Would you prefer Tiki as 'mainstream' or 'underground'? - General Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1197	D donhonyc Posted posted on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:05 PM Johntiki said it best a couple of posts before this one, but here is my two cents: Right now I don't think Tiki is either underground OR necessarily mainstream. If it was mainstream some dope like Justin Timberlake or Ashlee Simpson would be incorporating Tiki into their lame ensemble somehow. Thank God they don't. They probably think they're 'too cool' for it anyway. If it was underground, places like Trader Vic's, the Mai Kai or the Bali Hai in San Diego wouldn't exist. It's more along the lines of something like antique toy train collecting or even Elvis. Elvis can be seen as a very hip underground-ish icon, or just plain old Elvis with 'Jailhouse Rock' being the only thing you know about him. It all depends on your own angle on it. I would say the same for Tiki: Neither here nor there. Not too hip, but also not so easily accesible in some cases. That's not a bad thing, that's good. You see little Tiki things here and there in pop culture, but it's not on the menu at the Hard Rock Cafe (...yet), and hopefully it will stay off. Out of all the people I know...all of my friends, I am the ONLY one into this stuff. I think my friends think I'm a geek because I like it. I know if there were still a Trader Vic's in NYC, or if I took them to the Mai Kai they would change their tune. But there isn't much around here for me to get them excited enough to get on board. If my friends come over and I make some drinks from the Grog Log they're into that, but that's as far as it goes. Actually now that I think about it, I did bring one of my friends to Chan's in Jersey and he dug it alot. I brought another friend there and he didn't see what the big deal was, but he's a jaded MF anyway. It's a good thing my fiance' likes it. She's not obsessed like me, but she's more than willing to go along for the ride and she has fun with it, but she doesn't collect mugs and stuff like that. The times when we've gone to the Mai Kai she really liked it. So I would say I like it just where it is right now. If Jamie Lynn Spears starts wearing Tiki roller skates or something like that, then we'll have a problem. [ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-01-13 19:21 ]

Johntiki said it best a couple of posts before this one, but here is my two cents:

Right now I don't think Tiki is either underground OR necessarily mainstream. If it was mainstream some dope like Justin Timberlake or Ashlee Simpson would be incorporating Tiki into their lame ensemble somehow. Thank God they don't. They probably think they're 'too cool' for it anyway.

If it was underground, places like Trader Vic's, the Mai Kai or the Bali Hai in San Diego wouldn't exist. It's more along the lines of something like antique toy train collecting or even Elvis. Elvis can be seen as a very hip underground-ish icon, or just plain old Elvis with 'Jailhouse Rock' being the only thing you know about him. It all depends on your own angle on it. I would say the same for Tiki: Neither here nor there. Not too hip, but also not so easily accesible in some cases. That's not a bad thing, that's good. You see little Tiki things here and there in pop culture, but it's not on the menu at the Hard Rock Cafe (...yet), and hopefully it will stay off.

Out of all the people I know...all of my friends, I am the ONLY one into this stuff. I think my friends think I'm a geek because I like it. I know if there were still a Trader Vic's in NYC, or if I took them to the Mai Kai they would change their tune. But there isn't much around here for me to get them excited enough to get on board. If my friends come over and I make some drinks from the Grog Log they're into that, but that's as far as it goes. Actually now that I think about it, I did bring one of my friends to Chan's in Jersey and he dug it alot. I brought another friend there and he didn't see what the big deal was, but he's a jaded MF anyway.

It's a good thing my fiance' likes it. She's not obsessed like me, but she's more than willing to go along for the ride and she has fun with it, but she doesn't collect mugs and stuff like that. The times when we've gone to the Mai Kai she really liked it.

So I would say I like it just where it is right now. If Jamie Lynn Spears starts wearing Tiki roller skates or something like that, then we'll have a problem.

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-01-13 19:21 ]

Post #135419 by donhonyc on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:05 PM