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M MrFab Tiki Socialite Van Nuys, CA Joined: Oct 14, 2004 Posts: 198	M MrFab Posted posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2018 9:28 AM I'm a veteran LA punk New Waver (or is that New Wave punker?) and I recall local college stations and hipster friends getting into exotica by around '87. i don't recall Boyd Rice (or Throbbing Gristle) as being any kind of motivating factor behind it at the time as much as nostalgia was - apart from reruns of old movies/shows that we'd grown up watching, we also remember our parents/older relatives taking us to Polynesian-style restaurants, having backyard luaus (mom in her mumu, dad in his aloha shirt, Don Ho on the stereo, etc) and were just continuing the LA suburban lifestyle, albeit with a more post-modern self-consciousness. But I'll ask my fellow punk-rock geezers about Boyd Rice. Maybe he got the ball rolling in ways I didn't notice at the time?

I'm a veteran LA punk New Waver (or is that New Wave punker?) and I recall local college stations and hipster friends getting into exotica by around '87. i don't recall Boyd Rice (or Throbbing Gristle) as being any kind of motivating factor behind it at the time as much as nostalgia was - apart from reruns of old movies/shows that we'd grown up watching, we also remember our parents/older relatives taking us to Polynesian-style restaurants, having backyard luaus (mom in her mumu, dad in his aloha shirt, Don Ho on the stereo, etc) and were just continuing the LA suburban lifestyle, albeit with a more post-modern self-consciousness. But I'll ask my fellow punk-rock geezers about Boyd Rice. Maybe he got the ball rolling in ways I didn't notice at the time?

Post #789371 by MrFab on Thu, Aug 23, 2018 9:28 AM