Yesterday, having demonstrated the Secret of Perfect Guitar Stringing to the immense satisfaction of intrepid filmmaker and kosherini extraordinaire Daniel Z; re-electrified a recalcitrant Toaster so as to enhance future yummalicious brekkys to be concocted by the gorgeous Jen, honi of our drummer Jason Segler (aka, ever since the Berlin gig, Hugh Hefeweizen); and solved in his ultra-McGiverish fashion The Mystery of Perryʻs Missing Sunglasses, Mr Delmar DeWilde has regretfully departed our palm-festooned island, reluctantly returning to his West Coast eyrie on the bluffs of the windblown Oregon Pacific.
Delmar was visiting our tropic digs because The Don had been engaged to do the musical honors at what will no doubt prove to be Waikikiʻs most notorious wedding of 2009: the conjoining of two major local luminaries both Upstanding and Formidable -- Mr Dennis Christianson and Ms Kim Porter. The amalgamation and talent-combining of these two Irresistable Forces bode well for our island culture in general, and ill for those who dare rival their collective mana. Best of the future to yez, from the depths of Perryʻs large heart.
The festivities also marked the occasion for welcoming the latest Tikiette on board, the flexibly alluring dancer Nalani, who choreographically threatened Delmar with well-timed wiggles and jabs of the Natives-Are-Restless spear, showing just the proper amount of sultry sangfroid. Our chanteuse sensation Starr made her sophomore appearance with the troupe, crooning a bunch of our vocal repertoire at the early going, doing full justice to the likes of "Bla Bla Cha Cha" and "An Occasional Man" during our show portion, and, for those nightowls who stayed awake and caffeinated for the dance (or Don Tikiʻs Inferno) portion of our performance, topping it all off with spirited renditions of such songs as "Come Together" and "Chain Of Fools." (With customary vigor, Delmar, of course, served his unique and eclectic mix of danceables, ranging from screaming Devo ditty "Uncontrollable Urge" to 50ʻs staple "Tossinʻ And Turninʻ.") Good, good fun.
Aloha, Perry