prospectin' for that flashin' pan of showroom gold

And now, for those empathetic souls who wish nothing but bonne chance to the patient cast 'n' crew of our li'l troupe in our eternal quest for a Steady Showroom Gig -- here, in epistolary form, e-mail subspecies, is an extremely recent exchange betwixt myself and the cerebral cortex of Delmar regarding just those chances: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [A few notes about what follows, especially the more obscure-to-the-uninitiated references: KKAH is shorthand for the Fritz-And-Bobo ditty "Ko Kaua Ala Helelani," a poignant ballad depicting the vicissitudes of human sacrifice, penned by Delmar in another of his many musical avatars...  He's been attending this very postterm birth of my musical input for this song since February, poor guy.  PMP refers to my recording studio Pacific Music Productions and not to some  enabler-company of pr*stituti*n, dontcha know.  OK already, on with the exchange.]  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DelMarvelosity -- at looooooooooooooooooooooooong last, here are 2 versions of KKAH in mixed form.  Be ye prepared to receive sometime during/after the holiday post office mayhem season a dvd with individual takes of keyboard ramblings, intended for your and Boboʻs personal dispensation and choppage in whatever way u like. Next project: Lopaka for F&B song #2 China exploratory mission now postponed/scheduled for late January ... OT, meeting with head honcho of Royal Hwn Shopping Center theater today re putting the Don in the presently dark facility. Beau regards, Purr Yo und Yo Perry Punjab Coma, Yassuh! Mahalo-Plenty for the Ko Kaua renderin's. My mind's ear could in fact hear a hybridization of the string und Theramin parts. There are spots in the tune where I'd imagine a lighter lyrical counter section voiced a bit higher. Semi-demi-related question: Are you tricked-out/signed-up for SKYPE? Realtime long distance A/V tele-conferencing via cornputor -and it's FREE! Suchadeal...  Thanks for the updates regarding things TIKI.  As always I root root root for the home team (Tikoids) during sensitive negotiations pertaining to global conquest and look ever forward to my next Tropifusion.  Did you receive my email pertaining to the Apogee Duet in use as a bridge from the analog vox world and the digital domain? Enquiring mimes want to know... Mit Leiben und Goobers, -Delzilla Dear DD:  I did finally get to my very own email nook to check out missives clambering downward from the ether.  Actually, that particular wavelength seems exclusively to be the venue of choice for ether (sic, with deepest apologies for the punjab) your Delicousness or Starrʻs Delilahtude to wield the intercommunicative baton upon my virtual skull.  So be it, and I like it like dat.   Now then.  About the Apogee stoffs.  Do forget not, o Deltoid, that I am -- underneath it all and not too far from the epidermal surface at that --  basically an unreconstructed Luddite anent matters Electronique, esp. in the quality-check dept.  Mr Milan is the Man on the Qui Vive regarding such arcane matters.  Heʻs been suspiciously absent of late, perhaps heading off to a sequestered Serbo-Croatian clandestination; however, next time he seems to take a relaxed breath chez PMP it is my intention to broach the subject for ya. As for our own in-the-woiks clandestiny -- thanx and props to Eddie Lau of the Lighting Mixer, just met with the Powerful Mr Roy Tokujo, he of the original Magic of Polynesia (astutely sold to Roberts while the selling was good), and presently owner/operator of the long-running Maui show ʻUlalena as well principal leaseholder of the recently darkened Royal Hwn Shipping Center Dinner-Theatre-and-Appliances space.  Turns out heʻs quite the Regulah Joe, Honolulu nisei variety, easy to walaʻau witʻ, and is interested enuf to want to make a proposal for us to do, say, 3 nights/wk in said venue for, say, 3 months, whilst heʻs developing his own show ... he & his pal Jingles (or was it Tonto?  Barney Fife?), who was also actively present and sunnily opining at the meet, both proactively luvs them some Don Tiki, so at least from the Willingness standpoint, it do look promising.  Whether the "shared risk" proposal he is proposing to propose passes the bankruptcy test is another thang entirely.  Needless to say, but I will anyway, we await their profferance on bated breath.    FYI, I stand adamant that any DT show of a steady-run showroom nature must of necessity include the Dell, if not the farmer in it -- Ms Starr has the charisma and chops galore as a front gal, but self-admittedly does not yet carry that charmingly aggressive jokey audience-contact temperament so essential to the Don Tiki showroom experience. Our audience-contact, and thus potential success, dependeth on you, sir.  Otherwise, the Perry wheel of ripened cheese will stand alone, awaiting further, more auspicious developments. Pkg going out to ya Monday if/when i can tear myself away from the bustle that is PMP-by-day. Daʻs it Da Kit

Yo und Yo Coma Paloma Blanca...

Thanx for the multi-faceted info foil. All the news that's fit to Fritz... Quite gratifying to learn of the caucus with the gents who exhibit the essential combination of interest/intention/room/ and operative power to act upon their inclinations. As for my involvement? Thank you for voicing your take on the inherent synergistic chemistry. As for my stance? I'll say it again: It's MY intention to make IT work, regardless of the conditions. Your observation as to my celestial position in the arch of the Tiki Heavens is valid to me. The balanced meal does not consist of pastry alone, lean meat alone, electrolytes alone, roughage alone, baloney alone. The individual attributes of DON TIKI are just that -until catalyzed together in proper proportions. I may not be able to qualify -or for that matter clearly describe-  the human dynamic factor in play -but I know what it is and how it works. And besides -HEY! I'm always ready to sing, always ready for an adventure.

Blotto Spratmar!

-Delzilla