is there anyone under the age of 30 in the tiki scene?? - General Tiki

JW Jason Wickedly Tiki Socialite LBCTIKI Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 704	JW Jason Wickedly Posted posted on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 7:29 PM I'm 33, and I came to Tiki through rockabilly, if that makes sense. We do all the big rockabilly events every year (Viva Las Vegas, the Hootenanny, Ink and Iron, etc.) It seems though that more and more the rockabilly scene is being taken over by twenty-something kids that just want to wear grease in their hair and kick people with their engineer boots. Last year, we attended our first Tiki Oasis, and one of the first things we noticed was that the crowd was a bit older than us. But that observation faded very quickly as we started talking to people, and found out that the Tiki scene is full of a whole lot of nice people who want nothing more than to see their thing flourish, and to meet new people, and to walk around wearing an aloha short while drinking a cocktail with a bunch of fruit in it. Nobody gets their ass kicked at a Tiki event. There's no contest to see who's the toughest, or who has the most tattoos. Since last year, we have also attended the Tiki Farm parking lot sale, and Tiki Invasion II. I have a Ken Ruzic painting on the wall, a Bamboo Ben mini-tiki bar, 20 kinds of rum in my liquor cabinet, Tikiyaki Orchestra, the Martini Kings, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman on my iPod, one of Cammo's mug racks full of Tiki mugs, and a closet full of Hawaiian shirts. I still love my rockabilly music and going to the shows. But it's very refreshing to be a part of a scene where people can actually talk to each other and exchange ideas. There are so many facets of Tiki - it's a way to decorate your house, it's what you eat and drink, it's what you wear out of the house, it's where you spend your free time. I'm actually glad Tiki is an older crowd for now...but judging by the amount of Tiki that has crept in to the 50's rockabilly events, we don't have to worry about who's going to carry on after we're gone. The seeds are planted in other places, most definitely. OK enough rambling...I have a bag of limes, a bunch of rum, a clean glass....and NO ICE. Off to the store.

I'm 33, and I came to Tiki through rockabilly, if that makes sense. We do all the big rockabilly events every year (Viva Las Vegas, the Hootenanny, Ink and Iron, etc.) It seems though that more and more the rockabilly scene is being taken over by twenty-something kids that just want to wear grease in their hair and kick people with their engineer boots. Last year, we attended our first Tiki Oasis, and one of the first things we noticed was that the crowd was a bit older than us. But that observation faded very quickly as we started talking to people, and found out that the Tiki scene is full of a whole lot of nice people who want nothing more than to see their thing flourish, and to meet new people, and to walk around wearing an aloha short while drinking a cocktail with a bunch of fruit in it. Nobody gets their ass kicked at a Tiki event. There's no contest to see who's the toughest, or who has the most tattoos. Since last year, we have also attended the Tiki Farm parking lot sale, and Tiki Invasion II. I have a Ken Ruzic painting on the wall, a Bamboo Ben mini-tiki bar, 20 kinds of rum in my liquor cabinet, Tikiyaki Orchestra, the Martini Kings, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman on my iPod, one of Cammo's mug racks full of Tiki mugs, and a closet full of Hawaiian shirts. I still love my rockabilly music and going to the shows. But it's very refreshing to be a part of a scene where people can actually talk to each other and exchange ideas. There are so many facets of Tiki - it's a way to decorate your house, it's what you eat and drink, it's what you wear out of the house, it's where you spend your free time. I'm actually glad Tiki is an older crowd for now...but judging by the amount of Tiki that has crept in to the 50's rockabilly events, we don't have to worry about who's going to carry on after we're gone. The seeds are planted in other places, most definitely. OK enough rambling...I have a bag of limes, a bunch of rum, a clean glass....and NO ICE. Off to the store.

Post #388258 by Jason Wickedly on Thu, Jun 19, 2008 7:29 PM