Post #17781 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 1, 2003 8:10 PM

Sven, buy yourself some more goddamned shelves

But everytime I see a couch on a curb, I'll think of you because you could use another if you plan on having any more shindigs.

Hmmm...I think I will have some more shindigs, but I WON'T INVITE ANY GURLZ ! , 'cause they don't like my Tiki displays, or my couch!

Ha ha, no offense taken.
Tikifish, there are shelves, you just don't see them (not everyone displays their collection on white kitchen shelves). Allow me to quote from my intro to James T.'s Tiki Road Trip:

"Today’s inability to appreciate the quality of patina, the wear and tear that tells that there is a history to a place, has resulted in bland and generic environments without individual character.
In contrast, one of the basic concepts of the Tiki Bar is clutter, a dense jungle comprised of different artifacts and materials from exotic cultures, the jetsam and flotsam of the Seven Seas. Just like in the early museums that inspired the Surrealists, collections of objects are not didactically organized but thrown together to form a layered environment that creates a sense of mystery.
A good Tiki bar is like a good movie: You have to revisit to get the sense that you have seen it all."

And Laney, you are right, that couch is borderline, but that's exactly the kind of esthetic I like: bad taste.
Actually, my REAL couch was so worn out that it needed re-upholstery, but when I found this 8 foot/like new beaute in a Palm Springs thrift store for 170.- bucks, I put the ol' clunker in the garage for later and went COLORFUL! FLOWERY!-Yeah!
I really like that 70s Palm Springs retiree look. With IKEA and "good taste" taking over America, it soon will become extinct.