George Clooney to play Magnum, P.I.? - Beyond Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jan 7, 2004 5:00 PM On 2004-01-07 13:03, Kailuageoff wrote: BigBro, I saw your and Don Ho's pictures in the latest issue of Barracuda. What happened?Did the bronze God of Hawaiian lounge music spill a drink on you? If Don Ho isn't tiki, what about Kui Lee? That was me and my gal attending the Don Ho gig, and if I would go by THAT night, I would think less of him, he was pretty bad (not good bad)...but I like the guy, his is just simply post-Tiki stuff. And I like Jack Lord and his gang. But they came on the scene just when Tiki's heyday as Polynesian figurehead was waning. ..and don't ever mention Tiki and Magnum in one breath to me. Just because it is corny and from Hawaii doesn't mean it's Tiki. Magnum is more like Love Boat or Fantasy Island to me, and that's just not my bag. Off course this is all very academic. As you know, I differentiate between "Tiki" (50s/60s mainland interpretation of Polynesia with Tiki as the figurehead) and "Hawaiiana" (20s-70s Hawaiian tourist culture) with Hula girls, outriggers, palm trees and such. One can ad to the other, but only to support and not to muddle the style. That's what happend after the 60s and made Tiki indescript. However, Hawaii 5-0. Magnum and Don Ho never dissappeared from the public arena the way Tiki did. I need the urban archeology dimension of Tiki culture.

On 2004-01-07 13:03, Kailuageoff wrote:
BigBro,
I saw your and Don Ho's pictures in the latest issue of Barracuda. What happened?Did the bronze God of Hawaiian lounge music spill a drink on you?
If Don Ho isn't tiki, what about Kui Lee?

That was me and my gal attending the Don Ho gig, and if I would go by THAT night, I would think less of him, he was pretty bad (not good bad)...but I like the guy, his is just simply post-Tiki stuff.
And I like Jack Lord and his gang. But they came on the scene just when Tiki's heyday as Polynesian figurehead was waning.
..and don't ever mention Tiki and Magnum in one breath to me. Just because it is corny and from Hawaii doesn't mean it's Tiki. Magnum is more like Love Boat or Fantasy Island to me, and that's just not my bag.

Off course this is all very academic. As you know, I differentiate between "Tiki" (50s/60s mainland interpretation of Polynesia with Tiki as the figurehead) and "Hawaiiana" (20s-70s Hawaiian tourist culture) with Hula girls, outriggers, palm trees and such.
One can ad to the other, but only to support and not to muddle the style. That's what happend after the 60s and made Tiki indescript.

However, Hawaii 5-0. Magnum and Don Ho never dissappeared from the public arena the way Tiki did. I need the urban archeology dimension of Tiki culture.

Post #68153 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 7, 2004 5:00 PM