Post #67963 by tikibars on Tue, Jan 6, 2004 4:04 PM

On 2004-01-06 10:00, Swanky wrote:
I'm with you Alice. I was, and am, a scene hopper. There are the "life-stylers" who live it 24/7, but I can't do that either. I like too many things, and I like it when they get messed up together.

Alice and Swanky have the right idea...

There are too many interesting things in life to just join up with one clique and ignore all of the other things life has to offer.

When I was in high school, I was too punk for the new wave kids, and too new wave for the punk kids. Was it such a crime to adore both X, Clash, Buzzcocks, AND Devo, OMD, Ultravox? I guess so...

So I said fuck 'em all and hung out with my Sci Fi geek pals, who needed all the friends they could get, and didn't care what music I liked as long as I'd sit around watching Blade Runner every damned weekend.

Now I see the same thing happening: the swingers are too good for the rockabillies, and the rockabillies are too good for the swingers, and the old-school rockabilly / hillbilly set are too good for the psychobilly set and vice versa... And the Tikis don't like the parrotheads... but some of them like both, which is, I guess, a good thing seen in this context.

Is it a problem to just like good music, good times, good people, and not pigeonhole yourself? Can't someone have their own identity without having to march under the banner of being a Mod or a Trekkie, or a Goth?

I think this abondonment of needing a clique comes with maturity.

So I'll never know! :)

Death to the parrotheads, ONLY TIKI is GOOD! (kidding)