From the news archives 25 years ago: Tiki kills - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 12:32 PM What a great forest of Tikis! Next on the list: A photo of the "Killer Tiki" ! A very nice rundown on Waikiki Tiki there, Phil, thank you for such a concise post. Without getting too specific, I cannot fully accept Don's arrival as the beginning of the Tiki period. Grass huts are pre-Tiki, and Don was never big in using Tikis, neither as a logo nor as decor, he never even had a Tiki mug on his menus. Yes, he brought his Cannibal Tikis with him, but more as his personal pets. It was others like the Maikai and the Kon Tikis on the mainland that made them into logo Tikis. Don certainly is the FORE-father of Tiki on the mainland and in Waikiki, by "setting the stage" for our protagonist to appear, but in essence he always remained pre-Tiki. Tiki style as a genre is defined by the use of the Tiki image as the predominant icon for the Polynesian-style recreation experience.

What a great forest of Tikis! Next on the list: A photo of the "Killer Tiki" !

A very nice rundown on Waikiki Tiki there, Phil, thank you for such a concise post. Without getting too specific, I cannot fully accept Don's arrival as the beginning of the Tiki period. Grass huts are pre-Tiki, and Don was never big in using Tikis, neither as a logo nor as decor, he never even had a Tiki mug on his menus. Yes, he brought his Cannibal Tikis with him, but more as his personal pets. It was others like the Maikai and the Kon Tikis on the mainland that made them into logo Tikis. Don certainly is the FORE-father of Tiki on the mainland and in Waikiki, by "setting the stage" for our protagonist to appear, but in essence he always remained pre-Tiki. Tiki style as a genre is defined by the use of the Tiki image as the predominant icon for the Polynesian-style recreation experience.

Post #619123 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 12:32 PM