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CaribPirate

As old as Jacko - but I still have a nose ;o)

About Me

Born in California, living and working in Vienna, Austria, sailing the Caribbean and playing a Breedlove guitar.

My Interests

Sailing, music, travelling, love - ideally in combinations :o)

I'd like to meet:

Hardcore sailors, guitar players, rum drinkers and storytellers.

Music:

Pentangle, Lorreena McKennit, John Renbourn, Leo Kottke, Echo Greywolf, Loudon Wainwright III... never heard of those? K... - U2 is cool too. ;o)

Movies:

The Old Gun is the scariest, Children of Paradise is the saddest, Arsenic and Old Lace is the funniest, Matrix I is the coolest, and Lord of the Rings is the movie to end all movies.

Television:

I´m trying to quit.

Books:

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, Sailing Alone Around the World by Cptn. Joshua Slocum.

Heroes:

Cindy Sheehan, because she speaks out, Bernard Moitessier because he lived his dream instead of dreaming his life, and Hermann Maier because he proved that they DO come back.

My Blog

A toast saluting Vermont!

From http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20070307/cm_thenation/1172 344 I gather that 36 town meetings have voted in favor of impeachment proceedings against George Bush and Dick Cheney.I gather that in ...
Posted by CaribPirate on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:55:00 PST

The acoustic guitar treat of a lifetime...

Folks, I want to share my joy.Last saturday evening I saw a live concert that stands out from all the other stuff I heard in years.Hope you can appreciate it, though it is not Folk/Blues/New Rock what...
Posted by CaribPirate on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:24:00 PST

Just when we were about to lose our last tiny bit of hope...

... America picked itself up to stand tall again:Writing this, I listen to Leonard Cohen singing/prophecizing:"Its here they got the range and the machinery for change:Democracy is coming to the USA."...
Posted by CaribPirate on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:41:00 PST

Adriatic Offshore Challenge - on request from a friend:

Racing sailboats spoils the character. Having sailed some 500 races, I figure I am spoiled enough, so I rarely do it any more. But once in a while I experience a relapse. This one happened in October ...
Posted by CaribPirate on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:59:00 PST

Fired Liars

High five, people!Yesterday around 1700 MEST it became obvious that the demise of the Berlusconi bonsai dictatorship in Italy was not the last victory of freedom and democracy to celebrate in 06: By 1...
Posted by CaribPirate on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:28:00 PST

DJAMBO MUGU - a 419 reggae

German magazine Der Spiegel invited to a contest in its online edition.They search for the most creative answer to a 419 mail.I sent in this light, swinging reggae. Might put it to music sooner or lat...
Posted by CaribPirate on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:50:00 PST

War on the huts, peace to the palaces?

Its a bright, sunny day here in Vienna. I´m having a coke, play happy swinging music, lean back and watch people die. Blown to pieces, burnt alive, gassed like vermin or shot like dogs. Women, childr...
Posted by CaribPirate on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:38:00 PST

Shocking reading...

Follow the link below - reminds me of Bob Dylan´s lines:"For you who philosophise disgraceand criticize our fearsbury your face deep in the ragfor now is the time for your tears:"And if you are real a...
Posted by CaribPirate on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 03:03:00 PST

Dear weirdos,...

...male and female alike, Id like to have a few words with you. In private. Here and now. Make yourselves comfy and please ponder this:Our society is indeed driven more by simulation than by a commons...
Posted by CaribPirate on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:49:00 PST

Careful, people, a new rip-off is underway...

Just got another message to flag and forget, but thought twice about it, because this is a relatively new kind of rip-off that has the potential to get you, dear victim, into all kinds of legal troubl...
Posted by CaribPirate on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:28:00 PST