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About Me

I'm from the sand hammocks and blacktops of Central Florida. Ive lived in Miami, Paris and the foothills of North Georgia. I own a old place in the historic district of an ancient French town.Different traditions, cultures, ethnics and societies have always fascinated me, even within my own region. Immersing myself in these cultures is a stimulating rush for me. However, I've always felt just an observer passing through the lives of these people, including the cultures of the Deep South and Florida where I hale from. Having grown up in a relatively culturaly bland homogenous environment, it doesn't take much to catch my eye and to have the sensitivity to pick up on nuances. This has led me to do some traveling, as well as to record the local cultural peculiarities and eccentrics of my own area.In my travels, I have been drawn to what I've studied in history, humanities, arts, and design courses which I've taken over the years and have made the basis of much of my past itineraries. However, my interest in the Latin American cultures has grown mainly from of the influence of my wife. I would like to post some of my observations here as well as invited those who have also traveled (some of whom, much more than I have) to also post their experiences as well. I personally like the offbeat, eccentric, bizarre and that lies just under the surface or undiscovered. Things you don't usually see in travelogues in the newspaper or TV.formimg#googleTLogo { background-image:url(http://x.myspace.com/images/powered_by_ google_white.png); background-repeat: no-repeat;

My Interests

Europe, the new urbanism, politics, gonzo journalism, power blues, historic art & architecture.

I'd like to meet:

Currently my list of famous people includes: George Galloway, Christipher Hitchens, Angelina Jolie, Carl Hiaasen and Keith Richards.Theirs lots of creative people out there and some of them have terrific sites. As far as adding new "friends" I look for the creative,interesting, bizarre, colorful or just knock down gorgeous...sort of like a Fellini film or characters in a Edward Ablee play. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for misfits and eccentrics.

Music:

The Allman Brothers Band, The Stones, Steve Ray Vaughn, Rory Gallagher, Tom Petty, Jerry Jeff Walker, Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Jonny Lang, Derek Trucks, Lou Reed, Johnny Winter, Wet Willie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Leon Russell...

Movies:

Fight Club, Blade Runner, American Beauty, My Dinner With Andre, Casablanca, Rebel Without A Cause, Gone With The Wind, Key Largo, Flatliners, Good Will Hunting, Taxi, Drugstore Cowboy, Rasing Arizona, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Manion Of The Spring, Manhattan, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dracula, The Graduate...

Television:

I like the old black and white classics...77 Sunset Strip, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Fugitive ....

Books:

Confederacy of Dunces, Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail 72, Fear And Loathing In Los Vegas, In Cold Blood, From Bauhaus to Our House, Skin Tight, The Selling Of The President, The Adventures Of Huck Fin, Black Like Me, The Road Less Traveled, A Case For Israel, How The Scotts Invented The Modern World, 1984, The Plague....

Heroes:

Mark Twain, Frank Lloyd Wright, Thomas Jefferson, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther King, Jr., Andre Duany and Rick Steves.

My Blog

The Decline Of American Literature

American literature peaked about the late 50's with the Beat Generation writers and New Journalism, the last truly significant innovative styles of writing to be produced in this country. This impress...
Posted by MojoMark on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:21:00 PST

Midnight Mountain Romp To A French Wine Fete

The Cahors Chronicles - The Summer of 2005, Cahors, France I have become friends with the Turkish Kebob shop owner here in town. His shop has outside seating and is located at an active part of town s...
Posted by MojoMark on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:10:00 PST

What Is A True American?

"What Is A True American?" Someone posed that question on a political board recently and what ensued was a raging controversy. Any "American" trait was challenged as a generalization and t...
Posted by MojoMark on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:15:00 PST

I Dont Believe In Reality TV

Its just gotten way too much. You have fat, old, hairy ex-porn stars thrown together with washed-up, white rappers and grotesques silicon queens with Tommy Lee Jones in bad American archite...
Posted by MojoMark on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:21:00 PST

The Americans Have Stolen Napoleons Penis!

Lopped off by the clergyman who gave him his last rights (candidate for the worst person in the history), Napoleons penis eventually made it to the collection of an American professor who also ha...
Posted by MojoMark on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:48:00 PST

The Best Moment at Live Earth: Keith Urban and Alicia Keys

Its was one of the best live performances I've see in a long time. Keith Urban and his band starts off with a slightly countrified version of a Stones classic, Gimme Shelter. He cranks it up a few n...
Posted by MojoMark on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:31:00 PST

Getting Famous By Violence: Youthful Angst As Terrorism

"I will start a chain of terrorism in the world," the 15-year-old wrote in one of several alarming journal entries, according to police. "This will go down in history. Take out everyone there. Perfec...
Posted by MojoMark on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:17:00 PST

Liberal Group Hug Derails Dangerous Home Invasion

Gunman storms party, eats cheese & wine, then leaves Wow, one could really spin social meanings from this. An affluent, Washington gathering, enjoying the fruits of upper-class living are a...
Posted by MojoMark on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:50:00 PST

The Death Of The Suburbs?

Over the past 50 years almost half our population has moved to a form of living that some say is a failing American experiment&the suburb. The suburb is based on the belief we will have an unen...
Posted by MojoMark on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:27:00 PST

Where Are The Most Livable Cities In The World?

Monocle magazine has deemed Munich as the most livable city in the world. Their rating system seems honest, reasonable and practical. However, they don't seem to worry much about the cold even t...
Posted by MojoMark on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:34:00 PST