Post #599493 by Bruddah Bear on Wed, Jul 27, 2011 2:01 PM

ironhardt,

First of all, welcome to Tiki Central, and you do have a very nice bar there. That out of the way, let me say that none of this is meant to be taken personally. Tiki has a certain kind of vibe to it, just as the Beach/Island/Caribbean style has a vibe to it. They are not the same vibe. The Tiki community is a bit protective of Tiki Style, and there are certain things that are and are not Tiki. Buffet and the Beach/Island/Caribbean style are not Tiki.

That does not mean you can't like those styles or Buffet's music, but they have their place, and unfortunately Tiki Central isn't it. As the name implies, Tiki Central is for Tiki. Merely adding some tikis to something that isn't Tiki doesn't make the un-Tiki thing Tiki. Some may try to explain this to you in a more aggressive manner, some in a more friendly and non confrontational manner. You need to understand that there is so much effort out there to include so many things that don't belong to Tiki Style into the Tiki Culture, efforts that begin to further blur the already fuzzy boundaries and dilute Tiki, that the effort to preserve what really IS Tiki has become almost a crusade for some.

Please do stick around, read, learn about and enjoy what Tiki Culture is really about. It's just that Buffet and the Beach/Island/Caribbean style is oil to Tiki's water.

Bear