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On 2011-09-09 11:25, lucas vigor wrote:
I merely pointed out why I do not consider Burning Man to be a tiki subject, and then explained why. As to what I consider "non tiki" acts being part of tiki, I believe I did state that I like a lot of them. I also like classical music, though of course, it's not tiki. Can a person not attempt to explain what tiki is, without other people getting all excited? Sven Kirsten, after all, did just that in one simple book: laid it all out for us. And nowhere in that book does it say that burning man or other aspects of hippy culture are tiki. As I have said numerous times, Hippy culture KILLED tiki. Absolutely. Definitively. Starting in 1964, rock music and the long haired youth culture started to dominate, and it still does, to this day. I want no part of it. Isn't that ok, Grog?
I'm not saying that tiki and Burning are compatible in most instances, I'm just saying that lumping Burning Man culture as a hippie event is like saying tiki culture is loud shirt/kool-aid booze fest. It's these types of generalizing that gives both social cultures such tacky images. You can't defend the "sanctity" of one while perpetuating the stereotype of the other. I'm not saying that this is the place for Burning Man in general, other then "Hey look,there is some tiki at a public venue if your curious".I understand your point of view,it's that I'm just as tired of trying to explain to people that tiki is not lampshades and fez's as I am that Burning Man is not a dirty hippie orgy.
......If there were no disco, there would not have been the greatest disco album ever....Sesame Street Fever. Nor would there have been the fine film Xanadu. Okay, that movie is horrible, but to my little edge of teen brain, Olivia Newton-John was gorgeous.
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