Post #786344 by AceExplorer on Fri, Apr 27, 2018 5:45 AM

On 2018-04-26 14:50, Tiki Roa wrote:
tiki purists rule this site..they bend the rules for peripheral allied subcultures which is fine...

Gawd, let's hope they don't "rule." I think this site is centered around pure tiki, but there are far too many posts from other points of view to say this site is "ruled" by purists. And I think the lack of flame wars in recent times is proof of that. The tolerance for painted tiki carvings is another example, with the exception of the truly garish clown tikis.

Good point about "peripheral allied subcultures." That's a very good way to put it. I'm not going to dislike anyone for liking hot rods, or fezzes, or burlesque. While they may not have a direct connection to the vintage tiki which is at the heart of today's tiki, for various reasons they are being mashed together with tiki. It is what it is.

I own a leopard-print fez which I bought as soon as the 2nd or 3rd episode of Tiki Bar TV came out. I wear it rarely, but display it prominently in my bar atop my Wayne Coombs carved tiki. While not connected to original tiki, the fez is to me a fun visual connection to a lot of the leopard-print stuff from mid-century America but not necessarily tiki.