The End of the Shag Era? Officially un-cool? Afraid so. - General Tiki

K kahukini Member Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 555	K kahukini Posted posted on Tue, Jun 10, 2003 2:22 AM No, I can't define it, which probably is why this thread is so long. Perhaps our collective conclusion is that Shag as an idea and an image has evolved, and the TNN website was an episode of punctuated equlibrium. Only time well tell how dramatic the punctuation (for the origin of this reference, search for Stephen Jay Gould). But I have a feeling it's going to get harder to introduce new people to Shag art, which is fun, because they'll already know about it! It's like the "is tiki getting too popular" threads of olde. If you haven't had the experience of welcoming uninitiated friends or friends-of-friends into your totatally decked out tiki bar, watching their jaws drop, and entertaining them with social history they never knew about, music they've never heard, and drinks the likes of which they've never tasted - if you haven't experienced this, it's easy to say "I don't care what other people think." But if you have, you know how fun it is, and if you're honest you have to admit that getting closer to the day when you welcome that first group of "uninitiated" into your tiki bar who associate your style with The Man Show, is sad indeed.

No, I can't define it, which probably is why this thread is so long.
Perhaps our collective conclusion is that Shag as an idea and an image has evolved, and the TNN website was an episode of punctuated equlibrium. Only time well tell how dramatic the punctuation (for the origin of this reference, search for Stephen Jay Gould).
But I have a feeling it's going to get harder to introduce new people to Shag art, which is fun, because they'll already know about it! It's like the "is tiki getting too popular" threads of olde. If you haven't had the experience of welcoming uninitiated friends or friends-of-friends into your totatally decked out tiki bar, watching their jaws drop, and entertaining them with social history they never knew about, music they've never heard, and drinks the likes of which they've never tasted - if you haven't experienced this, it's easy to say "I don't care what other people think." But if you have, you know how fun it is, and if you're honest you have to admit that getting closer to the day when you welcome that first group of "uninitiated" into your tiki bar who associate your style with The Man Show, is sad indeed.

Post #38238 by kahukini on Tue, Jun 10, 2003 2:22 AM