Post #605022 by JOHN-O on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 7:31 PM

On 2011-08-31 03:52, atomictonytiki wrote:
Chinese theme? Surely "The Orient" gives a wider scope, what would the tiki experiences be without the influence of the exotic far east, China, Japan, The Philippines, Borneo, Korea, Thailand, opium dreams of crab Rangoon on a Chinese Junk drinking sake from a Fu Man Chu mug while Bruce Lee and Charlie Chan fight Ninjas and Malay Pirates, while the Giant Rat of Sumatra and Denham's ape try to break out of the hold

Good point… The Tiki Orient. :)

If Exotica is synonymous with Tiki culture (which I think is the point that Otto made for the recent Tiki Oasis), then Yes, absolutely. "The Big 3" of Exotica music were all over Far East themes.

And at first I was going to take exception with your reference to Bruce Lee, who I associate more with the Tiki downslide of the 1970's. Then I forgot about this 1960's reference...

Which reminds me of another 1960's fad… Batman !!

Is there a vague Tiki connection? Consider this...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=14293&forum=1&vpost=594287

As well as Thor's recent Tiki Magazine cover…

It's a Super Tiki theme !!

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2011-09-01 08:05 ]