The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent - General Tiki

A aquarj Tiki Socialite SF bay area, CA Joined: Apr 02, 2002 Posts: 1125	A aquarj Posted posted on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 1:10 PM At least I think the Sahara still has the camel statues out front somewhere. The same ones that appeared in Viva Las Vegas! Sorry, still not on-topic re: jungle stuff though. Maybe there should be a "beyond" topic for exotic desert culture. That shows up on the same exotica LPs as some of the other themes (far east, africa, polynesia, etc.). And I've always thought there's maybe a parallel with today's veterans of conflicts in the middle east, and midcentury veterans from the pacific in WW2. How come we don't see escapist desert theme restaurants? -Randy

At least I think the Sahara still has the camel statues out front somewhere. The same ones that appeared in Viva Las Vegas!

Sorry, still not on-topic re: jungle stuff though.

Maybe there should be a "beyond" topic for exotic desert culture. That shows up on the same exotica LPs as some of the other themes (far east, africa, polynesia, etc.). And I've always thought there's maybe a parallel with today's veterans of conflicts in the middle east, and midcentury veterans from the pacific in WW2. How come we don't see escapist desert theme restaurants?

-Randy

Post #510185 by aquarj on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 1:10 PM