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

T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:43 PM Like many have said before here, I couldn't give a rats ass if tiki is cool with other people or not. I like it, I collect it, I don't care what other people do. It wasn't underground back in its heyday, and that's what was so cool about it - Every Mr and Mrs Suburbia could head to their local restaurant and escape to the South Seas. Now, here in Toronto, there is not one tiki bar left, and so I have no local tiki crawls, tiki parties, or events. Its just me and my mug collection. I have my own parties now and then, and force my friends to listen to Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, and drink from my mugs. They dont really get it, but they have fun, and they do it cause they love me. I dont care if they are 'into' it or 'get it' or not. If tiki is considered too overexposed, it certainly isnt here where I live! Mind you, I DO hate the cheezy tiki crap put out by Target or other places, just to cash in on some supposed store buyer's idea of the newest trend. My interest lies primarily with urban archaeology and to revisit or document the tiki palaces of old... the same places that were frequented by Mr and Mrs Joe Public. So to say tiki shoud be 'underground' to me is really hypocritical. I was over 'scenes' when I was in high school for chrissakes, when I looked like Siouxsie Sioux, and talked about who was more punk than who. Tiki is not a scene to me. Its just an interest. Like midcentury modern furniture, beanie babies, or plush lampreys.

Like many have said before here, I couldn't give a rats ass if tiki is cool with other people or not. I like it, I collect it, I don't care what other people do. It wasn't underground back in its heyday, and that's what was so cool about it - Every Mr and Mrs Suburbia could head to their local restaurant and escape to the South Seas.

Now, here in Toronto, there is not one tiki bar left, and so I have no local tiki crawls, tiki parties, or events. Its just me and my mug collection. I have my own parties now and then, and force my friends to listen to Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman, and drink from my mugs. They dont really get it, but they have fun, and they do it cause they love me. I dont care if they are 'into' it or 'get it' or not.

If tiki is considered too overexposed, it certainly isnt here where I live!

Mind you, I DO hate the cheezy tiki crap put out by Target or other places, just to cash in on some supposed store buyer's idea of the newest trend. My interest lies primarily with urban archaeology and to revisit or document the tiki palaces of old... the same places that were frequented by Mr and Mrs Joe Public. So to say tiki shoud be 'underground' to me is really hypocritical. I was over 'scenes' when I was in high school for chrissakes, when I looked like Siouxsie Sioux, and talked about who was more punk than who.

Tiki is not a scene to me. Its just an interest. Like midcentury modern furniture, beanie babies, or plush lampreys.

Post #135428 by tikifish on Thu, Jan 13, 2005 7:43 PM