Post #375075 by Kaiwaza on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 11:24 AM

Well, this is getting off the thread, but I don't want to be misunderstood.
I understand the concept of "50s/60s American Polynesian Pop culture/art" and it's deevolution.
I'm taking issue with an earlier reply to my post that stated there was "great interest" in the authenticity of tikis and that tiki & pop art were not mixed back in the 1960s. THAT is what I am taking issue with. It's kind of like saying, "Hey, I bought all the Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass" LPs back in the 1960s, so I was very interested in preserving & perpetuating authentic mariachi & Mexican culture. And then, making a claim that, somehow, Herb Alpert really WASN'T a commercial pop artist. You know what I mean?
It's not to say here weren't ANY people interested in Polynesian authenticity in 60s Polynesian Pop, but it certainly wasn't the driving force.

Paradise is a state of mind.

[ Edited by: Kaiwaza 2008-04-21 11:26 ]