Tiki Pop — A study in Culture-Our fascination with Tropical life styles …far off isles, warrior statues, Hula Girls, cocktails …

Chris Nersinger
14 min readAug 23, 2022

Welcome to the enchanted world of Tiki — and no other song I can think of can convey the magic you might find there on your journey. Take it away Miss Lee.

  • *** A brief history of Tiki you may call this the boring part … but it is neccessary… of course you can skip and hop around. As long as you don’t concern yourself with the Great Tiki gods. I’m sure they won’t mind. Well not much.

Have you ever wondered why we are so in awe and in love with the exotic? Or why it’s “one” of the most popular places for a vaction? That it seems to get bantered about at the lunch table or a coffee break? Say a place like Hawaii, or Florida-Keys, Polynessia, Fijji Islands or Bali. Tropics, ports of call, crystal clear waters or waters of blue and turquoise. A long tall glass of something “cool” to keep you going. Swaying palms and a warm-inviting sunset on as smooth as glass waters. One that seems to go on forever. Sounds like fun doesn’t it?

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Chris Nersinger

Was born the year that DR. NO (1962) premiered. His first movie, age 3 -MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS (1958). A writer of all things Pop Culture. Movies, Music, TV. ...