Music

Pirate Jenny: The, let me repeat, THE single best pirate band around. We all love sea chanties and timeless pirate ballads, but sometimes you just gotta grab your rum, your wench, and rock out. That's why God gave us Pirate Jenny, and not a day goes by that Bilgemunky doesn't throw himself on the ground sobbing and thanking the good Lord for blessing us with their existence.
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Games

Puzzle Pirates: Currently Bilgemunky's biggest addiction. You pillage, you plunder, you get to choose your own fancy clothes and stab people with swords and not even feel bad about it. Hey, it's a g-rated game that ACTUALLY ROCKS! Play it. Love it. Give the developers lots of money - they deserve it. If you play, be sure and say "hi" to Bilgemunky. You'll recognize him because his name is still Bilgemunky.
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Hail to the king! If ever a video game epitomized enlightenment, it's the Monkey Island series (the first three anyways.) From a technology perspective, Monkey Island is beyond obsolete - yet lives forever in our hearts. Rubber chickens with pullies in the middle, International House of Mojo, LeChuck, Meathook, Otis, Guybrush, Murray, rootbeer, Stan... how can you not love this? You can buy the first two games as "Monkey Island Madness" at the link above, but if you want to learn more first, you should visit The World of Monkey Island.

Publications

No Quarter Given: A magazine (well, more or less) that ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS US!!! Lord knows, there's not been too many ways for a landlocked pirate to get his fix. Fortunately that seems to be changing - but No Quarter Given was doing their part long before it was trendy. A mail-delivered parchment chock full of swashbuckling tales, historical curiousities, lovely artwork, and whatever else might strike the publishers' salty little hearts. Truly a treasure for the pirate community.

Clothing

Captain Jack's Pirate Hats: Small, pirate-themed businesses have a way of coming and going. While I sincerely hope Captain Jack's Pirate Hats will flourish for many years to come, they could close shop tomorrow and still their legacy would live on through the pirates lucky enough to wear these hats. Inside each is a leather tag stamped in the name of their maker, "MacKay" - and this mark tells you that while other pirates' hats grow stale and soggy, yours, like a fine wine or Sean Connery, will only get better with age.

PirateMod: Part of being enlightened is sharing that enlightenment with others. And nothing says "I'm a pirate, ask me how" quite like a PirateMod T-shirt. Anybody can slap a jolly roger on a shirt, but not many do it in a way that would make Billy Bones salivate. Whether you're a sushi pirate, skater pirate, wine pirate, or even a pirate pirate (indeed, they have a vast assortment for the pirate pirate,) they've got you covered. My only gripe is that I can't choose just one, which is why God put seven days in a week.

Undefinable

Talk Like a Pirate Day: Many people travel their whole lives without ever acheiving a moment of true enlightenment. But we know these guys spend (at the very least) one day a year in perfect, piratey harmony. The inventors of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, held every year on September 19th, can teach us many things. True things. Wise things. Things like how to swill grog and pronounce "yarr!" properly.