Post #174146 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jul 23, 2005 1:00 AM

On 2005-07-10 15:48, Gigantalope wrote:
I always thought it would be fun to open a bar with cartoony religious icons all over.

One of my favorite bars in Cologne used be called "Voijtyla"(?), after the Pope at the time, and it was completely decked out in Catholic kitsch. Red velvet wall paper, candle nooks, statuary and crosses everywhere. But the best thing was the cocktail menu. They had about twelve nouveau cocktails, all with biblical names, and my fave concept was the "Immaculate conception":
A clear cocktail in a large Martini glass, with a cherry in it, and the glass had clear cerran wrap stretched over it. One had to pierce the plastic foil with a straw to drink it.
(Sorry, don't have the recipe)

My girlfriend has a website for religious kitsch called Cheesy Jesus. To me, enjoying the pop incarnations of any religion does not mean that you feel disrespect for it. It just means you have a sense of humor. Having a sense of humor and being a spiritual person at the same time does not exclude each other, it rather prevents you from becoming dogmatic, and the religion from becoming stagnant and stale.

I feel great respect for Polynesian religion, and believe that Polynesian Pop will inspire some people to dig deeper and give it new exposure and energy.