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Tonight’s Bilgemunky Radio marked our last episode before an extended hiatus. Due to mounting technical difficulties we’re just not currently able to produce a show of the quality you’ve come to expect, and will therefore be taking the summer off. This will give us time to regroup, purchase some new equipment, and drink margaritias. Enjoy tonight’s episode, and if you can’t make it through summer without your Monday night pirate music fix, check out the podcasts

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1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Scurvy Bastards – Blunderbuss (3:47)
3. Abney Park – Airship Pirate (4:01) [read more »]

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Cane&Abe is a rum that just dares to be different. Its bottle, what with the loop on its neck, looks more appropriate to moonshine than rum. The native-american style eagle on the label, again, doesn’t exactly screech of high seas adventure. And being made in Madison, Wisconsin; arguably the LEAST piratey city in the entire US of A? Now my mind is blown.

But let’s not rush to judgement – it is, after all, the rum that matters. At a glance it’s a deep amber, although in the glass it’s significantly lighter. The nose is prominently butterscotch and sugarcane – one of which is a common element in rum, the other less so (I’ll leave it to you to figure which is which.)

On the tongue, Cane&Abe is again like hot butterscotch – liquid candy for adults. Light and sweet, this isn’t exactly fit for putting a kraken into a half-nelson while making out with a mermaid and kicking a spanish corpse. But while it’s not the stuff of pirate legend, it IS pretty decent in its own right, and might be worth checking out if you’d like a break from charred gunpowder and molasses.

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1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Mister Mac – Blood And Gold v.2 (3:38)
3. Bertie Higgins – The Runner (3:50) [read more »]

Wait, seriously? Michael Bay doing a pirate miniseries? Will we finally get to see Blackbeard headbutt a cannonball while farting fire? I’m betting YES.

Will Michael Bay’s “Treasure Island” Prequel Prove to Be Pirate Heaven or a Rum Do?

Wait, nevermind – it’s a Treasure Island thing. I guess any cannonball headbutting will be done by Long John, who will probably sport a crutch that can do singleshot, full auto, or burst.

Clearly loads of pirate TV “in the works” based on this article – some of it we’ve heard before, some new. Now let’s see what actually finds a way to the tiny screen.

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1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Gunnar Madsen – Don’t Shake Hands with a One-Eyed Pirate (2:26)
3. Marc Gunn – What Shall We Do with a Catnipped Kitty (3:12) [read more »]

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1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Worlds End – Pirates (3:43)
3. Dreadnoughts – Sleep Is For The Weak (3:09) [read more »]

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Wine bottles should stand tall and proud, but I’m happiest when my rum bottles sit short and squat. It just seems right that a rum stay true to its maritime heritage by maintaining a low center of gravity and wide footprint so to better brave the rolling seas. Or if ashore, to better survive the accidental bumpings that so often occur in the immediate viscinity of delicious high proof spirits.

Fortuna, Ron Reserva Exclusiva is an eight year aged rum in a classy, lovely squat bottle. The green glass disguises the hue of the rum within, but this is soon remedied by breaking the foil and removing the cork. Upon doing so, the nose is immediately met with a combined sweetness and muskiness – caramel intermingled with subtle vegetation. In the glass, this rum is a light amber much akin to honey in color.

And then, we drink… [read more »]

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After three weeks of no show, Bilgemunky Radio triumphantly returns. Much akin to Serenity in Firefly, the new DJ studio is mostly built up from spare parts and junk – but that doesn’t mean she won’t fly (or at least saunter awkwardly through the air).

1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Jollyship The Whiz Bang – Roving (3:21)
3. Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew – The 7 Seas (3:09) [read more »]

I’m a sucker for great ads, and Captain Morgan continues to rock my world. Love this new commercial for Captain Morgan Black – looks like their “trilogy” of genius piratey TV spots has more steam left after all!

Alestorm has a long history of pushing the limits of awesome beyond what conventional science had previously deemed possible, and they do so once again with this new music video: