Post #543852 by phinz on Wed, Jul 21, 2010 7:36 PM

Ok, Buffy and the Buffy-heads who worship him are not evil or bad, or even stupid. But they ain't Tiki.

I never said they were. You're the one that seems to be convinced that that is what is being said by me.

You still don't get it. You waste a lot of time maligning a group of people that you obviously know little to nothing about. Judging by appearances and maligning a group of people based on a stereotype smacks of bigotry, plain and simple.

This lifetime musician appreciates the music for what it is. Good time music. Country music with steel drums. Just a plain, escapist, fun time. You can dig deeper and find some meaning in some of his songs (though some of them are just plain crap), or you can just listen and enjoy. Sometimes I don't want to listen to anything else. Sometimes I want to throw a brick through the speaker at the local bar because "A Pirate Looks at 40" is on for the umpteenth time that night. If I never hear Volcano or Cheeseburger in Paradise again it will be too soon. It's too bad you can't get past your narrow-minded views though, instead resorting to childish nicknames and denigration of a group of people just to try and get a rise out of someone you don't even know, apparently to make yourself feel better about yourself and your prejudices. Your attempts at personal jabs at me are just juvenile. Don't project your own beliefs on me and assume that I'm completely opposite you, and most importantly, don't believe everything you think.

but not in the volume we have here

I beg to differ. Perhaps the ratio in this little, tiny, wonderful tiki community (a very small contingent, representing a miniscule part of the world itself, and even a small portion of tiki fans) is higher, but I guarantee the volume of musicians, artists, writers, successful businesspeople, great leaders, philanthropists, etc. who consider themselves parrotheads or at least fans of the man is significantly greater than the volume of same in this little bitty, awesome corner of the world.

Have you read A Pirate Looks at 50 or The Porpoise-Driven Life? I have. One is a memoir and the other is a treatise on philosophy and Buffett music. I love being a parrothead. I love tiki. The portion narrowly defined by a few "experts" as well as the new "tiki". I know how to separate the two subcultures. When will you stop assuming those who like both aren't capable of doing just this? You did not know what "tiki" was at birth. You had to learn about it. I guarantee your views on what "tiki" is have changed over the years. Hell, most parrotheads don't even know what "tiki" is. I'm trying to educate those I know who are malleable, but it's a difficult row to hoe. I know I'm not "cool" or "hip" for actually liking music that some people make a point of hating, but that's fine with me. I'm not attached to one concept or another, instead choosing to freely move between worlds. Each has its value and I refuse to devalue each based on someone's, or some group's, narrow-minded view of what is and isn't good. The concept of tiki has been watered down over the years, but being an elitist about what is "true" tiki doesn't do anybody any good. Instead of feeding your hatred of a subculture of people and writing them all off as a bunch of drunks with no style or passion, try educating them when they show ignorance of a subculture they've never truly been exposed to. It's a lot more productive. Take the time you're wasting here lambasting me for something you've assumed and put it toward something a little more altruistic. It will do your soul a lot of good.

I'm a collector of tiki artifacts. I'm a collector of midcentury artifacts. I'm a collector of other artifacts and I even create my own art. I'm also a parrothead. I'm not closed-minded about any of this and don't write others off just because they may not be into exactly the same thing as me. You shouldn't either.

Don't believe everything you think.

[ Edited by: phinz 2010-07-21 20:18 ]