"temporary" tiki bar coming to minneapolis - General Tiki

D Dolewhip Tiki Centralite Sunny Southern California Joined: May 12, 2006 Posts: 62	D Dolewhip Posted posted on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 6:20 PM On 2013-03-06 15:41, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote: I was critical of "320 Main in Seal Beach" which had good cocktails served in a undecorated room painted all black with zero ambiance & a DJ playing more electronica then exotica, where is the escapism in that? To be fair, it was never 320 Main's goal to create a Tiki atmosphere as far as decor goes; it's just not in their business model to be that kind of place. Their intent was to present extremely accurate renditions of classic Tiki cocktails, under the direction of owner Jason Schiffer and Matt "Rumdood" Robold, using recipes from Beach Bum Berry and Martin Cate, amongst others. And they were quite successful in doing so. As the guy who provided the music, though, I take extreme exception to being accused of playing even one note of "electronica." That's just abjectly incorrect. I have copies of playlists for every night, and they show that the majority of the music played those evenings was in fact classic exotica with a few modern bands like Combustible Edison, Ape, Waitiki and Tikiyaki Orchestra thrown in. None of which I'd call "electronica" under any circumstance. It's just uncool that you found it necessary to embellish to make your point. Ken

On 2013-03-06 15:41, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:

I was critical of "320 Main in Seal Beach" which had good cocktails served in a undecorated room
painted all black with zero ambiance & a DJ playing more electronica then exotica, where is the escapism in that?

To be fair, it was never 320 Main's goal to create a Tiki atmosphere as far as decor goes; it's just not in their business model to be that kind of place. Their intent was to present extremely accurate renditions of classic Tiki cocktails, under the direction of owner Jason Schiffer and Matt "Rumdood" Robold, using recipes from Beach Bum Berry and Martin Cate, amongst others. And they were quite successful in doing so.

As the guy who provided the music, though, I take extreme exception to being accused of playing even one note of "electronica." That's just abjectly incorrect. I have copies of playlists for every night, and they show that the majority of the music played those evenings was in fact classic exotica with a few modern bands like Combustible Edison, Ape, Waitiki and Tikiyaki Orchestra thrown in. None of which I'd call "electronica" under any circumstance.

It's just uncool that you found it necessary to embellish to make your point.

Ken

Post #675441 by Dolewhip on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 6:20 PM