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J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Thu, Sep 8, 2011 5:28 PM On 2011-09-08 16:10, lucas vigor wrote: I would go so far as to state that I think surf has surpassed exotica and lounge-based music in today's tiki scene... Maybe from the standpoint of what the event organizers are booking but I'm not so sure from the standpoint of the musical preferences of individual Tikiphiles. You'd be surprised of how few TCer's show up for non-Tiki Surf Music events. I'd say out of the hundreds (thousands?) of Tikiphiles in So Ca, there's probably only 10-20 people that cross between both scenes. On another note, it was shocking how few TC'ers showed up for a seminal Exotica event like Robert Drasnin and Waitiki performing "Voodoo" at Don's. Do the majority of Tikiphiles these days even care about music other than as background ambiance for their drinking? :-? Tikiyaki Orchestra seems to be the only act that can bring people out in droves outside of a major Tiki event.

On 2011-09-08 16:10, lucas vigor wrote:
I would go so far as to state that I think surf has surpassed exotica and lounge-based music in today's tiki scene...

Maybe from the standpoint of what the event organizers are booking but I'm not so sure from the standpoint of the musical preferences of individual Tikiphiles. You'd be surprised of how few TCer's show up for non-Tiki Surf Music events. I'd say out of the hundreds (thousands?) of Tikiphiles in So Ca, there's probably only 10-20 people that cross between both scenes.

On another note, it was shocking how few TC'ers showed up for a seminal Exotica event like Robert Drasnin and Waitiki performing "Voodoo" at Don's.

Do the majority of Tikiphiles these days even care about music other than as background ambiance for their drinking? :-?

Tikiyaki Orchestra seems to be the only act that can bring people out in droves outside of a major Tiki event.

Post #605992 by JOHN-O on Thu, Sep 8, 2011 5:28 PM