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Mark

WELCOME... THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

About Me

I AM A MUSIC JOURNALIST/ PHOTOGRAPHER AND SOME TIME RADIO HOST AT KFAI IN MINNEAPOLIS. I HAVE A WONDERFUL 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT LOVES THE BLUES AND IS THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE. I'M INTERESTED IN MEETING UNIQUE AND CREATIVE PEOPLE AND SHARING THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES. I ASLO MAINTAIN A BLOG OUTSIDE OF MYSPACE AT www.bluesramblings.blogspot.com WHICH HAS SOME OF MY WRITING AND PHOTO'S TOO.PLEASE ENJOY THIS CLIP. IT IS MY VERY FAVORITE GUITAR PLAYER ON THE PLANET TODAY>>>

My Interests

MUSIC, MUSIC, AND MORE MUSIC... I DO ALSO ENJOY STRIPPERS AND A GOOD BEER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. OH DID I MENTION MUSIC?

I'd like to meet:

INTERESTING PEOPLE; I WANT TO FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE THOUGHT PROVOKING AND CAN MAINTAIN THEIR END OF AN INTELEGENT CONVERSATION, PERSONS THAT ARE FREE SPIRITS AND OPEN MINDED I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTOLLERANT OR THAT SHOW THIER IGNORANCE BY BEING JUDGEMENTAL.I AM ALSO ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NICE FACES TO GET IN FRONT OF MY CAMERA.

Music:

YES...... BLUES, PUNK, REGGAE, SOUL, VINTAGE ROCK and ROLL, JAZZ, CLASSICAL... YES MUSIC!!! INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOO; BOWIE, KATE BUSH, JOHN LEE HOOKER, THE CLASH, BOB MARLEY, THE DOORS, THE KINKS, MILES DAVIS, DEAD KENNEDY'S, PETER GABRIEL, CHRIS CAIN, IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS, LENA LOVICH, RENEE AUSTIN, PETER TOSH, ROCKPILE, COLETRAINE, IGGY POP, NINA HAGEN, MUDDY WATERS, ETTA JAMES, TALKING HEADS, TONIO K, BUDDY GUY, HERMAN BROOD AND HIS WILD ROMANCE, THE WHO, TELEVISION, DR. JOHN, T- BONE WALKER, THE JAM, THE STYLE COUNCIL, PAUL WELLER, ALBERT COLLINS, ROXY MUSIC, BB KING, RAY CHARLES, JAMES HARMAN, THE CRAMPS, ROBERT GORDON, THE BLASTERS, X, SEX PISTOLS, U2, SPECIALS, ENO, HENDRIX, LINK WRAY, NICK LOWE, JOAN JETT, BLONDIE, RAMONES, KOKO TAYLOR, JIMMY CLIFF, DAVID LINDLEY and EL RAYO X, GENE KRUPA, ROBERT FRIPP, JOE LOUIS WALKER, CHARLIE PARKER, MINK DEVILLE, RICHARD HELL and the VOIDIODS, PATTI SMITH, FEAR, BLACK FLAG, THE DAMNED, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, OTIS REDDING, ELVIS COSTELLO, THE UNTOUCHABLES, THE BUS BOYS, JOHNNY WINTER, BIG MAMA THORNTON, X-RAY SPEX, TOM ROBINSON BAND, T-REX, LOU REED, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, JIMMY VAUGHAN, EMERSON LAKE and PALMER, STANLEY JORDAN, KAKI KING, HOWLIN' WOLF, NEW YORK DOLLS, SUBURBAN LAWNS, 999, SHAM 69, 20/20, SUICIDAL TENDANCIES, THE ADVERTS, AVENGERS, BUZZCOCKS, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, MC5, VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE RUNAWAYS, FLAMING GROOVIES, THE FLESHTONES, PIL, EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS, SANTANA, PAUL BUTTERFIELD, JOHN HAMMOND, .... THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON............

Movies:

EAST OF EDEN, THE HUNGER, BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR, DOGMA, THE COMMITMENTS, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, PULP FICTION, PLANES TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES, THE DEER HUNTER, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, RAGING BULL, 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, DOG DAY AFTERNOON, THE WILD ONES, and more.....

Books:

MOSTLY BOOKS ABOUT... YOU GUESSED IT MUSIC. PLUS MOST ALL ANNE RICE, WHITLEY STRIEBER (THE HUNGER, WOLFEN, COMMUNION), HERMAN HESSE, and others.

Heroes:

THATS TRICKY.... I'D SAY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. ELVIS (COSTELLO & PRESLEY), ALAN LOMAX. LEO BUSCALIA. JACK KEROUAC.

My Blog

EARL ROOT AN UNSUNG LEGEND

.. -->StartFragment --> Longtime KFAI programmer and champion of metal Earl Root passed awayFriday May 23, after a ten year fight against Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. As a metal guitarist, independent l...
Posted by Mark on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:35:00 PST

ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION

How did we get here? Are we even paying attention? We, 'the people' are in such a pathetic realm of apathy, denial and misdirected delusion that we don't actually grasp or comprehend the realities of ...
Posted by Mark on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 09:36:00 PST

I HATE STUPID PEOPLE!!!!

So yesterday we here in the Twin Cities got slammed with as much as 13 or more inches of snow (our annual Tournament weather ~~ those from these parts know waht I'm saying) and my wife & I went of...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:02:00 PST

people come and people go...

My last blog entry concerned my addiction to my space which as I write this entry seems to have stabilized a bit since then, partly due to my taking on a new job; I simply haven't had the same amount ...
Posted by Mark on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:41:00 PST

Hi I'm Mark and I'm a...

Now I would have never guessed that this would have happened to me when I was introduced to this world of my space some 5 or so months ago but I am addicted to it. I think about it all the time, the ...
Posted by Mark on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:23:00 PST

The Results are in..

So it's been a bit more than a week since my last blog when I asked for your assistance, well the results are in and though there were a few respondants that told me to go for it and colour my hair (s...
Posted by Mark on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:42:00 PST

I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE FROM YOU....

So here's the thing, I was messing with my new toy; My first digital camera and figured I'd break out the old tripod and see how this thing does with self portraits (don't worry you're all safe I kep...
Posted by Mark on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:16:00 PST

the 'chain' of crap.

So What's the deal?     I was led to myspace by a person that I had met on-line and was told that it's an interesting fun and unusual place to network, surf and interact with a greatly...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:19:00 PST

A VERY GOOD FRIEND GETS A VERY BAD BREAK...

I got up this morning like every other, of course with it being Christmas/New Years break for my daughter she was planted in front of the TV and ready for her breakfast, I do love to cook her breakfa...
Posted by Mark on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:41:00 PST

Thankfully Its Over.....

  Well another Christmas is in the books, its over finally and the tree comes down later today. Why do I go through all this for one day that I despise, I dont believe in the commercialism and ...
Posted by Mark on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:06:00 PST