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There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.
James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891
American Poet, Critic, Editor
Yarr… good news for all pirate and nautical music enthusiasts. Bilgemunky Radio, formerly a webcast affair that was less than easy to catch, is now available as a podcast. It’s a fine, fine thing, and ye’ may lay to that. She’s not up on the iTunes Store podcast directory yet, but you can copy the RSS links and paste into iTunes or your favorite music player.
Capt. Bilge, your pirate radio station DJ, is careful to get full permissions for all artists presented. And the best part, the podcasts are really, really long — 2 or 3 hours long, 50 tracks or more. Great for that all night drinking or boatbuilding binge out in the shed.
Super bonus song hosted at Kevin Hendrickson’s site. No need for music download piracy to enjoy the greatest pirate band of all time. Click image to play!
From Florida, The Alaskan Pirate & His Salty Seamen keep up the Pirate Core tradition. Too bad they don’t tour the West Coast!
Scabby’s ship was broken
They had to dock to steal some parts
From unsuspecting clippers in the dark
Scabby’s soul was open
He left the comfort of the ship
For the first time in three long years for a walk
As his boots sunk in the sand
The sinking feeling in his heart
Confirmed he hated land…
from the song “Pirate Jenny”, album Once Upon a Wave by Pirate Jenny
You know the feeling. You step ashore, onto solid ground, but it still feels like you are on a moving boat. For most, this feeling dissipates in a few hours, but for some, with severe “Mal de debarquement” or land sickness, it can last for years, even though they were only on a cruise ship for a week. It is as if a week at sea causes some permanent neurological damage. Not fun! Strangely, no articles I have found state if returning aboard can cure this ill. Perhaps like our pirate friend Scabby in the song, they should just gouge out their girlfriend’s eyes and return to their now-native element.
Pirate ship La Contessa and crew (?) at Burning Man 2003. She has since been destroyed by fire, appropriately.
From Boing Boing
Arrr… surrender the hit stats.
“Virtually all of our pirate imagery comes from a single circle of pirates who knew one another, shared a common base in the Bahamas, and operated for a very brief period: 1715 to 1725. This gang – including Blackbeard, Sam Bellamy of Whydah fame, the female pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, and the gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet – provided the inspiration for the great pirates of fiction, from Long John Silver and Captain Hook to Captain Blood and Jack Sparrow.”
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