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- Subject: the expatriate zone - issue # 1 2 / 14 / 00
- the expatriate zone 1 / 15 / 00 issue # 1
- where every day is " just another shitty day in paradise "
- the zine for the tropically impaired
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- * featured expatriate of the month - james " sunny jim " white
- * travel into " the zone " - and beat the irs at the same time .
- * " jimmydotcom " - where ' s that parrot head book we ' ve been hearing about ?
- * club trini update
- * millennium change bubba style - see what all the hullabaloo online was
- about .
- * cabo 1999 - bad boys of the " expatriated phan club " spotted south of the
- border .
- * parrothead pilots association - new club in the making .
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- for the web page edition go to :
- it includes some great pictures . we suggest printing it out and laying it out
- on your coffee table . that way , you have somewhere to set your " red stripe "
- so you don ' t leave rings on the table .
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- welcome to the expatriate zone
- welcome to the " first " issue of " the expatriate zone , " the official
- newsletter of the new " expatriate zone " web site . after publishing " the
- temperate zone " for the past two years , i ' m taking the opportunity to join
- forces with bob segel who has been publishing " the coconut modem " with karen
- coyne since april of 1994 .
- last year , after operating in aol exclusively , bob created " parrotkey . com "
- out on the " internet " where it would join it ' s sister site on aol and be
- accessible to all parrot heads . at the time bob expanded " pk , " we had been
- working on my little area of " club st . somewhere , " and the new
- " parrotkey . com " seemed like the perfect place to open the doors of the club .
- while we were talking about the direction we wanted to see " club st .
- somewhere " and " parrot key " go , we could see that this was the perfect chance
- to , as emeril says , " kick it up a notch . "
- jimmy buffett ' s music was a big part of our lives , but even more so was the
- " expatriate lifestyle " he sang about . a lifestyle that includes tropical
- travel , sailing , boating , parasailing and surfing , and yes , the music and
- lyrics of mr . james w . buffett .
- so it is , that we created our new web site , " the expatriate zone "
- , along with this newsletter of that same
- name . in december , " the expatriate zone " opened its doors with its " island
- trading post " with its holiday shopping service at the " island trading post . "
- over 3 , 600 people visited the site the first day , and daily prizes were
- awarded for the first two weeks . the " island trading post " will open again
- soon , offering a complete line of tropical items , not just to those of us
- that live a few blocks from wal - mart , but also for those of us lucky enough
- to be on a sailboat or living on an island . for not , we ' ll start with the
- " t - shirt of the month . "
- we want " the expatriate zone " to not only keep you entertained and informed
- while you toil away at your everyday " corporate gig , " but it will also get
- you ready for that day you finally shuck it all and disappear down into " the
- expatriate zone . "
- we hope you all enjoy our new effort , and also continue to visit " parrot key "
- and " club st . somewhere . " both of which will be closely associated with " the
- expatriate zone " and " parrotkey . com . "
- jackson & bob
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- " expatriate of the month "
- james " sunny jim " white
- when i first ventured on the internet in 1995 , i ran in to a guy named " sunny
- jim " who was living down in the cayman islands . we never really got a chance
- to connect , for which i am truly sorry . but , when something is supposed to
- happen , it usually does .
- on the first leg of my " road dawg " tour
- ( click on " road dawg " ) i stayed with my good friend alex & janet leist and
- their wonderful children . over the five days i stayed at their house , alex
- and i listened to a lot of music , and one of the guys we both liked was
- " sunny jim . " i bought one of james ' cds from alex , and fell in love with it
- immediately . the cd was his second , called " life in the laid back lane . "
- little did i know that i would meet up with james and his roady " shady floyd "
- several times over the next six months . james was embarking on his first real
- tour of the us since he moved " down island " almost twelve years ago . we got
- several chances to talk over the summer , and we will have an in depth article
- about this " expatriate " soon on " the expatriate zone " web site . be sure to
- watch for it .
- in the meantime , here are a couple of quick things i learned about this great
- musician . when i asked him about his " expatriate " status , his reply was ,
- " technically , an expatriate is someone who lives outside their own country ,
- for whatever reason . for some it ' s legal reasons , others just because they
- want to , or that ' s where the work is . i have been an expatriate for nearly
- twelve years now . i have pretty fully lived the whole caribbean experience ,
- from climbing the coconut trees and spear fishing , to sailing , scuba diving ,
- hot afternoons on the beach and romantic moonlit nights under the swaying
- palms . "
- even as james is about to repatriate himself and his family , i ask if there
- were any other places he would consider living as an expatriate ? " maybe
- somewhere on the coast of mexico or in a group of islands that are all within
- sailing distance of one another , " was the advice he gave .
- until we can learn more of " sunny jim ' s " world , stop by his web site at
- and if you don ' t have one of his cds , including his
- latest release " sandbar serenade , " for goodness sake , pick one up . you can
- also read a great interview alex conducted with james at
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- travel into " the zone "
- " some are running from the irs "
- we strongly believe that we all have to get away from our computer screens
- and out into the real world as often as we can . does this mean we give up one
- our most useful tools of communication , computers ? heck no ! with laptops ,
- cell phones and gps systems , we can go anywhere , and still stay in touch if
- we feel the need . but get real and throw that " pager " away as soon as you can .
- we hope to keep this section current and informative , hopefully hearing from
- those of you already living your lives in " the zone , " helping the rest of us
- prepare for our getaway from the cities . i ' m sure there are some of us that
- are preparing to " disappear " to places like costa rica , where the " the
- expatriate zone " will become an important tool .
- how would you like to check out a place to " disappear " to and write it off
- your taxes at the same time ? want to go down into " the zone " to places like
- the bahamas , belize , st . croix , puerto rico , bonaire , the dominica republic
- or saba ? want to do something for the planet , work with dolphins , save a
- coral reef , or study monkeys and the rain forest at the same time ?
- well we have the answer . check out these organization ' s web sites , and then
- get some advice from your financial advisor on 501 c non - profit organizations .
- depending on the tax bracket you ' re in , uncle sam could end up paying for up
- to half the trip .
- the oceanic society
- earthwatch institute
- reef , the reef environmental education foundation
- after that , all that ' s left is to make that plane reservation , and remember ,
- " no plane on sunday . "
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- " jimmydotcom "
- after many delays , " jimmydotcom " has finally gone to the printer with a due
- date of the middle of april . i hit some " bumps in the road " on my way to
- publishing the first ever book about the parrot head phenomena , but it was
- all worth it .
- this book isn ' t about jimmy buffett , it ' s about the effect of the internet on
- parrot heads . for more information , visit . we
- have a complete outline of the book , reviews from other parrot heads , and
- samples of the pages on the site .
- financial considerations have limited the first printing to 1 , 000 copies at
- the present time , so if your even thinking of buying a book , i suggest you
- reserve your copy by putting your name on the " reservation list . " you will be
- under no financial obligation . it will simply indicate to my financial
- partners ( who aren ' t parrot heads ) , just how many books we need to print . do
- it right away , because pre - sales were brisk , and if enough of you reserve a
- copy , i can get the financing to expand the first printing .
- let ' s show the world what parrot heads stand for by making this book a big
- success . when i was on the bhotm tour this summer , i had many people tell me
- they wanted to buy an extra book to give to their boss . they wanted the boss
- to understand why getting the day off for a buffett concert is so important .
- maybe it will help the rest of us to explain ourselves to our friends " that
- just don ' t get it . "
- here ' s one of the latest reviews of the book from bob robinson , founder &
- president of the sandlapper phc in south carolina . i had a great time with
- this club on the " road dawg " tour , and shared an advance copy with his club :
- " when we received jackson ' s plea for pictures , our members were blown away .
- we hustled up a package of pix , as did a majority of the parrot head clubs
- from around the globe , and the result is pure parrothedonistic pleasure . this
- collection is bound for glory in the annals of island time . if moderation is
- your key to life then stay away from jimmydotcom , ' cause this book is packed
- with those stories only we can tell . congratulations bubbafreak ! "
- bobrob sandlapper phc
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- club trini update
- speaking of expatriates , how about the guys who play the true music of " the
- zone ? " club trini ' s long awaited live cd will finally be coming out this
- april , one year after it ' s recording . jimmy has been keeping mike and robert
- pretty busy , so it ' s understandable that it took awhile . it will be the third
- in the " margaritaville cafe - late nite " series . i can ' t wait to hear it , as
- my wife and i were some of the lucky ones who were in new orleans when it was
- recorded .
- you can get a look at all the songs included on the new cd at club trini ' s
- revamped web site at . along with the great songs we ' ve
- become accustomed to , are a few i ' m pretty excited about . if you haven ' t
- heard ct ' s version of " african friend " you ' re in for a real treat . along with
- that , is a song that tina and nadirah have been treating audiences to this
- past summer , " cario " and bob marley ' s " no woman , no cry . "
- at the new web site , fans can " now " order their favorite club trini cds using
- their credit cards . so there ' s no excuse to not owning everything available .
- i think a true " expatriate musical library " is incomplete without club trini .
- this summer , helen hiatt , jimmy and the coral reefer ' s wardrobe designer ,
- came up with a shirt that club trini members lovingly call the " ice cream
- vendor " shirt , which they wear out front at the start of the concert . ok ,
- pete sometimes forgets his , and when he does have it on , it lost it ' s sleeves
- somewhere along the way . there ' s a great design that has been applied to a
- t - shirt that we all can own . check it out at their site .
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- jesters and friends
- note card series
- tro - pics has just released their first note cards
- series from their " jesters and friends " original oils . friends , places and
- musicians from past years have inspired these cards and parrot heads and
- expatriates alike will want to have these great looking cards for those times
- when an email just isn ' t personal enough .
- the original artwork is also on sale at this site , so be sure to stop by and
- visit them . included in the " jesters " series are our good friends tim glancey
- and wally nickel .
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- millennium change bubba style
- i ' ve got to tell you , i wasn ' t buying into this " new millennium " thing , one
- bit . in fact , i had almost decided not to go to the buffett new year ' s eve
- show . nothing to do with jimmy , but i just didn ' t get the whole hype . but at
- the last minute , i had a change of heart .
- and now after being a special guest at seagram ' s party honoring the new
- margaritaville tequila , i ' m sure glad i went . the shows kind of melded
- together for me , making the millennium change over very special .
- if you want to hear more about this or see some pictures of both , visit our
- new " the expatriate zone " web site at and go to
- the web version of this newsletter .
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- flash ! ! ! " expatriated phans " spotted south of the border
- after making both of " tropo travel ' s " previous trips down to cobo san lucas ,
- mexico , i had to miss this year ' s trek due to my being with the " beach house
- on the moon " tour on it ' s florida , new orleans and houston swing .
- as the story goes , those bad boys and girls from " the expatriated phan club "
- showed up again , mainly for the t - shirts that
- said , " too much tequila . . . or not quite enough " on the back . who are those
- people anyway ? whenever i go to their web site , all of them have black bars
- covering their eyes . if you want to see pictures of the trip or need info for
- " down to the banana republics - 2000 " visit mike
- mclain also has some other great trips planned this year , check them out .
- speaking of " tropo travel , " if you need a hotel room for the vegas or irvine
- shows and want a great deal , visit there site for some great rates . i ' m
- joining some of my parrot head friends at the " key largo , " though i ' m kind of
- afraid to be in a town like vegas with sue and ponch aprea from the detroit
- phc . i ' m joining a lot of my other friends i met on the road there too . i
- hate seeing jimmy in vegas , but i ' ve got to keep the streak alive , and seeing
- all my parrot head friends will make it all worthwhile . i hope peter mayer
- ends up playing there again this year .
- and speaking of those great t - shirts , we have some neat shirts available at
- the " island store . " they ' re similar to the shirt you got if you went on this
- year ' s trip , except they have " tropo travel ' s " seaplane on the back and the
- " no bad days " logo on the front breast . you can see a picture at
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- parrothead pilots association
- here are a couple of tidbits for your " airplane nuts " and pilots out there .
- a new online friend who ' s a medivac chopper pilot is trying to start a parrot
- head ' s pilot ' s association . if you ' re interested , contact dan at
- .
- i also ran across a really cool page that features jimmy ' s " hemisphere
- dancer " including it ' s " jamaican bullet hole . " ed booth , jr . an attorney from
- jacksonville , florida , who belongs to " lawyer - pilots bar association " is the
- webmaster and creator .
- the web site is " grumman n 928 j " ( flashback - how many of you remember the tv
- show ' whirly birds ' ? wasn ' t their number n 975 b ? ) and is at
- it shows a lot of pictures of jimmy ' s 1954
- grumman i think you ' ll enjoy .
- now all we need is for these guys to team up with the parrot heads pilot ' s
- association .
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- expatriate zone " is a trademark of st . somewhere press . you are permitted
- and encouraged to copy this document in its entirety ( including this message )
- and email it to friends , etc .
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- and encouraged to copy this document in it ' s entirety ( including this
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