Unfortunately for the Guyana Health Minister, songs like “Please Drink in Moderation” and “How About Some Water?” have never taken off as well as the many pro-rum-guzzling songs:

The Associated Press: Guyana minister: Rum may be fun, but dont glorify

Tonight’s episode featured the final Bilgemunky After Dark – from now on it’s clean livin’ all the way! Well, clean livin’ with rum, pillaging, and wenching

1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Rustmonster – Bosun’s Song (2:21)
3. Salt Sea Pirates – Gold or Gallows (4:04)
4. Tom Smith – Talk Like a Pirate Day (5:36) [read more »]

Blackbeard - he's a giver (and a climber)

Seriously, no joke. Blackbeard himself (well, perhaps it’s one of his “helpers”) will be rappelling the 30 story Wachovia building in Raleigh on October 2nd, 2010. It’s a fundraiser for the Special Olympics, just so you know, so cough up some doubloons and donate today:

Special Olympics North Carolina – Chris Suttle’s Fundraising Page

I’ve already tossed some coin myself – and with the help of Bilgemunky.com readers, I’m sure we can help Blackbeard make a serious dent in his $1,000 goal!

Yarrr!!!

For those of you who are all nutty about Sims 3, there’s now a Pirate Expansion, so you may commence rejoicing. Personally, I’ve never played Sims, and only have a vague idea what it’s about – something like a combination between Civilization and a Digipet, maybe? Like, you build a community of virtual slackers and then take it in turns to feed them or torment them? Hell, I don’t need a video game to do that – they’re called Sea Monkeys, and they *hate* it when you blast Bob Marley music into their aquarium!

Arrrgh! The Sims 3 Gets Pirate-y

Proving that piracy is indeed the Worcestershire Sauce of the world (it makes everything better), Hedonism II has announced their upcoming Pirate Fantasy Fest. And seriously, the link is NSFW, so don’t click it if that might get you in trouble or offend your sensibilities.

For those that don’t know, Hedonism II is supposed to be a sexually-charged Jamaican resort. I’ve never been, but my understanding it always makes for a memorable, exciting vacation. And that it will be pirate-themed the week of October 23-30 can only add to the equation – Booze Cruises, harlot contests, pirate garb fashion show, pirate-erotic stage show… the only thing they seem to be missing is the world’s greatest pirate DJ. Hmmm…

So yeah, the long and short of it – sexy pirate vacation, and apparently some real efforts to make it awesomely pirate themed!

It’s September! Which means it’s time to start practicing your “ayes” and “arrrs” – but you already know that, don’t you? That’s the challenge of running Bilgemunky.com, because my readership is far more intune with the comings and goings of Talk Like a Pirate Day than most folk, so I can’t simply write a lame “Did You Know Talk Like a Pirate Day is Actually a Holiday?” article like most every other online periodical out there. So, I guess I’ll need to try a little harder to mark the beginning of Talk Like a Pirate Day Month:

September 10th – National Read Naked Like a Pirate Girl Day

That’s right, September 19th isn’t the ONLY pirate holiday month, at least not if you live in Chicago where you can watch girls read like naked pirates. Actually, I’m not sure what that means exactly, but bully to them for getting creative. And naked. Arrr…

Talk Like a Pirate Day, as we all know, is the glorious brainchild of Cap’n Slappy and Ol’ Chumbucket. Talk Like a Pirate Day Month however, is Bilgemunky’s own humble extension. And note that it’s not Talk Like a Pirate Month I’m suggesting, which would indicate a whole month of talking like a pirate, but rather Talk Like a Pirate Day Month, meaning one day of celebrating pirates by talking like a pirate, and a full month celebrating the existence of Talk Like a Pirate Day, probably also by talking like pirates. Or drinking rum. Or finding Slappy and/or Chumbucket and buying them drinks. Or groceries.

Assuming the Mayans don’t kill us first, there will be a Captain Harlock movie in 2012. CGI, and from the poster, AMAZING to look at. So cool, in fact, that I hesitate to post the picture here lest Wired sue me for stealing it from their site. Guess you better just click the link:

First Look: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Poster | Underwire | Wired.com

During last night’s broadcast I announced an upcoming format change to Bilgemunky Radio. Starting Monday, September 13th, Bilgemunky Radio will begin one hour later (9 pm CST.) The show will remain two hours of pirate music awesomeness, but there will be no more Bilgemunky After Dark.

The reasons for this are many, but the short of it is that I need to consolidate the show to two hours for homestead reasons. And AD, for me, is the *extra* – it doesn’t have nearly as much music, it draws only a fraction of the listeners of the regular show, and for me it’s not as creatively inspiring as the rest of Bilgemunky Radio. So it makes sense for it to be cut. Unfortunate perhaps, but at the end of the day multiple factors all point to the same thing – remove AD and instead focus on what matters most – Bilgemunky Radio proper.

I hope this news doesn’t strike too many listeners as tragic – rest assured Bilgemunky Radio will continue to muscle on, and very little music will actually be lost – probably not even 100 songs (with Bilgemunky Radio boasting nearly 2,000). The regular show is, afterall, intended for pirates – and lacks not for debauchery, rum abuse, and all sorts of other misbehavior

Bilgemunky After Dark’s final episode will broadcast on Monday, September 6th.

So I’ve been working on a way to combine playlists with an audio link. You know, in a way that’s simple on my end. So far no luck. So here’s just the playlist. Yar.

1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Alestorm – Captain Morgan´s Revenge (6:42)
3. Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew – Rime of the Hip Hop Mariners (3:46) [read more »]

Pirate-Core legends Alestorm are now being discussed in college newspapers, which means they’re officially culture-ish. Actually, I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten around to reviewing their second full length album Black Sails at Midnight. If not, go buy the damned thing already.

Oh, and enjoy this Alestorm article from the West Georgian:

The West Georgian – Alestorm: Bring in the pirates!