stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
Posts: 2537
Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 05:29 PM
We played a large festival near Cleveland
"As a long-time member of the Berea Arts Fest member and former board member and the widow of a music professor at Baldwin-Wallace University I have a constructive comment for you. Firstly, NOTHING substitutes for talent and gimmicks will not work for long. I saw some of your performance at the recent Berea Arts Fest and frankly, I was appalled. You may be a talented musical group but all that faded into the background with your use of semi-nude women gyrating in transparent bikinis - one especially was completely inappropriate for a family friendly event. She would be more at home at a 'gentlemen's club' but not showing her bare butt in front of young children, older conservative adults and several wonderful dogs.
If you want to be successful in your future endeavors, put a sock in it or, more accurately, use some butt covers. I was ready to contact the police about inappropriate public nudity"
The girls wore full bottomed bikini's like you would have seen at the beach for the last 50 years. The festival theme was....."The Beach"
— The Kahuna Kings
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Last edited: Sep 12, 2017 17:34:30
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MissingLink
Joined: Jul 23, 2008
Posts: 488
Edge of the East China Sea
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 06:35 PM
Apparently, even the dogs were puritans. 
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 07:46 PM
Personally I'm not a big fan of go-go dancers at surf shows and I don't like it when we have to use a gigs supplied dancers.
It's nothing about the sexualization of it. I just think it is anachronistic. I mean yes... I do play in a surf band.
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 07:54 PM
leaving a snark tuner on for everyone to see is far more offensive, imo.
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stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
Posts: 2537
Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 08:14 PM
The Tiki Queens have danced for us every show and except for this one women the feedback has been very positive especially from women. We have women of all ages stay for entire shows and tell us how much they enjoyed the music and the girls.
I am taken back by the emotional damage we may have inflicted on the dogs that had to witness this vulgar display. Also the police captain was the one shooting the video. 
— The Kahuna Kings
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447
https://thekahunakings.bandcamp.com/releases
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wfoguy
Joined: Dec 11, 2011
Posts: 2135
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 08:46 PM
I'm old and pretty blind but maybe that's the reason I couldn't see the "semi transparent bottom" . Another example of it takes everything to make the world go round. 
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 12 2017 11:57 PM
"To the pure all things are pure."
— Squink Out!
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 06:15 AM
Drive on.
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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ArtS
Joined: May 09, 2008
Posts: 1383
Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 08:53 AM
JakeDobner wrote:
I just think it is anachronistic__.
Nice Jake...Had to look that one up. Realistically, surf for the most part is associated with another period for the general public. I think dancers are great and it gives our audience an additional visual to a less than mainstream show. IMHO there are TV commercials on cable during primetime that are much racier and inappropriate for kids. Dogs, on the other hand, are so easily offended...
— Surf.The most dangerous of genres...
Surfcat
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Corey_Y
Joined: Dec 30, 2015
Posts: 162
Poland, Ohio
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 09:04 AM
You alienated the key "widows of university music professors" rock n roll demographic.
Go-Go dancers aren't my thing either, I just found that humorous. I have nothing against music education, but a stamp of approval from the realm of arts festivals and university academics is not really what I'm looking for with good rock bands.
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4536
Wisconsin
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 09:28 AM
Corey_Y wrote:
You alienated the key "widows of university music professors" rock n roll demographic.
 Possibly they were already run out of Tuscaloosa a long time ago & headed north.
Personally, I can take or leave dancers but do not find the ladies objectionable at all, especially if they fit with the overall band vibe. (I find the whole mask thing distracting but am not a member of the aura-police; doesn't keep me from listening to LSJ.)
Looks like it was a fun event, for nearly everyone. 
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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ArtS
Joined: May 09, 2008
Posts: 1383
Isle of Kent, MD
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 09:29 AM
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Syndicateofsurf
Joined: Oct 08, 2014
Posts: 1073
Northern Ohio
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 09:57 AM
Pissin off the oldsters- Nice one Dave! Hell, she should have got a load of the ever-temptatious Shrimp Cocktail at one of your 'evening' shows. That woulda put here straight to her grave!
— Da Vinci Flinglestein,
The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest
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LordWellfleet
Joined: Jul 12, 2012
Posts: 171
Cape Cod, USA
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 10:31 AM
Hilarious. Next up, Harvey Huntington Honeywagon III will arrive to save the morals of the good people of Cleveland!
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Everybody up!
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Patrick_Strain
Joined: Feb 20, 2017
Posts: 70
Gilbertsville, NY
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 10:38 AM
Get her tickets to see Southern Culture on the Skids next time they come through town. That way, she can be offended by go-go dancers while simultaneously being pelted with fried chicken.
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Syndicateofsurf
Joined: Oct 08, 2014
Posts: 1073
Northern Ohio
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 11:10 AM
Patrick_Strain wrote:
Get her tickets to see Southern Culture on the Skids next time they come through town. That way, she can be offended by go-go dancers while simultaneously being pelted with fried chicken.
Surf n' Skirts???
The breast I mean best combo. 
— Da Vinci Flinglestein,
The quest for the Tone, the tone of the Quest
The Syndicate of Surf on YouTube
http://www.syndicateofsurf.com/
http://sharawaji.com/
http://surfrockradio.com/
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3785
tn
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 11:13 AM
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 11:21 AM
When I first saw this, all I could think of was the full-coverage bathing costume in Donovan's Reef. It would make an hilarious gag to have the dancers come out dressed in these, and then take them off after one song, just like in the water skiing scene in the movie.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25631
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 11:24 AM
Some people look for things to be offended by.
Maybe when doing all ages, public events, have the ladies
Wear 60s era dresses or skirt n blouse, and go go boots.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3785
tn
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Posted on Sep 13 2017 11:26 AM
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