Post #372502 by tikiyaki on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 2:20 PM

On 2008-04-08 12:42, ManFromT.I.K.I. wrote:

On 2008-04-07 19:27, tikiyaki wrote:

So, where am I channeling these exotica tunes from ? It was never playing around the house, we never went to ANYPLACE that was tiki, we never vacationed in Hawaii, and I don't recall any backyard Luaus....

So, what's up with my tiki obsession ?

Hmmm, I'm tending toward past life experience?

For me, I've traced it to being subjected to the Enchanted Tiki Hut as a child. It could even be from seeing it featured on the "Wonderful World of Disney" before I ever saw it in person, but it made an indelible impression on me. Then, for whatever reason, the seed lay dormant and not even a visit to The Stockton Islander in college could awaken a single tiki tendency. Only the chance discovery of a lowly ceramic coconut shell mug in a thrift shop about 6 years ago brought it roaring to the fore.

Hope you don't mind me telling my own story.

I think in the end, you don't choose tiki . . . tiki chooses you.

I actually encourage people telling their own story.

I think for me, it was moving to LA in 95'....there were some remnants of the cool Mid Century stuff still around, LA being what it is, has a certain amount of Tiki-ness to it, due to the surf culture, and all the Tiki stuff that once was.

I know that finding a pair of Tikis in a the treasure Chest in Hermosa Beach gave it a bump...also, working in Playa Del Rey and passing the amazing Polynesian Apartments there did it too...along with discovering Tiki News in Wacko....

But tiki in my pre-LA past life is a mystery.