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)
4. Captain Marty Scapegoat – Heavin’ Over the Edge (1:45)
5. Jolly Rogers – Captain Kidd (2:47)
6. Pirate Jenny – Captain Slaymore (4:14)
7. Dread Crew of Oddwood – Walk The Plank (3:46)
8. Captain Bogg & Salty – Bunnyjacks (3:24)
9. Barley Boys – Captain Grog (2:26)
10. Alestorm – Keelhauled (3:42)
11. Alela Diane – The Pirate’s Gospel (2:55)
12. Thyme Awaye – Oderlesseye (3:05)
13. Pyrettes – Dance with Davy Jones (5:05)
14. Bounding Main – High Barbaree (3:05)
15. Rustmonster – Guns Bacon and Rum (3:01)
16. Skip Henderson – The Mermaid (3:11)
17. Pirates Charles – 100 Men (3:19)
18. Captain Bogg & Salty – Mutiny of the Hispaniola (3:40)
19. Dreadnoughts – The Dreadnought (4:37)
20. Musical Blades – Pirate Heaven (3:48)
21. Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew – Broadside (3:13)
22. Purple Heart – Treasure Island (5:31)
23. That Damned Band – Silver Trombones (6:27)
24. Captain Rumbucket – Captain Benito De Soto (4:18)
25. Oderlesseye – Flatfish Jenny (1:27)
26. Seaskeleton – A Swashing Soul (3:17)
27. Kapten Pirat – Pirate Hymn (2:26)
28. The Pirate Sessions – Gettin’ Down In a Pirate Town (feat. Florida Georgia Line, Jesse Rice & Chase Rice) (4:17)
29. Dan Zanes – All For Me Grog (2:42)
30. Willoughby Caught – Bilgemunky’s Nip (4:34)
31. Salt Sea Pirates – One More Plunder (4:43)
32. Rust Monster – Still A’ Smilin (short) (3:31)

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.

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)
4. Dread Crew of Oddwood – Hear Our Cry (3:07)
5. Musical Blades – The Demon of the Sea (3:40)
6. Ben Gunn Society – Broadside (2:20)
7. Captain Rumbucket – The Articles Of Black Bart (3:20)
8. Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew – Rap Like a Pirate (2:33)
9. Kapten Pirat – The Pirate Bay (3:26)
10. Frustrators – Pirate Song (1:48)
11. Jolly Rogers – We Want (3:29)
12. Bone Island Buccaneers – Blow the Man Down (2:51)
13. Jolly Garogers – Buccaneer’s Bog (4:54)
14. Pirates Charles – The Black Spot (2:04)
15. Dreadnoughts – Eliza Lee (1:57)
16. Captain Bogg & Salty – Port Side (1:48)
17. Jolly Rogers – Black Jack Slim’s Cutthroat Inn (3:13)
18. Bounding Main – Cape Cod Girls (3:17)
19. Man Overboard – Drink A Pint (2:45)
20. Jon Baade – The Derelict (4:54)
21. Pirate Jenny – Never-Sea Land (3:26)
22. Rustmonster – Brutal Pirate (4:30)
23. Oderlesseye – Flatfish Jenny (1:27)
24. Mary Malloy & Stuart Frank – Bill Cutlass (2:44)
25. Pyrates Royale – Come Down You Roses / Blood Red Roses (2:50)
26. Roving Tars – Fire Marengo (2:32)
27. Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers – Decked out like the Devil (3:17)
28. Scurvy Pirates – Hi Diddly Ho (2:09)
29. Skip Henderson – Henry Martin (3:21)
30. Sforzando – The Pirate Orchestra (4:26)
31. Dead Men’s Tales – Eye For An Aye (2:53)
32. Rust Monster – Still A’ Smilin (short) (3:31)

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.

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)
4. Pirates Charles – GUN (3:23)
5. Scurvy Bastards – Dungeon Song (2:35)
6. Pirates R Us – The Squid King (3:57)
7. Salt Sea Pirates – Gold or Gallows (4:04)
8. Bounding Main – Old Maui (2:53)
9. Brine & Bastards – Drunken Sailor (1:13)
10. Dread Crew of Oddwood – Frenchman’s Daughter (3:41)
11. Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew – Jolly Roger (3:48)
12. Brine & Bastards – A Pirate’s Life For Me (2:28)
13. Jolly Garogers – The Pyrate’s Way (2:42)
14. Mizzen – Love Chum (3:04)
15. Dan Zanes – All For Me Grog (2:42)
16. Oderlesseye – Flatfish Jenny (1:27)
17. Pirate Jenny – Island Of Harm (3:43)
18. Pirate Jenny – Tip The Black Spot (4:12)
19. Irish Jim – Do You Really Want To Be A Pirate? (2:22)
20. Island Fever Band – Rum Lag (3:31)
21. Jen Cass – Pirate (4:51)
22. Guy-Roger Duvert – Legends of the Caribbean (3:25)
23. Craig Nybo – Ship Of Zombies (2:53)
24. The Pirate Sessions – Gettin’ Down In a Pirate Town (feat. Florida Georgia Line, Jesse Rice & Chase Rice) (4:17)
25. Jolly Rogers – The Fight (3:43)
26. Lost Boys – Scoundrels (3:39)
27. Momus – Is It Because I’m A Pirate? (3:26)
28. Pirates Charles – Farewell to Nova Scotia (3:46)
29. Purple Heart – Banquet of Ghosts (2:32)
30. Captain Bogg & Salty – Purple Tiki (4:07)
31. Worlds End – Pirates (3:43)
32. Alestorm – Scraping The Barrel (4:39)
33. Pirates Charles – Talderoy (5:00)
34. Rust Monster – Still A’ Smilin (short) (3:31)

1. Pirates R Us – KYAR Pirate Radio (3:55)
2. Worlds End – Pirates (3:43)
3. Dreadnoughts – Sleep Is For The Weak (3:09)
4. Jolly Rogers – The Devil’s Reach (2:38)
5. Willoughby Caught – Drink Like a Pirate (3:36)
6. Whiskey Bards – Pass The Bottle (3:17)
7. Thyme Awaye – Oderlesseye (3:05)
8. Pirates Charles – Rowman’s Row (3:43)
9. Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers – Pirate Song (4:00)
10. Jolly Garogers – Buccaneer’s Bog (4:53)
11. Mizzen – The Truth About Rum (3:25)
12. Kirby Heyborne – Chances (3:33)
13. Dread Crew of Oddwood – Skeletons (4:20)
14. Abney Park – AEther Shanties (2:48)
15. Guy-Roger Duvert – And a Bottle of Rum (2:24)
16. Irish Jim – Tell No Tales (2:39)
17. Good Ship – Sea Monster (2:56)
18. Mary Malloy & Stuart Frank – Bold Princess Royal (3:39)
19. Eliza Jaye and the Tarts – Black Heart Rum (2:54)
20. Pirate Jenny – Damn-Fine Sailor (2:40)
21. Pirates Charles – Rise of the Buccaneers (3:55)
22. Rustmonster – Brutal Pirate (4:30)
23. Captain Rumbucket – Calico Jack Rackham (5:43)
24. Pirate Tales – Anne Bonney and Mary Reade (4:57)
25. Captain Rumbucket – Anne Bonny (3:30)
26. Skeleton Crew Pirate Band – Pirate King (3:10)
27. Captain Bogg & Salty – Purple Tiki (4:07)
28. Captain Bogg & Salty – Sea Kings (4:31)
29. Rustmonster – Guns Bacon and Rum (3:01)

www.ronfortuna.com

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…

Fortuna is remarkably bold right from the first sip. Its musky-sweet scent carries forth into the taste, but so does an unexpected spiciness. Think peppered, candied bananas and you’re on the right track. Even the tiniest sip invigorates, tingling the tongue and throat, fading for a bit, and then followed by a gently growing finish. This is definitely not a rum to be rushed, as every taste is an experience in itself.

Take your time with this one. Enjoy it at a relaxed pace in a comfortable environment where you can give it your due attention and it won’t dissappoint.

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)
4. Bone Island Buccaneers – The Derelict (Yo Ho Ho) (3:52)
5. Oderlesseye – Flatfish Jenny (1:27)
6. Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers – Pirate Song (4:00)
7. Captain Darby O’Bill and His Matees Three – Shake Your Booty (5:03)
8. Pirate’s Life – Pirate Song (3:14)
9. Ben Gunn Society – Mutiny is Long Overdue (1:19)
10. Pyrettes – High Barbaree (4:52)
11. Ceann – Monahan The Mutineer (4:18)
12. Jolly Rogers – L’ollonois (3:03)
13. Alaskan Pirate & His Salty Seamen – Row Me Hearties (2:10)
14. Alestorm – Death Throes Of The Terrorsquid (7:46)
15. Brine & Bastards – Song Of The Siren (2:27)
16. Captain Marty Scapegoat – Gilbet’s Bar (3:18)
17. Dread Crew of Oddwood – Leviathan (4:06)
18. Purple Heart – One-Eyed Jack (5:56)
19. Pirates Charles – False Mutiny (5:28)
20. Pirate Jenny – A Pirates Life Is Peaceful (1:58)
21. Skip Henderson – The Quilty Hornpipe (1:49)
22. Tugboat Bromberg – Captain Kidd (3:22)
23. Captain Bogg & Salty – Purple Tiki (4:07)
24. Valparaiso Mens Chorus – So Early In The Morning (2:20)
25. Salt Sea Pirates – Jack Tar (2:24)
26. Alela Diane – The Pirate’s Gospel (2:55)
27. Barley Boys – Captain Grog (2:26)
28. Jolly Rogers – The Warning (4:54)
29. Rust Monster – Still A’ Smilin (short) (3:31)