Post #705962 by Bora Boris on Mon, Jan 27, 2014 9:40 PM

On 2014-01-27 21:14, bigbrotiki wrote:
I see it this way: Mid-century Tiki was the result of broad, widespread popular awareness and interest in Hawaiian and Polynesian culture in America. This popular base does not exist anymore today, so folks are making up for that by connecting it to other genres. Yet doing so breeds the danger of diluting and bastardizing it.

Solid point Sven, I wish more people got that.