The Islander, Los Angeles, CA (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 7:13 PM On 2009-01-22 07:59, ron-tiki wrote: On 2009-01-20 21:57, donhonyc wrote: Old question, but why in the HELL would anybody want to transform this building from its cooler former self in to the boring, generic, depressing thing it is now? WHY? Why are some people's imaginations so friggin bankrupt that they just want to dismantle something so creative and interesting looking. Speaking of imagination, this country and culture have lost most of theirs. And also.... Ah hell...now I'm just getting pissed and rambling. Forget it!! it's called the 1980's Indeed! In retrospect the 80s had some cool things going on, but even back then I remember thinking "how did things get so damn boring so fast?" No wonder the 60s had their first big revival then.

On 2009-01-22 07:59, ron-tiki wrote:

On 2009-01-20 21:57, donhonyc wrote:
Old question, but why in the HELL would anybody want to transform this building from its cooler former self in to the boring, generic, depressing thing it is now? WHY? Why are some people's imaginations so friggin bankrupt that they just want to dismantle something so creative and interesting looking. Speaking of imagination, this country and culture have lost most of theirs. And also.... Ah hell...now I'm just getting pissed and rambling. Forget it!!

it's called the 1980's

Indeed! In retrospect the 80s had some cool things going on, but even back then I remember thinking "how did things get so damn boring so fast?" No wonder the 60s had their first big revival then.

Post #430095 by donhonyc on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 7:13 PM