Post #185708 by Geeky Tiki on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 9:18 PM

Oh, man, my cynical gene turned on.

Tiki will live on so long as the/us Tiki Insiders never control the actual movement.

Tiki should be an amusement, a diversion, a lark.

It was created thus and was then usurped by people who walk around using the words ohana and moai and acting superior if someone doesn't get the reference.

Tiki was NEVER a raison d'etre, non?

Tiki is part of a greater society, not a refuge from it.

Original, authentic Tiki didn't give a shit if a mug was made in 1959 or 2005 - by Trader Vic or Munktiki.

It NEVER saw an argument over whether someone had Tiki credentials, it didn't bother to act offended by the Jimmy Buffet of its day, and allowed August Holland to bask in uncommented upon obscurity at Sear's.

The only thing that can kill Tiki is if we are allowed to become the arbiters of Tiki.

Tiki was/is an amusing affectation, not an avocation with a rigid soundtrack or dress code.

If you wanted Tiki to go away for ever, just insist that everyone take it as seriously as we do.

Yikes, apologies. I was having a Tiki conversation with an acquaintance and she was kvetching how a certain Tiki bar had been full of "Twenty somethings in Gap jeans and Old Navy Aloha shirts" and what a "tragedy it was for true Tiki"...and I snapped. Our Tiki forebears bought Aloha shirts at Liberty House and wore khakis and penny loafers...who the fuck am I/are we to pick nits? Why shouldn't Tiki be at Target?

Long live Tiki at Party Central stores and in the Penny's catalog!

"Tiki For Any And All" is the answer, not Tiki only for those who qualify. We must be protean, not fixed or rigid.

Apologies again, I'll now go put my Tiki qualification stick back up my butt.

WAITER! More....:drink:!!!!!!!!