Post #400728 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 12, 2008 9:05 AM

It is nice to see such an erudite definition of the various musical genres that make good accompaniment to the the Tiki experience. I really appreciate it when someone spends the time to compose an intelligently written post like this, and I agree, that, technically, in a historic sense, there was no "Tiki music", ( just like there were no "Tiki Cocktails").

But :

On 2008-08-09 15:40, DJ Terence Gunn wrote:
A tiki is a statue, a totem. It is not a culture, not a musical style, not a decorative style.

Basically you are saying that all my writings are a sham, then? That the fact that I identified and have proven the Tiki to be THE symbol of the mainland Polynesian style of the 50s and 60s (as opposed to mainland Polynesian style in the 30s and 40s), in decor, architecture, graphic design, and other applied arts, does not warrant its examples to be called Tiki style?

And that, the Tiki being its figurehead, the escapist lifestyle lived out in Polynesian restaurants, bars, backyards and parties, which added cocktails, fashion and music to the mix, did not make up its own pop culture, now termed Tiki culture? And that the re-appreciation of that period today, with its creative outpour of art, decor, mixology and music, (which are all represented on this board) shall not be called Tiki culture either?

What is it then?