Wine, Woman & Song @ Georgia Renfest!

Aye!! It be true, the group Wine, Woman and Song will return to the Georgia Renaissance Festival’s Brewer’s Pub for a special weekend appearance this Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th. Longtime favorites at the Renaissance Festival, the group’s deep library of songs, terrific harmonies and commanding stage presence paved the way for many… Continue reading Wine, Woman & Song @ Georgia Renfest!

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Maintenance Alert

PiratePalooza.com will be upgrading our servers this week. Go outside and get some sun while we’re away. You’re looking a little pallid.

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Boom!! Here It Be

Meet Testy McPherson: plastic toy, viking-like pirate, all around ill-tempered git what likes to shoot things with the cannon he keeps perched atop his shoulder. Testy is good at party games, a devotee of Peach Schnapps and consistently bowls in the mid 200’s. He claims that he’s “one guy you don’t want to mess with”… Continue reading Boom!! Here It Be

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Blackbeard’s Ship Discovered?

Me old college roommate Blackbeard be making news again this week after historians and archaeologists (what I like to call “history pirates”) have all but concluded that a wreck lyin’ off the coast of South Carolina is his famed ship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge!

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300 Premiere

The Captain be wondering how many of you be girding your loins for the Battle of Thermopylae at the Regal Hollywood 24 at midnight, Thursday, March 8th. Seeing as how many of you belong to that faithful group of 300 geeks what turn out for every sci-fi/fantasy movie ever to come down the pike, I… Continue reading 300 Premiere

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Mega Bloks Mutiny Isle Playset

Captain Drew’s toy photography spree over on Flickr continues! Here’s one of his favorites, a playset from the Pyrates™ collection by toymaker Mega Bloks. This playset is named “Mutiny Isle” (model 3632) and features an island, a palm tree, two pirates, a skeleton guy (is he the bad guy? You decide!), a working cannon(!!), a… Continue reading Mega Bloks Mutiny Isle Playset

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Hardy Boys Meet Pirate Gold

Did you grow up wishing you had a pudgy friend named Chet Morton, a motorboat named Sleuth and a girlfriend named Iola? Was your Dad a famous private detective? Did your Aunt Gertrude make the best welsh rarebit in all of Bayport? Was your favorite Christmas present a Junior Deluxe Fingerprint Kit? More to the… Continue reading Hardy Boys Meet Pirate Gold

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Disney Announces Pirates-themed MMORPG

Swing hard about, all o’ you WoW-loving, Second Life-afflicted privateering gamers: Disney has heard your psychographic growl and has announced a Spring rollout of a Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) they’re calling “Pirates of the Caribbean Online”. Interested? Read on…

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New Palooza Pics from 2006

Thanks to Ian O’Donnell’s friend Kathleen Ryan for her photos from last year’s PiratePalooza, the best of which are now up on Drew’s PiratePalooza sets on Flickr (no membership is required to view the photos, so enjoy!). Do you have photos from PiratePalooza online somewhere? Post a comment with a link to your photos!

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Swedish Navy Stalks The Pirate Bay

Vanity Fair Magazine, whose cleavage-enriched advertisements comfort Captain Drew when he’s especially lonely, is featuring a six page article by Steven Daly about the two young cabin boys what control a little place on the internet called Pirate Bay; a centralized location for the trafficking of movies and television programs. Though I don’t be too… Continue reading Swedish Navy Stalks The Pirate Bay

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Pirate Toys!

Do you like pirates? Do you like toys? (Ladies, see me after class) Well here’s a fantastic deal for you: pirate toys!! European pirate toys no less!!! Don’t see enough here to convince you that you need one? Well I’ve done you all a favor and placed a few more photos on my Flicker page,… Continue reading Pirate Toys!

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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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