenes, what it’s like to work in the games industry or just what our favorite stuff with are questions we’d be happy to answer! Check out previous threads if you think that your question may have been answered before too! With the “May the 4th” celebration going on, I thought it would be fitting to share some stuff from the Galaxy’s favorite watering hole: Chalmun’s Spaceport Cantina (and of course … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Question Lounge for 5/6

Aloha folks! This is automatically copied to the forums from the blog. Please use this forum post to ask questions about the game! We’ll be on Classic Jawaii for this week’s hangout. The soundtrack of this week’s Tiki Tuesday is the excellent Stereoexotique by the neo Exotica band The Tikiyaki Orchestra. Today I’ll be talking a little bit about Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron jr. Along with his contemporary (and chief competitor Don the Beachcomber) his restaurants were key embassies for the faux-Polynesian food and drink known as Tiki. Though Don was the first to adopt the Tiki theme, Vic was … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Question Lounge for 4/29

Aloha E komo mai! Please ask your questions in the thread to be answered during our twitch livestream on the 22nd! Welcome to the South Pacific Polynesian Restaurant This Florida restaurant was a competitor to the Mai Kai (previously showcased) and survived until the mid-1970s. For this week’s album, Annette Funicello’s Hawaiianette! The Mickey Mouse Club alum goes tropical with this great 60s album of Island inspired songs, including the Sherman Brothers written Pineapple Princess. When you visit the excellent Trader Sam’s Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, one of the songs they have on in the background … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Question Lounge for 4/22

Crossposted from my blog This is the place to ask questions about RO, or life in general. We answer these questions during the Tiki Tuesday live show at 3pm (on tuesdays) As this is the place to share Tiki culture I thought I’d expand the section to include artwork and other ephemera For this week’s album, this is an incredible collection of rare tracks that touches on the different types of music that you’d find playing at your tiki bar. The Hawaiian songs, Latin Rythmns, and lots of stranger stuff (Pieces of Eight being my favorite track on this collection). … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Question Lounge for 4/15