Post #68459 by TikiGardener on Thu, Jan 8, 2004 11:27 PM

On 2004-01-07 13:37, Atomic Cocktail wrote:

On 2004-01-07 13:15, thejab wrote:
scenes...scenesters...scenes...scenesters...scenes..Scenes...scenester..scenster

Language is a funny thing. I never heard "scene" used in a non-theatrical sense until I moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. Granted there are a lot of folks in NYC overly obsessed with image and appearance but I don't remember such a preoccupation with clothing as it relates to musical tastes (even back in the punk days.)

Maybe I've just forgotten too much but I'd think it would stick as it was my job as a designer to take note of such things.

I'll just chalk it up to regional differences and dialect.

I remember the "scene" being the thing way back in me "MUD" days. Oh how I loved jumping up and down with my cynical friends screaming "We are the muds! We are the muds! We are, We are, We are the MUDS!!!"
While the Smart Dress Only Mods were pontificating.

The New York scene of the 90'S had me listening big time to "I'm So Bored With You" by Agent Orange. The "scene" was ( in my experience ) just as judgemental as those uber mods. I pissed of the Bass player of the band I was in at the time when she ran on dropping scenester names, by interjecting something along the lines of; "I don't give a shit about these people. Or whether they "grace" us with their presence at our shows. If 5 people show up and have a fucking great time, I'll be elated. It's not about names, or image, it's about having a fucking good time!"

Can a person be "tiki" without mugs, tikis, Hawaiian shirts, or Martin Denny records???

If it's not about the right clothes or music, or items, the Buffetheads ARE just as tiki as you...

Long Live Mock!
TG

Edited to change my 13 hour day mis-recollection of the Agent Orange songs titled... Its that or senility...

[ Edited by: TikiGardener on 2004-01-08 23:39 ]

[ Edited by: TikiGardener on 2004-01-08 23:42 ]