{"id":763,"date":"2012-07-12T06:12:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=763"},"modified":"2012-07-12T06:12:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:12:39","slug":"swanky-knoxvilles-tiki-king-in-metropulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2012\/07\/12\/swanky-knoxvilles-tiki-king-in-metropulse\/","title":{"rendered":"Swanky &#8211; Knoxville&#8217;s &#8220;Tiki King&#8221; in Metropulse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2012\/07\/12\/swanky-knoxvilles-tiki-king-in-metropulse\/2228_cover_2_t607\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg?fit=607%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"607,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2228_cover_2_t607\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg?fit=607%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-764\" title=\"2228_cover_2_t607\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2228_cover_2_t607.jpg?w=607&amp;ssl=1 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0We were a bit shocked to find that Knoxville weekly indepenant paper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropulse.com\" target=\"_blank\">Metropulse <\/a>had made me the cover story this week. And I was very pleasantly surprised to find they did a really great job on the article that captures the past and present of Tiki well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metropulse.com\/news\/2012\/jul\/11\/knoxvilles-tiki-torchbearer-tim-swanky-glazner\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0We were a bit shocked to find that Knoxville weekly indepenant paper Metropulse had made me the cover story this week. And I was very pleasantly surprised to find they <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2012\/07\/12\/swanky-knoxvilles-tiki-king-in-metropulse\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[550,535,536,551,17,5,537,19,547,11],"tags":[655,10,699,656,377],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture-retro-goodies-2","category-blather","category-cocktail-capers","category-ephemera-retro-goodies-2","category-ephemera","category-events","category-existential-fodder","category-knoxville","category-places","category-polynesian-pop","tag-article","tag-tiki","tag-polynesian-pop","tag-swank-pad","tag-swanky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-cj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1754,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2019\/08\/01\/new-swank-pad-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":0},"title":"New Swank Pad Updates","author":"Swanky","date":"August 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been fixing and adding lately, but not posting here to the blog. For those subscribed, here are the updates: 1978 Mai-Kai Calendar Added Vintage Stardust Brochure 1964 Avion Camper Brochure updated 1961 Corvair Catalog updated Land of the Fembots updated Knoxville Then & Now has new content Tennessee Tiki\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ephemera&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ephemera","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/ephemera\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Star-Dust-Brochure-button.jpg?fit=850%2C379&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Star-Dust-Brochure-button.jpg?fit=850%2C379&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Star-Dust-Brochure-button.jpg?fit=850%2C379&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Star-Dust-Brochure-button.jpg?fit=850%2C379&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":280,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2007\/08\/05\/tiki-daze\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":1},"title":"Tiki Daze","author":"Swanky","date":"August 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Tiki Daze","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":935,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2013\/04\/19\/1972-mai-kai-calendar\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":2},"title":"1972 Mai-Kai Calendar","author":"Swanky","date":"April 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The 1972 Mai-Kai calendar is now online.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1972 Mai-Kai Calendar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/1972_button.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":724,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2011\/07\/15\/recent-tc-threads\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":3},"title":"Recent TC Threads","author":"Swanky","date":"July 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Or maybe this is the all Dusty Cajun hour! Try looking through these for some OG Tiki Central feelings: Mah Jong, Syosett, Long Island, NY The Tahitian, Pasadena, CA Ports O Call, Dallas Tropics Motor Hotel, Seattle, WA","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":177,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2006\/09\/29\/arkiva-tropika\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":4},"title":"Arkiva Tropika","author":"Swanky","date":"September 29, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I have wanted to do a site archiving tiki ephemera for a while. I worked with kohalacharms to plan a site to archive his collection and others. Humuhumu said she was working on a similar plan herself. Better to support her than split our resources. Her latest creation is Arkiva\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;\"Tiki\" Collecting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"\"Tiki\" Collecting","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/polynesian-pop\/tiki-collecting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":563,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2010\/08\/22\/sam-makia-live-hawaiian-party\/","url_meta":{"origin":763,"position":5},"title":"Sam Makia &#8211; Live Hawaiian Party","author":"Swanky","date":"August 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"More ripped live Hapa Haole vinyl. I had recorded this record in 2007, but just recorded it again. It appears to be from the 70s. Looks like the dying end of the Tiki Epoch. Everyone in the images is elderly. 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