Post #533588 by JOHN-O on Tue, Jun 1, 2010 10:53 PM

On 2010-05-27 12:14, JOHN-O wrote:
I hope to make it on Friday since I'm not 100% sure I can be at Mariepalooza.....

Three things on my Tiki "To Do Before I Die" List:

1. Make a pilgrimage to the Mai Kai.
2. Visit Kirby's Rumpus Room (wherever that is).
3. See the Smokin' Menehunes.

I kept waiting for the SMs to play north of Long Beach but it looked like that wasn't gonna happen. I also missed Friday's show. :( I did however get to see them at Mariepalooza !! :)

I really had high expectations and you know what, I wasn't disappointed. This wasn't an updated for the 21st-century Tiki Revival hybrid fusion band, it was old-school "good enough for 1960, good enough for 2010" classic Hapa Haole Hawaiian soul music. I wanted it purist and that's what they delivered. Two thumbs up !!

Don's of course is a great venue and what you would imagine to be the perfect place to experience the band. The downside was that the happy revelry (and bad acoustics) of the Dagger Bar at times overshadowed the music. I'd really like to see the SMs play at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's outdoor patio with only the sounds of crashing Waikiki waves and clinking cocktail glasses to be heard. That would be perfection. I will however take the Catalina Fish Kitchen as a 2nd choice. Lucas, when is the next show? Put me on the guest list.

Okay, now does anyone here know how I find the Rumpus Room? :D

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-06-01 23:37 ]