Exotica Moderne Magazine - Issue #30

The spring 2026 issue of Exotica Moderne magazine is jam-packed with great content, including:

• A fantastic cover by the esteemed John Mulder of Eekum Bookum Tiki Mugs
• Ray “Tiki With Ray” Wyland asking the age-old question “What makes a Tiki bar, a Tiki bar?”.
• Anna Maria Sophia Cancelli visits Savannah’s Bamboo Room, hidden above the popular restaurant, Sorry Charlie’s Oyster Bar, while CE Hunt explores a destination further north in Cambridge, Maryland - The Dive Club.
• Anna Maria Sophia Cancelli also takes a plunge and jumps in to “An Enchanted Evening Under The Lagoon” as she attended Gillfest, a tribute event to everyone’s favorite sea creature.
• Tracy Ruge-Folks and her exotic art that evokes the mystery and allure of Tiki – beautiful black velvet paintings.
• “Tonga” Tim Harnett goes down Tiki cocktails’ less-taken road as he looks at Whiskey in Tiki.
• Florida’s newest Tiki event, Tiki Fever, held at the Golden Host Resort in Sarasota. Not only was the event an intimate gathering of Tikiphiles, Golden Host is also the home to one of the US’s oldest Tiki bars, the Bahi Hut, penned by Ken Holewczynski.
• A work of fiction with an excerpt from Maxwell Vagus’s upcoming modern noir novel “New Stanton” - a blend of mystery with a touch of surf.
• Tiki Lindy gives us a few new recipes that use spirits within main dishes and desserts.
• They’ve revamped their music department Moving in Stereo so we can feature more artists along with our regular album reviews. To kick this off, we have an interview by Dave Bagdade with The Other Timelines. Anyone familiar with the surf punk phenomenon Man or Astro-Man? will be familiar with The Other Timelines’ lead guitarist Jonny Browning. Browning, as Victor Vector in MoAM, delivers a fresh take on intro-rock with surf undertones with The Other Timelines.
• Justin Cristaldi talks with Andrew Williams of Stroud Specifics and their work creating beautiful jade tiles.