Post #603112 by tiki mick on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 3:46 PM

For me, John...I tolerate all those subdivisions....I also actually enjoy most of the "modern" tiki art that seems more related to low brow art then anything else...

But this....this is what I think of when I think of Tiki:

Party guests that look like June Cleaver. Fake cantonese chinese food, heavy on syrup and MSG. Filipino waiter looking on. In essense, people who went to the tiki bar one night, the cuban Ricky Ricardo style club the next, and enjoyed their martinis. The swank lifestyle. mid-century lounge culture. Tiki before it was called "Tiki".

What I don't see in this picture is long hair, tatts, any elements of punk or rock.

Martin Denny is to me, Glen Miller with exotic percussion. This is what I love most about Tiki.

http://soundcloud.com/lucas-vigor/sets/set-3/

"yer jus not tuned into the series of tubes yet, let it soak in".

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2011-08-18 15:50 ]