Mixed emotions...Do we want more exposure? - General Tiki

P POCKETIKI Member UK Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 402	P POCKETIKI Posted posted on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 2:55 PM Is this place infested with old punks? Never Mind the BOLLOCKS! Here's the...Well, BOLLOCKS probably!! It's funny that you should say 'infested', I thought it was '77 all over again! The mainstream never did 'get us', hated us even, and now look, so called 'punk' is everywhere! Tiki may not be everyone's cup of tea but if enough people are exposed/introduced to it then some will be caught in its undoubted enchantment. Granted it will inevitably be watered down and commercialised, but hey!, Tiki will live on and surely that can only be a good thing! What would you rather listen to, 'X-Factor product' or watered down punk rock? Personally I'd rather listen to the LURKERS and the CLASH!!! Our interest in what is really a popularisation of authentic tiki culture, could be seen by those whose actual cultural lifestyle it is, as a watered down commercialisation! I have spoken to polynesians who actually find it funny that we would be so interested in a culture that is not our own. Like them, we should give others a chance to enjoy what we've known for a long time! Tiki is here to stay, with or without the blessing of the mainstream!! Trader Jim - Make mine a Mai-Tai!

Is this place infested with old punks?

Never Mind the BOLLOCKS! Here's the...Well, BOLLOCKS probably!!

It's funny that you should say 'infested', I thought it was '77 all over again! The mainstream never did 'get us', hated us even, and now look, so called 'punk' is everywhere! Tiki may not be everyone's cup of tea but if enough people are exposed/introduced to it then some will be caught in its undoubted enchantment. Granted it will inevitably be watered down and commercialised, but hey!, Tiki will live on and surely that can only be a good thing! What would you rather listen to, 'X-Factor product' or watered down punk rock? Personally I'd rather listen to the LURKERS and the CLASH!!!

Our interest in what is really a popularisation of authentic tiki culture, could be seen by those whose actual cultural lifestyle it is, as a watered down commercialisation! I have spoken to polynesians who actually find it funny that we would be so interested in a culture that is not our own. Like them, we should give others a chance to enjoy what we've known for a long time!

Tiki is here to stay, with or without the blessing of the mainstream!!

Trader Jim - Make mine a Mai-Tai!

Post #313318 by POCKETIKI on Sun, Jun 17, 2007 2:55 PM