Post #253747 by pablus on Tue, Sep 12, 2006 6:50 AM

Regardless of your feelings for the artist or his legacy of kindness, if someone doesn't like his work, no amount of cajoling or guilt can make them change their perspective.

I throw my stuff out there as a uke player/song writer - some love it - some hate it.
If I get someone telling me how much they can't stand the tambre of my voice and that my uke playing is childlike and my Hawai'ian sounds like someone choking on a fish bone, I just keep right on moving.

Some people don't like Coombs' tikis. He keeps on carving.

Some don't like Bosko's tikis. He keeps on carving.

I'm certain Mr. Landry was this kind of a guy. I read about him on occasion and read about the one tiki bar down there in Nokomis that I believe he worked on extensively. He was a part of a pretty cool scene and had some good work in certain places. I heard about him also from Chainsaw Charlie who has a lot of REALLY rough, choppy looking tikis. Whatever works for him.

Yes, I hated the photos of that Michigan tiki joint - I don't care who carved them.
I can hate the neon-tikis without disparaging the man.

I must say Vern, that you are one graceful fellow.

I also must say that Bamboo Ben likes everything because his brain has been addled with all of the chemical agents in Budweiser. Black Flag notwithstanding. ARRRR.