Post #51143 by AquaZombie on Fri, Sep 12, 2003 4:29 PM

Just a reminder, this will be a heck of a fun evening, and an impromptu tribute to the late Johnny Cash as well. We have three DJs spinning ultra rare country western and Tex Mex along with Morricone, etc, plus FREE spaghetti buffet and special drinks like "A Fistful of Vodka" and "The Drink with No Name" and "Bananaza!"

Some in the tiki community are pretty orthodox in their appreciation of Tiki Culture and prefer to induldge it unadulterated by other retro-pop sensibilities. That's fine. But as for myself, like Shag and others demonstrate in their artwork, I see nothing wrong in imposing tiki onto other fun pop subcultures and vice versa, the best way to preach the exotica gospel to a broader audience in this post-post-postmodern world anyway. At its core, Tiki is Tiki, but isn't it fun to experiment with different cocktail recipes now and then, adding outre elements to the usual ingredients and seeing what it tastes like? I think the Conga Lounge is smart to host these monthly theme nights (co-presented by Thrillville) because by broadening your agenda you can also expand your audience, and staying alive without compromising (no one's going to here techno here, ever) your basic credo is the name of the game. And Otto's Forbidden Island the last Sat of every month is pure Polynesian Pop. Our next theme night, of course, is a Tiki Halloween. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TIKI BAR (and don't nitpick so much!) Happy trails, cowboys and cowgals.