Post #806319 by tikiskip on Sun, Nov 6, 2022 3:02 PM

Southseaskat it feels like you gravitate to the prickly posts.

BUT think about this, the first Trader Vics had a Frankenstein on its matchbook I think it was. And in the dining room/bar of the first Trader Vics they had a sled and a tricycle hanging in them.

This was told from a Time Life magazine.

The mugs had fairy like gremlins on them too with names like B52 and "killroy was here".

So, has tiki gone full circle back to what the heck ya got?

I think whatever x or z generation you bring up there are a few that just have a different idea of tiki and that for me and a lot of old time TCers that's not what we like, I often wonder if it's not a bit of "I'll post this stupid turd that should piss off those stiff old tiki Nazis".

That or they just have bad taste.

So, the gen Xers on TC are like Bamboo Ben, Tiki Diablo, Sven, Crazy Al, Spike, (Benzart might be before gen x) know I missed a ton but pretty old skool tiki right there.

I think ol Trader Vic was just trying to decorate his bar and that's what he had laying around.

Many of the people who started the first tiki bars could give a crap about tiki, they just wanted the money.