James Teitelbaum

James Teitelbaum travels the world, researches 1920s to 1960s pop culture, takes pictures, watches films, admires art and architecture, works in the music industry, teaches at a Chicago college, and writes extensively on all of these topics.

His books are Tiki Road Trip (Santa Monica Press, 2003 and 2007), Big Stone Head: Easter Island and Pop Culture (Tydirium Multimedia, 2009), and Destination: Cocktails (2012). James has also written shorter pieces for a wide variety of magazines and web sites.

James lives in Chicago but is usually somewhere else - such as on Easter Island, which he has visited twice.