Black Velvet Flag - General Tiki

S SlovakTiki Member Minneapolis, MN Joined: Jul 07, 2002 Posts: 96	S SlovakTiki Posted posted on Sun, Sep 1, 2002 6:48 PM On 2002-08-16 07:04, bamboo ben wrote: p.s. I think that So. Cal. has Minn. beat on the old punks. I think we're on our 5th generation now. Anyone remember China White? I remember them alright. I was wondering when I joined this forum if a lot of you tiki people were former radicals. I was a punk from 1979-1987. Shaved head, safety pins, black leather the whole bit. I saw bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Kraut, Youth Brigade, Jody Foster's Army, the Sluglords(from San Francisco! Anybody remember them?), Dead Kennedys, etc. as well as playing bass and singing /screaming in a few homegrown bands during that intense time.The guy who was talking about aged punks with beer bellies was right on the money. I would look pretty damn ridiculous right now in some of the clothes that I used to wear back then. I did see the Sex Pistols on their reunion tour in Milwaukee in 1996. I was in awe. A lot of the same folks that I used to hang with in the old Minneapolis hardcore scene were there. Anyhow, being a musician I met up with people were were starting to play Swing. It was and still is somewhat hot in Minneapolis.I had always liked the music of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I used to watch a lot of the old variety shows that used to be on television when I was a little kid. People like Jimmy Durante, Diahann Carroll, and especially Dean Martin were on a lot.Perry Como was really popular among the older set at that time. Those were really happy times being I was a little kid. I liked the music/culture of that time and now when I hear it it takes me back to a period when this country was just a little more innocent (I certainly was anyway.). The Tiki thing really typifies the essence of that fun and kitchiness. I was a regular at Nye's Polonaise room in Minneapolis long before I ever got into Tiki. I started going there for the reasons I just mentioned. I was sick of all the drugs and negativity that became so prevalent in the punk scene near the end of it. Well, thanks for taking the time to read my post. Slovak [ Edited by: SlovakTiki on 2002-09-01 20:15 ]

On 2002-08-16 07:04, bamboo ben wrote:
p.s. I think that So. Cal. has Minn. beat on the old punks. I think we're on our 5th generation now. Anyone remember China White?
I remember them alright. I was wondering when I joined this forum if a lot of you tiki people were former radicals. I was a punk from 1979-1987. Shaved head, safety pins, black leather the whole bit. I saw bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Kraut, Youth Brigade, Jody Foster's Army, the Sluglords(from San Francisco! Anybody remember them?), Dead Kennedys, etc. as well as playing bass and singing /screaming in a few homegrown bands during that intense time.The guy who was talking about aged punks with beer bellies was right on the money. I would look pretty damn ridiculous right now in some of the clothes that I used to wear back then. I did see the Sex Pistols on their reunion tour in Milwaukee in 1996. I was in awe. A lot of the same folks that I used to hang with in the old Minneapolis hardcore scene were there.
Anyhow, being a musician I met up with people were were starting to play Swing. It was and still is somewhat hot in Minneapolis.I had always liked the music of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I used to watch a lot of the old variety shows that used to be on television when I was a little kid. People like Jimmy Durante, Diahann Carroll, and especially Dean Martin were on a lot.Perry Como was really popular among the older set at that time. Those were really happy times being I was a little kid. I liked the music/culture of that time and now when I hear it it takes me back to a period when this country was just a little more innocent (I certainly was anyway.). The Tiki thing really typifies the essence of that fun and kitchiness. I was a regular at Nye's Polonaise room in Minneapolis long before I ever got into Tiki. I started going there for the reasons I just mentioned. I was sick of all the drugs and negativity that became so prevalent in the punk scene near the end of it. Well, thanks for taking the time to read my post. Slovak

[ Edited by: SlovakTiki on 2002-09-01 20:15 ]

Post #7375 by SlovakTiki on Sun, Sep 1, 2002 6:48 PM