Post #491821 by tiki mick on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 7:21 PM

I think that people on this forum do come from several vastly different directions when they head to tiki. For some, it's like the rockabilly crowd. You know, Tiki is punk rock's "retirement program". Other's are hippies looking for that mellow vibe and discovering Martin Denny. Then there are surfers who always had a tiki or two at their beach luau, and love slack key as much as they love surf rock. And finally there are the pure poly popsters, who love the tiki craze of yesterday with all it's trimmings and trappings. The people pictured eating pupus and drinking mai tais in Sven 's "book of tiki". I would say I fit more in that group. But, I am not a person that believes most people truly inhabit all those personality types at the same time. I think by nature each of us is part of a certain group. Yes, you can like Sinatra AND the grateful dead at the same time but I think if you really ponder it, you will find that you like one far greater then the other.

[ Edited by: Lucas Vigor 2009-11-04 06:19 ]