474 Wrangling Cats, Dry January?, New Music: Mr. Moai and the Tiki Heads

474 Wrangling Cats, Dry January?, New Music: Mr. Moai and the Tiki Heads

This is one of our rare episodes with all four hosts present. Sunshine is doing his best to wrangle the cats and still share some tiki news and updates on new bars and events. The ladies were actually on their “better” behavior. You will want to listen to the end to hear new music by Mr. Moai and the tiki heads.

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470 Bamboo Club With Dustin Rodriquez, Bamboo Ben and Marty Lush

470 Bamboo Club With Dustin Rodriquez, Bamboo Ben and Marty Lush

On this episode we met up with Bamboo Ben, his son Blake, Dustin Rodriguez and Marty Lush. We couldn’t ask for a better group of people to discuss the creation of the Bamboo Club from concept to reality and what it feels like just a few years later. Can you believe that Marty and never been here before? He doesn’t get out much ;)

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468 LIVE @ Tiki Caliente With Rory Snyder & Mark Riddle

468 LIVE @ Tiki Caliente With Rory Snyder & Mark Riddle

This episode of ZTL recorded at Tiki Caliente 14 will give you just a taste of all the fun you can have over a four day weekend filled with live music, over a dozen parties and lots of great food and cocktails. Special guests this time are Rory Snyder, host and creator of Tiki Caliente. Each year Rory pulls off an even more spectacular weekend that pictures don’t do justice. We also have an interview with Mark Riddle aka Marty Lush who just released his first solo Exotica album, Lahana Sunset

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459 Casino Time With Pumpkin And A New Tiki Slot Machine

459 Casino Time With Pumpkin And A New Tiki Slot Machine

Sunshine and Pumpkin hit the road and spend a night at the local casino. Lucky for them, Harrahs Southern California has a great craft called bar, Spiked. When two long time friends enjoy gambling, drinking and shenanigans its easy to have a good time.

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451 Lost Spirits, Gin In My Tiki Drink, And Changing Your Tiki Name

451 Lost Spirits, Gin In My Tiki Drink, And Changing Your Tiki Name

Turn the lights down, put on the exotica and mix up the Akashi Guava Sour. This new drink by Sunshine Tiki was inspired by our growing love of Gin. 135º East Dry Gin is a lovely herbal dry gin that mixes very well in a cocktail. All four hosts enjoyed sipping this while recording this episode of ZTL podcast.

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446 Entice Her With Apricot, Then Give Her A Peach

446 Entice Her With Apricot, Then Give Her A Peach

The lights are dim, the exotica is playing and Starshine and Sunshine are craving another cocktail that uses egg whites. This podcast is known to be a place you can come to find out more of the great things going on in the tiki world. Such are the regular videos from Spike of the Hula Girls. Mentioned on the show is a site we used to visit all the team. Critiki had been a fun reproduce for finding tiki bars around the world. Although the site is no longer updated it is still a trove of history for the tiki community.

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