Tell us a story about the good ole' tiki days. - General Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Thu, Aug 5, 2004 4:31 PM Excellent points BigBro, and it leads me to a couple of questions about how all the facets of Polynesian Pop Culture became known as 'Tiki'. On a personal level, snippets of Hawaiiana, Tiki Bars, early mug collecting, exotica (music) occasionally found their way to me via the bands I liked & the low-brow artists I admired. But, it wasn't until 'The Air-conditioned Eden', (A one-off tv show on the BBC in England) was aired that I realised all this great stuff was known as 'Tiki'. 'The Book of Tiki' was mentioned, but didn't actually appear for at least 5 or 6 years later! So, what I'm wondering is what were the realities of looking for Tiki in the days when it was past it's prime and on the way out? The times when nobody cared and a mug went for $1 if you were lucky? The times when cases of Mr Bali Hai mugs were smashed just for fun? What made people care about something that the world had shrugged off as a passing fad? Trader Woody

Excellent points BigBro, and it leads me to a couple of questions about how all the facets of Polynesian Pop Culture became known as 'Tiki'.

On a personal level, snippets of Hawaiiana, Tiki Bars, early mug collecting, exotica (music) occasionally found their way to me via the bands I liked & the low-brow artists I admired. But, it wasn't until 'The Air-conditioned Eden', (A one-off tv show on the BBC in England) was aired that I realised all this great stuff was known as 'Tiki'. 'The Book of Tiki' was mentioned, but didn't actually appear for at least 5 or 6 years later!

So, what I'm wondering is what were the realities of looking for Tiki in the days when it was past it's prime and on the way out? The times when nobody cared and a mug went for $1 if you were lucky? The times when cases of Mr Bali Hai mugs were smashed just for fun? What made people care about something that the world had shrugged off as a passing fad?

Trader Woody

Post #106550 by Trader Woody on Thu, Aug 5, 2004 4:31 PM