Who Is Better at Introducing Tiki to the Mainstream Tommy Bahama or Target? - General Tiki

T tekoteko Member The Abyss. Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 299	T tekoteko Posted posted on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 7:34 PM On 2008-02-18 19:31, bigbrotiki wrote: Oh yes, I can see it now: The Tommy Bahama clientele forming a school of belief that is questioning the stylistic authority of the hardcore mid-century Tikiphiles...it will be a bloody confrontation, and ultimately the true Tiki believers will perish like the long ears on Rapa Nui, punished by history for clinging so narrow-mindedly to their iconography. It'll be a heroic demise! While I doubt that the Tommy Bahama clientele would care enough to form a school of belief and yaddayaddayadda...I have some thoughts... That sounds kinda David Koresh-y. If it were to go down that way, I think you'd have a better chance of getting a kid who lost his bicycle to remember the alamo than to remember the heroic demise of the hard core mid-century tikiphile. Yawn. [ Edited by: tekoteko 2008-02-18 19:42 ] [ Edited by: tekoteko 2008-02-18 19:45 ]

On 2008-02-18 19:31, bigbrotiki wrote:
Oh yes, I can see it now: The Tommy Bahama clientele forming a school of belief that is questioning the stylistic authority of the hardcore mid-century Tikiphiles...it will be a bloody confrontation, and ultimately the true Tiki believers will perish like the long ears on Rapa Nui, punished by history for clinging so narrow-mindedly to their iconography. It'll be a heroic demise!

While I doubt that the Tommy Bahama clientele would care enough to form a school of belief and yaddayaddayadda...I have some thoughts...

That sounds kinda David Koresh-y.
If it were to go down that way, I think you'd have a better chance of getting a kid who lost his bicycle to remember the alamo than to remember the heroic demise of the hard core mid-century tikiphile.

Yawn.

[ Edited by: tekoteko 2008-02-18 19:42 ]

[ Edited by: tekoteko 2008-02-18 19:45 ]

Post #362017 by tekoteko on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 7:34 PM