Post #108118 by bananabobs on Thu, Aug 12, 2004 9:58 PM

I have been thinking about this all day, Tiki Troy you said a word that collectively addresses all that goes with TiKi, like surfing Hot Rodding, and I still feel that there are activities and interest that TiKi people typically do but are not really a part of TiKi. For example, I don’t think you get a lot of surfing up in Milwaukee, and I gave up Hot Rods due to the time and expense. What I am saying is that TiKi is an “Island” thing and also a historical pop cultural thing as well as a collectable thing and all of the above have some similar or closely related interests that are not really connected to Tiki. (Whew, run-on sentence deluxe)
I was at Bongo Fury’s place at the opening of his Rincon Room and I found that a majority of the TC people there were artists. I would guess that 90% of TC people are artists if not as an occupation but a hobby. Artistic might be a better handle for Tiki people, but does not encompass the entire burrito, if you will.
One other phenomenon that I have found is that Tiki people are over all nice people. There are very little if, any flames on this board, and that says volumes about TC.
Rum almost forgot the Rum.
So I am back where I started, what to call Tiki Culture? TiKi.