The Compleat Barley Mow

As I was recently polishing off a pint of ale I was reminded of a time many years ago when the minstrel group Wine Woman & Song would regale us with an old favorite, The Barley Mow, during pub sing at the Brewer’s Pub at the Georgia Renaissance Festival. With a bit of time on my… Continue reading The Compleat Barley Mow

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The Keep Calm Meme Must Die

Attention crew: please cease your shallow and tiresome obsession with the British species or I shall be forced to visit your skull with a very smart cricket bat in the middle of the night whilst singing ‘Jerusalem’. In particular I suggest that you immediately cease your feeble pop-culture influenced variations of the “Keep Calm” poster… Continue reading The Keep Calm Meme Must Die

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Welcome to the New Palooza!

Well, take a look around m’hearties, have you ever seen the old Palooza ‘site lookin’ so nice? Here be a brief re-capture of the events that led to what you be looking at now (try to follow along): So that be the full and complete “technical” explanation of what you be havin’ in front of… Continue reading Welcome to the New Palooza!

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Avag Co Bepsig

This is a warning for aspiring pirates intent on purchasing a bag full of plastic novelty coins. Be aware that the brand of plastic coins bearing the legend “AVAG CO BEPSIG” are enchanted. That’s right, enchanted….

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Getting the Band Back Together

PiratePalooza (the event) first appeared to Captain Drew in a rum-soaked dream sequence featuring Bing Crosby, Gil Gerard, the oft-remembered (little seen) bamboo taxi from Gilligan’s island, and 35 bare-breasted Vegas showgirls. Drew chased the showgirls around the stage in Gilligan’s bamboo taxi until he was thrown out of the dream sequence by an enraged… Continue reading Getting the Band Back Together

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The Short Version

Media darlings during the 1980’s, the late 1990’s found Rock-n-Roll Captains Mal & Drew scrambling to deliver a new hit album to pay off massive debt garnered over their 10 year hiatus living off the proceeds from their hits ‘Pirate Rock’, ‘Pirate Rock 2’, ‘Lick My Hook’ and ‘Festoon’.

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The First Palooza

Well by now you’ve heard, read or witnessed the power and might what be the PiratePalooza. Here I be, nursin’ a pail o’ water and a wet rag fer me forehead and rememberin’ the truly wonderous things we seen at the Palooza. We seen the lost boys leapin’ about like scalded ass apes in Eddie’s… Continue reading The First Palooza

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PP2005 Collectible Poster

It’s time for all o’ you fine and true pirates to begin spreadin’ the word that the Palooza is nigh well upon us. We’d a’thought that ye might a’been handin’ the black spot ’round in all those dark rum holes where you spend your wakin’ hours, but then you are all such a visual lot… Continue reading PP2005 Collectible Poster

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PiratePalooza.com

Well we’ve got our new website and ain’t she a right nice sight? Tis only a matter o’ time fer us to slip all of our fine information up fer all to see. It’s these damnable DIVs what keeps us up at night, but never you mind me lads and lassies, it’ll all be square… Continue reading PiratePalooza.com

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It Begins

Today we dragged around the grounds o’ the Georgia Renaissance Festival meeting tha pirates what was chronologically misplaced by a couple o’ centuries. When slipped the Black Spot they shrieked like little island women but they agreed as they’d been summoned and we expect them full well to be at the gatherin’ on September 17th.

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