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Post #473571 by FrankieGillette on Sat, Aug 1, 2009 11:18 AM

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On 2009-07-29 20:28, Hakalugi wrote:

On 2009-07-29 19:12, FrankieGillette wrote:

On 2009-07-26 22:34, JOHN-O wrote:
Actually as a sub-culture, Lounge (Cocktail Nation ??) has come and gone. Most of the L.A. places that Frankie Gillette mentioned are dust. Tiki-Ti, on the other hand, is still rocking like it's 1961. One cool thing about Tiki is that people really are much more friendly. I've never failed to strike up cool conversations with perfect strangers at Tiki-Ti, Bahooka, Forbidden Island, and Frankie's. Maybe rum (vs. gin or whiskey) makes people nicer. :)

If you're in the club pal, I don't want to join. Waddle on in your dockers & Hawaiian shirts until all the tiki joints until you squeeze the last bit of
hipness from that scene. Yes, enjoy it while it lasts, the clock is ticking.

True those places are gone, but Lounge has had a huge influence in pop culture, making everything from the Rat Pack hip again to introducing Louie Prima, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Esquivel to another generation among other things. As far as movies like "Swingers", nobody in the scene talked like that. That's called creative license. I laugh at how serious some of you take this stuff. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Dude! The lounge scene never really died. We just ditched you, that's all. :lol:

Serious? :wink: