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

CL Coco Loco Member Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 820	CL Coco Loco Posted posted on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 1:15 PM Talk about biting the hand that feeds ya. Thank you BigBro for sharing your vast knowledge and caring. I hope you'll choose to participate again. So I'm curious, how many people know how Tiki Central started? Anyone know why it started? Anyone know who the pioneers of the tiki revival are? Anyone know how that started? Anyone know the stories about dumpster diving in said restaurants to preserve artifacts...and who did that? I mean jeez, there's a HUGE history at TC. Not just this moment in time. Yeah, parties and mixology are a part of it. But that's not all of it. There's a huge history and a lot of people who have moved on because of arrogance of some newcomers refusing to even acknowledge this history...and only looking at the current snapshot and trying to redefine to meet their own perspective. And then arguing about it. It got exhausting. That is why TC (not the members - of which I one) stated it's mission in it's tagline and 'about' section. Like it or not, it is what it is. Yeah, it can evolve, but an apple isn't an orange. Everyone puts an imprint on TC - good or bad. My vote is for good. My perspective of "good" is taking into account the history, honoring that and the focus, continuing to learn, and having fun with it. TC was amazing several years ago because of the contributions of really interesting folks. Many of whom have decided not to post anymore because of the arrogance of some members. Don't get me wrong, I like newbies. New and fresh thoughts are good. However, not everything new is good. History is good too. We can choose to snipe at each other and criticize or simply try to get along and enjoy the experience. We're not warring religious factions here. It's just Tiki. But it would be nice to see a respect of the history and focus of this particular site. P.S. Back on topic: My vote goes to neither Target or Tommy Bahamas. I think neither is doing the cause justice by bring crap into the population. Just my opinion though. :)

Talk about biting the hand that feeds ya. Thank you BigBro for sharing your vast knowledge and caring. I hope you'll choose to participate again. So I'm curious, how many people know how Tiki Central started? Anyone know why it started? Anyone know who the pioneers of the tiki revival are? Anyone know how that started? Anyone know the stories about dumpster diving in said restaurants to preserve artifacts...and who did that? I mean jeez, there's a HUGE history at TC. Not just this moment in time.

Yeah, parties and mixology are a part of it. But that's not all of it. There's a huge history and a lot of people who have moved on because of arrogance of some newcomers refusing to even acknowledge this history...and only looking at the current snapshot and trying to redefine to meet their own perspective. And then arguing about it. It got exhausting. That is why TC (not the members - of which I one) stated it's mission in it's tagline and 'about' section. Like it or not, it is what it is. Yeah, it can evolve, but an apple isn't an orange.

Everyone puts an imprint on TC - good or bad. My vote is for good. My perspective of "good" is taking into account the history, honoring that and the focus, continuing to learn, and having fun with it. TC was amazing several years ago because of the contributions of really interesting folks. Many of whom have decided not to post anymore because of the arrogance of some members.

Don't get me wrong, I like newbies. New and fresh thoughts are good. However, not everything new is good. History is good too.

We can choose to snipe at each other and criticize or simply try to get along and enjoy the experience. We're not warring religious factions here. It's just Tiki. But it would be nice to see a respect of the history and focus of this particular site.

P.S. Back on topic: My vote goes to neither Target or Tommy Bahamas. I think neither is doing the cause justice by bring crap into the population. Just my opinion though. :)

Post #362188 by Coco Loco on Tue, Feb 19, 2008 1:15 PM