Post #248199 by Basement Kahuna on 08/11/2006

On 2006-08-10 14:41, bigbrotiki wrote:

On 2006-08-10 14:13, Unga Bunga wrote:

On 2006-08-10 14:09, bigbrotiki wrote:
BK, have you ever thought about the fact that since the Kon Tiki Paradise Room is no more, it has joined the ranks of all the great Tiki Temples in history that are no more, and thus in a sense has become truly Tiki?

So, is this the "formula" were shooting for Sven?

No, but honestly, I just thought of that when I saw all those amazing pictures, and thought it might be a bittersweet condolence to BK.

To me personally, another facet of a what attracts me to classic Tiki style is the sense of temps perdu. I dig melancholic ancestral remembrance, and fighting the lost fight, well voiced in this quote about the last unrepentant Samurai:

They were like autumn lightning: An empty promise of rain, falling unheeded on fields already bare.

Thanks, Unga and Bigbro...A lot of good times had in that basement. It was a little slice of the dream. Those smiles on those good friends say a thousand words and are irreplaceable. I want to rebuild a Bionic version again someday...better, stronger, faster...Those smiles on those good friends say a thousand words.

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna 2006-08-10 19:40 ]