Post #30419 by Monkeyman on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 6:08 PM

Sorry I am a little slow on the uptake. As desperate as I can be for an original idea, I can never seem to have one.

Once again though is another parallel. I am a huge Devo fan. I have almost the entire catalog of Devo discs including some stuff that is great and not so great. Between Pee Wee(when I was 17), Spongebob (when I was 33), Disneyland (when I was 7),Luaus (my whole life), Hawaiian Shirts (since the 7th grade- way ahead of my time), The Stray Cats (and later the Brian Setzer Orch).

I find it really interesting how I can have so many different interests from different parts of my life that seem totally unrelated but when you let enough time pass and really define what you do and don't like your hobbies all congeal into a single niche group of people.

It really gets interesting when you find that the celebrities you have an interest in like the same things that you like.

The weirdest thing (and Im sorry if I get some people upset) is when I look at the photos from tiki events and see faces of people that seem just like me. A bunch of white dudes (yes I know there are gals too) between 20-40 who have a common fascination with everything tiki.

If you are like me you were the one who had to put up with the snickers and jokes from other people when you would show up to the party in your favorite loud/tacky hawaiian shirt. Everyone else was wearing their conservative (I want to look like everyone else) garb and you stood out. You were the one who knew the same people who would say "what the heck is this crap" when you would try and slip on an exotica or lounge album during a social gathering. The same people who would scoff at a expensive and hand crafted mixed drink in favor of their $6 case of Keystone beer.

Congratulations to all of us for finding the other INTERESTING people out there.

I am officially finished with my soapbox. I can pass it to someone else now.

Da Monkeyman