Saturday in Livonia there's a car show/kustom kulture show. A couple of the guys involved in the show are Jime Litwalk and Jeff Shea, and they host Broken Dream Cruise, so that makes it only somewhat OT. Also, there is pinstriping, and a "mini car show", which looks to me to be code for "Pretty much everyone that comes here is going to be driving a rod/kustom, so why not just call it a car show." Either that, or a bunch of teeny-tiny cars. I'm not sure. I am not involved in the show at all, so I have no vested interest, just thought some you GMBs might be interested. All you heathens need some kulture. Saturday is the festival dealy or whatever, and Sunday there is a tour of the old Chin Tiki downtown. It's alll mysterious and shit, so I'm going to go and find clues, like Scooby and Shaggy, and run into the Chin Tiki ghost that haunts the resturant looking for the stolen totem, but is really a real estate developer in a costume trying to get the building for cheap. He might get away with it, too, if not for a couple of meddling kids. One more shameless plug, Twistin' Tarantuals are at Arts Beats and Eats tonight at 9:00. Later! ~ The Stink Here's the details: Website: motorcitytiki.com JUNGLE MADNESS : MOTOR CITY TIKI ART SHOW 2005 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd: 1 p.m. till 11:00 p.m. At the CHIN TIKI restaurtant of LIVONIA, MI Owned and operated by the Marvin Chin family of Michigan, it is the suburban branch of the historic and mysterious CHIN TIKI restaurant of Detroit, which has remained silently closed on Cass avenue since the early 1970s. Tiki & jungle inspired modern artifacts are the main themes for 2005, with lowbrow and kustom kulture artists contributing all manner of metal sculptures, paintings, pin striping and limited edition art prints. There will even be some modern tiki mugs! The CHIN TIKI parking lot is turned into an asphalt tiki oasis during the daylight hours. Enjoy tiki carving demonstrations, exotic Hawiian Island dancing, local vendors selling such diverse wares as vintage Hawiian Aloha shirts, tiki mugs, t-shirts & retro collectibles, and a mini-classic & custom car show. Just a few of the nationally recognized artists whose TIKI-JUNGLE inspired work is scheduled to appear at the MOTOR CITY TIKI ART SHOW in 2005: JIMI LITWALK DAVE BURKE DAVE KRYS BRIAN & LENNY from SPEEDCULT JEFF SHEA NICK KELLY PAUL MOCH JAROD DAVIS MARK STOPKE MATTFINK CHINs of Livonia will be creating special delicacies for this event, one-day-only items not normally found on their popular Chinese-Polynesian menu. Rum-fueled libations of all variety of color, flavor and style will be concocted and offered day and eveningtime for the over-21 adults in attendance. Our celebrity bartender, Chicagos JAMES TEITLEBAUM, writer of the best selling TIKI ROAD TRIP book, will be on hand to mix and serve limited quantity secret recipe tiki-drinks! A special tiki raffle will be held with such prizes as limited edition mugs, CHIN TIKI t-shirts and tiki drink recipe books. A raffle with prizes including an extremely rare, original, vintage CHIN TIKI of DETROIT menu, autographed by original proprietor MARVIN CHIN. And on Day 2 of this Jungle Madness weekend: A tour of the original Chin Tiki restaurant on Cass Avenue in Detroit! Closed for over 30 years, the Chin family will be opening the facility up for us from 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, Sept. 4. A private tour, special suprises, and maybe even a surf band to provide music while you tour!! Don't miss out on both days of Tiki madness here in Detroit! To learn more about the JUNGLE MADNESS: MOTOR CITY TIKI ART SHOW 2005, please visit the website www.motorcitytiki.com
I went last year, it was a blast. There will be some amazing art work to purchase. Come early come hungry, the food is exelent. The tour of the Original resturant is a must see. Guess I know where I'll be having dinner Saturday.
HUGE BUMMER I'm going to be up north in East Tawas for the weekend at an artshow peddling my wearz. It's only a mile or so from my house. Rudy and I have eaten there and they have AWESOME food and a GREAT atmosphere. You guys have fun, I'll be thinking about ya all.
Dude! is that the chin tiki from the movie 8-mile.. whats that song they sing in that movie... i didnt know that really exsisted. damn i do need some kulture damn vh1 for showing that movie to much.
You want do... how do the kids these days say it... roll wit me, homie? We can go stand out front and be all "One chance, one opportunity." There was a great article about Chin Tiki in the Metro Times last year. I guess that when they filmed 8 mile, the film crew fucked that place up, stole shit and cut wires and stuff. Too bad. I can't wait to see it. They shoulda got Matt Damon to play eminem. Or Macauley Culkin.
Went to, and had art in, the Chin show last year...IT WAS FUCKIN COOL! The restaurant show was cool enough...getting to go inside the closed down tiki bar was one of the highlights of the year! We even got to meet Mr.Chin! I wish I had time/funds to go this year. The art was resonably priced, too...if you're "fashionably late" to the show, you WILL miss lots of great deals on some cool art!
I was there last year...Plenty of cool shit to be had and seen. I read the article in metro times this week and definitly lookin' forward to headin' out there early Sat. And it's also a couple minutes from home...I don't think I'll get lost
MAN! We go to East Tawas EVERY YEAR with my parents, EXCEPT THIS YEAR! They have a boat (40' searay) and usually dock it at the DNR dock in tawas and we drive up and meet them, usually do the art show thing and head out to the bars at night. One year we all went swimming in the big ol fouitan at the marina (I swear I didn't start it ). This year because of gas $$ and the fact the boat gets 5 gallons to the mile we are going to our home port of Bay City tonite. It would have been cool to hook up with you up there! My wife wanted to go again and get another giant copper bird for the yard...
Well NEXT year we'll have to hook up while there and hang out. I just got back. Traffic home wasn't too bad. I stopped at Fab32's place in Midland for a couple of hours to catch up on life. Had a real nice visit. I want to hear who went to the Tiki gig and bought what?? Who went on the tour??
Stupid second job, it eats up my weekends! I'm gonna hafta push the second annual Striping and Stripping party to November this year... bummer. Sounds like a cool gig though. Maybe I'll send the wife for me. Jay
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