Post #247058 by MrBaliHai on Sat, Aug 5, 2006 4:21 PM

On 2006-08-05 14:11, Humuhumu wrote:
It's a bit like showing up at a basketball court where a game is in play, and diving in trying to play football.

Although I hate sports metaphors with a passion (blame my 20+ years of corporate monkeydom), I think this is an apt analogy. I would never sign up on a punk forum and start bleating about how much I love Michael Bolton (not unless I wanted a virtual super-wedgie, anyway). Jimmy Boo-fay and Caribbean party culture is fine, but when I come here, I want to read about Polynesiana as seen through a mid-century American set of filters.

That being said, I see nothing wrong with a bit of genre mixing. The art collection in my home bar includes Polynesian, Mayan, Korean, Chinese, and African. As long as the combined effect says "Tiki" to me, I'm cool with it.

On the other hand, some things are just obvious cash-ins, and that's what I think Sven is going after.