{"id":276,"date":"2007-07-13T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/07\/13\/big-ol-tiki-gay-bash-chicago\/"},"modified":"2007-07-13T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2007-07-13T14:08:11","slug":"big-ol-tiki-gay-bash-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/07\/13\/big-ol-tiki-gay-bash-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ol’ Tiki Gay Bash – Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Duke Carter, author of “Tiki Quest”<\/a> and organizer of “Exotica<\/a>” posted a swell review <\/a>he found in a Chicago rag of a small event he put together recently.<\/p>\n

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Way too many of you are going to be pleased to know that the Chicago Antique Market boasts a “Retro Tiki” theme this weekend, and that it will showcase one-of-a-kind vintage items from Tiki collectors David and Amy Carter. The Carters have written a book, Tiki Quest: Collecting the Exotic Past which, if we weren’t trying so hard to be nicer, we would label as an idiotic exercise in how to waste time and money while making everyone else think you’re gay, if you’re straight; or, if you’re gay, making you look like an effete poseur. But you don’t care what people think, judging by how many of you have already headed for the door. Fine. I wash my hands of you. Yes, Tiki seekers, it’s retro time on Saturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Randolph (312\/951-9939). You have to pay $8 to get in, unless you suspect that David and Amy Carter have brought particularly desirable gems of the Tiki oeuvre which you need to get your hands on before the hoi polloi arrives, which means you better bring $20 so you can get in at 8 instead of 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Man. Thanks for outting me! Much good commentary available on Tiki Central as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duke Carter, author of “Tiki Quest” and organizer of “Exotica” posted a swell review he found in a Chicago rag of a small event he put together recently. 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