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Post by JohnTiki on Feb 13, 2006 13:38:00 GMT -5
The Mai Tai newsletter's ALL NEW website at www.maitaionline.com ! All new look! No more ads! No more pop-ups! Larger-size videos! And a brand new BAMBOO BLOG! A few sections are still under construction (the "Read" section will be completed within the next couple of weeks)... But please feel free to have a look... and let us know what you think! --------------------------- The urban archaeologists of THE MONTREAL TIKI APPRECIATION SOCIETY have been publishing the Mai Tai newsletter since late 1998… doing their part to help increase awareness and preserve Polynesian Pop Culture in Montreal and surrounding areas. : : Issues of Mai Tai have been distributed in Montreal and in select Tiki bars and Polynesian-themed motels in Canada, the U.S., and abroad. We have also increased our readership by making Mai Tai available through mail order. : : Today, our main focus continues to be vintage Tiki culture, while we also write about general mid-20th century pop culture, cocktail culture, and travel/motel/roadside culture.
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Post by Al Alven on Feb 22, 2006 11:57:38 GMT -5
I urge everyone here to check out Mai Tai Online, if you haven't already.
John does an outstanding job with the newsletter, and with the Montreal Tiki Appreciation Society.
He is a longtime visitor to the Wildwoods, and a huge fan of the island's rapidly disappearing "Tiki" subculture.
I believe John's "home" base of operations in the Wildwoods for years was the now-gone Kona Kai Motel. I wonder where he will stay now.
Have to get in touch with him shortly...
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Post by JohnTiki on Feb 22, 2006 22:40:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the plug and words of support, Al!
The final batch of articles (The "Tiki Excursions" section, including the first couple of articles we wrote about Wildwood a few years back) will go up on the site this weekend...
Also, I mentioned this in another post, but our most recent issue (only in print for the time being, not online) features my most recent (long) article on the changes in the Wildwoods. I tried to give it a balanced point of view, looking at the situation from all sides... But it remains a sad story nevertheless.
As for our Wildwood home base from now on... who knows? I'm going to wait it out awhile... let the dust settle, so to speak... before heading back.
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