We be sad to announce that the Black Spot has been sent out to all of you for the 5th Annual PiratePalooza Pubcrawl and Pubsing…. that’s right, PiratePalooza is officially ON for 2009!! This year the event will be held on Saturday, Septembarrrr the 19th, which just happens to be (uncoincidentally) International Talk Like a Pirate Day!! To help us plan for the upcoming raid upon Decatarrrr and subsequent sacking of the Avondale Estates, we’d really, really, really like you to take a short 10 question survey and to get ALL of your PiratePalooza-bound friends to take it as well!! Link to us on your Facebook and Twitter and whatever else you use to keep in touch with your pirate nerds!
This survey shouldn’t take you longer than two minutes to fill out, and oh by golly is it ever so much FUN!!!
Okay, it might not be fun, but life’s not always about fun, you scurvy dogs. Now Click It and get to being surveyed!!!
While interest in piracy has skyrocketed in the last five years, the traditional pirate challenge game “Salt Slug Foot” was nearly lost to history until marine archaeologists working at the Walter Elias Marine Conservatory in Beaufort, South Carolina, raised the remains of what is believed to be the dreaded pirate ship “Farquand’s Glory” and rediscovered the original rules for the game. Though the ship contained no treasure, and much of the iron hardware had rusted away, a series of carvings was found in what is believed to have been the crew quarters belowdecks.
Shown above is a marine archaeologist’s recreation of the original art, which depicted a shaker of salt, a slug, and a foot. (Note: this is an illustration of the original artwork, not a photo of the actual carving, which was deemed too Continue Reading
BREAKING NEWS – Captain Drew is holding a press conference at PiratePalooza’s corporate headquarters where he will apparently be revealing plans for a hostile takeover of the Georgia Renaissance Festival. Updates provided below in real time, just hit refresh to follow along…
7:25PM
They’re playing Coldplay over the loudspeaker system… large crowd of people… everyone seems to be Continue Reading
Shirts Ho!! This year’s silkscreened shirts really will be a “limited edition”, so pay attention and be ready to buy yours ASAP before someone else makes off with it! In case you’ve missed the announcemnt, this year’s shirts will be chocolate brown and will feature a broadside about this year’s PiratePalooza™ on the backside, placed there to cover your ugly hump, you great stinky bell-ringing sea rat!! (Forgive us if you actually do have any sort of hump-like anatomical feature as we’re quite sensitive pirates, honest). Returning again this year are sturdy all-cotton tees, the same shirt most of you ruffians and ruffianettes always demand. AND, I have something NEW for you especially trollopy lassies what are always begging the Captain to look at your yummy-yummy curves… this time around we’ll also offer true ladies-only shirts made in a clingy baby rib knit so that you can set your cannons on display. Price on the shirts is pending, more information soon.
Women’s Baby Rib Knit projected size selection XSmall equates to size 0, allows bust of 28″ – 30″ [5 shirts ordered at this size] Small equates to size 0-2, allows bust of 30″ – 32″ [5 shirts ordered at this size] Medium equates to size 4-6, allows bust of 32″ – 34″ [5 shirts ordered at this size] Large equates to size 8-10, allows bust of 36″ – 38″ [7 shirts ordered at this size] XLarge equates to size 12-14, allows bust of 40″ – 42″ [3 shirts ordered at this size] 2XLarge equates to size 16-18, allows bust of 44″ – 46″ [0 shirts ordered at this size]
Adult Cotton Tees projected size selection Medium [2 shirts ordered at this size] Large [6 shirts ordered at this size] XLarge [18 shirts ordered at this size] 2XLarge [3 shirts ordered at this size] 3XLarge [1 shirts ordered at this size]
Excited about the upcoming 2008 PiratePalooza™ Pubcrawl?? Here’s a great raw clip from Sandra Sparks’ documentation of the music of the 2007 PiratePalooza™ Pubcrawl Concert to tide you through….
The two person group doing the singing are Susan Hickey and Gregg Csikos and are called The Rambling Sailors, and have fans all around the U.S. rennfaire circuit. If you’re worried about the quality of the sound system for this year, we’ve been told that the mega-beefy sound system from the stadium rock Palooza of 2006 will be making a return!
And hey!
Be sure to let Sandra know how much you’ve enjoyed her videos!!
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