Tattoo Contest

Taken at a Conch Republic Tattoo Contest several years ago
.Judges Buco, Eric and Mr. Bill appear earnest in their deliberations.
Note that each judge is backed up by at least one beer.
Photo taken with Minolta Autocord Twin Lense Reflex camera using 400 ASA 120 roll film.

More judging...Uncle Harry on the right.

Tattoo contest entrant.

Another shot with the same camera.

A painting by Dwight Kalb 

Suds Run '84

This photo was just handed to me today by the gentleman pictured on the right. It dates back to a St. Patrick's Day 21 years ago. Pictured left to right are...well heck, i guess either you recognize them or you don't...

Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005

"Being shot out of a cannon is always better than being squeezed through a tube."-Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear

Thompson was a sometimes-Key West resident and a frequent island visitor. He was an occasional Green Parrot patron and more than a few stories about him circulated around the bar today.
I wish I could find a copy of the Yellow Pages ad he placed in the mid-seventies for high-speed, no running lights, moonless night boat tours of the keys that promised to show "the soft underbelly of the florida keys". The phone company unwittingly ran the ad for a year and I believe he used his real phone number.

A Great Shot

A photo taken by Jim Fossum this summer in the old mining town of Telluride, Colorado.
A great effort to catch this magnificent rainbow streched across the valley.

Time to Suit up?

I hear Jimmy will be in town on Wednesday.
What did the patron on the far right just ask him? Jimmy's obviously carefully weighing his response.
The way things have been he just might have to work Wednesday night.

Dick and Bev, Have Fun!

Here's bev at NASCAR in Homestead last year. As we speak Dick and Bev are at The Daytona 500

Beaver and Iron Mike

Beaver with his pal Mike Keenan, National Hockey League legend and former Blackhawks, Flyers and Rangers coach. Beav's got his Blackhawks jersey on and no one but Beaver knew it at the time but he was working that night with a dislocated shoulder sustained in a hockey game. Man, would Mike have dug on that. Actually, better go easy on the shoulder there Mike.

Roger Wilson & Guitar Shorty

Roger "Hurricane" Wilson will appear tonight and tomorrow night at The Parrot. Pictured here with another Parrot Alumnus: Guitar Shorty (Jimi's brother in law)

Victor Borge Meets Scott Joplin

Just a reminder that the quietly iconic, never laconic, sometimes moronic Barry Cuda will continue his gigs for the engagingly louche assortment of patrons at The Parrot Sundays from 6 to 9 pm.

Happy Valentines Day 

Cupid?...is that you?

You know I think you're gonna have to make up your own caption for this one...
Even Alice had the presence of mind not to show up for this meeting.

Ready aim... 

Irony and Culture Invade Green Parrot Bar

Ray MacNiece

The Vulgar Bulgars 

Irony and Culture rear their ugly heads this week at The Green Parrot Bar, which is, ironically, Your Southernmost Center for Irony and Culture of All Kinds.
On Monday, February 21st beginning at 8 pm it's Yiddish Dance Music as the ititerant klezmer quartet, The Vulgar Bulgars, take the stage with their high-energy, eminently danceable take on this ancient music. The Vulgar Bulgars hail from rural Virginia and promise a night to remember for Parrot patrons.
On Wed. Feb. 23rd at 8 pm the Parrot offers up a belated version of its always loving, never boring, sometimes irreverant Valentines Day Poetry reading featuring visiting performance poet Ray MacNiece.
MacNeise has been the captain of two National Poetry Slam! Championship teams and has been the featured poet at The Asheville Poetry Festival and The Florida Shakespeare Festival.
He has published three books of poetry and co-founded The Writers League of Boston.
His clear, strong voice and the passionate, image-rich language presented in his piece-US Taliking Across America-wowed Key West audiences during the 1995 Red Barn Performance Poetry Series. He has since hosted two Poetry Slams at The Green Parrot, the last in 2002 and any return performances in Key West promise to be must-see events.
The Master of Ceremonies for the evening is local poetry maven Tony Klein and will feature readings from some of Key West's favorite local poets.
For more information call The Green Parrot Bar at 294-6133. The Green Parrot Bar: "Maybe it's not for the culturally elite, but certainly for the culturally deprived."

Holding Down The Fort

As we said earlier, more than a few civil war re-enactors would find their way back down to the corner. It appears Ed from the 3rd Maine has drawn sentry duty for the night.

My Valentine

Civil War Re-enactors March on the Parrot

The Union Color Guard leads this year's cadre of Civil War Re-enactors past the Green Parrot Bar and on to Fort Zachary Taylor for their annual weekend bivouac as Green Parrot Breakfast Club members look on.

Parrot Patrons and staff stand before the colors and prepare to review the troops

It's eyes left as the Colors pass the Green Parrot Reviewing Stand.

For the record, the whole formation came to a halt and gave a little tribute to The Parrot in the form of three resounding Hip Hip Hurrays.
Off the record, I'm sure that more than a few of these civil war re-enactors will be doing some of their own hooting and hollering later tonight on this same corner.

Here comes the women's auxilliary.

Looks like this gal has broke ranks already and is goin' awol and headin' into the Parrot.