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moricktowain

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  • Birthday 12/24/1977
  1. I've just been informed that Middlefaire will be holidng a Pirate Festival on the weekend of May 1 of this upcoming year. Being the assistant cast director out there, I'm planning to come up with a "fight the pirate" type of thing using boffer weaponry (like is used at Live Action Role Playing games). We tried a Live Action Role Playing game tournament thing during our Renaissance Faire last year and I found that to be relatively difficult to get going (due to multiple reasons), and most of the days it turned into a free-for-all. I will be posting to the Raids section more about this event as I get the finalized information on the festival. There is also a flier about the pirate weekend at the faire's website, www.middlefaire.net. Morick Towain Captain of the Inferno
  2. I wasn't quite sure where to properly post this, so I put it in the Crow's Nest section. On Tuesday, I was interviewed for a potential article about the pirate entheusiast sub-culture (especially that of the Texas pirate groups). The article was printed on Thursday, and showed up in the Dallas Morning News on Friday (on the *second* page of the front page section!). Not only does it refer to Talk Like a Pirate Day, as well as some comments from Craig Lutke from the Bilge Pumps, but (and I was very pleasantly surprised to find this out) but the first three articles referred to ME and the interview they did with me on the phone. I actually referred to this site during the interview, but that didn't make it into the actual story. For those that would like to read the article, here is a link to the report: Somalia spoils fun for make-believe pirates I know it didn't really give us the best exposure, but a little exposure is better than no exposure. (And I read several of the comments which were not very flattering....) C. Jackson Morick Towain, Captain of the Interno
  3. In case anyone is interested, I am the captain of a pirate crew that is more geared towards the GLBT community based in Dallas, TX, but is open to anyone as long as they have an open mind. We are also geared towards the Hollywood stereotype, mainly for comfort reasons. groups.yahoo.com/group/piratebrethrenofTexas
  4. The Pirate Brethren of Texas is currently recruiting new members. We're a GBLT and GLBT-friendly group based in Dallas, Texas. We are mainly a male only crew, but will consider a female crew member on a case by case basis. Our website is http://www.geocities.com/piratebrethrenoftx/index.html We also have a Yahoo group for prospective members to join, at groups.yahoo.com/group/piratebrethrenofTexas With Scarborough Renaissance Faire quickly approaching, I'd like to try to get a few new crew members before this happens (especially when our crew currently comprises of myself and our historian.)
  5. This search has gone on for a year now, with little success, so I'm going to post here about it again in case anyone can help me out with locating this style of shirt. What I am looking for is a wrap around shirt. I know Center Stage Costumes used to have it in their online catalog (I've emailed them about it, in case they might have the capibility of selling one of them.) I found a good example of the shirt I'm looking for. The example I want to refer to is in the Autumn 2006 issue of the Pirates Magazine. There is a segment at approximately page 79 called "A Pirate's Journal". The shirt depicted in the photos in that segment is the exact type of shirt I'm looking for. And to put any minds at ease, I went through all the vendors listed in the NQG website's merchants list, and couldn't find it. I couldn't even find a pattern for the style of shirt I am looking for..... Any help would be greatfully appreciated! Morick Towain
  6. If this is the wrong place for this post, I apologize in advance for putting this in the Rabble Rousing section. I'm not quite sure which forum to put this in, so I'm putting it here. While at Scarborough Faire last Sunday, I came to the realization that many of the various pirate crews in Texas tend to be seperate, and don't have much communication with other crews (I know my crew doesn't have much correspondance with other crews and I'd really like to open some correspondance with the other crews (yes, I used a few big words there.). In light of this, I have created a Yahoo group, solely to {here come some more big words) facilitate communication between the various pirate crews, whether they be geared towards the Historically Accurate or Hollywood Stereotype, so that they can coordinate events and so that they can possibly have a more interesting turnout. For those pirates in Texas (whether they be captains or otherwise) that would like to join such a group, I would encourage them to come to the following web address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PirateCrewsOfTexas I think in the long run, this will make things more interesting for the various crews in Texas! Morick Towain Captain of the Pirate Brethren of Texas
  7. Just adding something I found today: MTV has several interviews with some of the voice actors, and one in particular includes a small (3-4 second clip) from the Port Royal segment, with Jack Sparrow talking, with the PotC movie theme in the background. If I hadn't read the Electronic Gaming Magazine article that said that Johnny Depp was not voicing Jack Sparrow in Kingdom Hearts II, I'd think that it was Johnny Depp, but that's only based on the small snippet that I heard. In case anyone is interested in viewing this clip, the address is: www.mtv.com/overdrive/?lnk=v&name=playlist&vid=76259&source=OD_VIDEO:playlist:David+Gallagher+on+Kingdom+Hearts+II+ The PotC snippet is right at the end of the interview, which is about a minute or so long. Morick Towain Captain of the Pirate Brethren of Texas
  8. I didn't see a post about this, so I thought I'd post something about it. I've actually known about this for about four to five months now, but in the upcoming Square-Enix/Disney collaboration, Kingdom Hearts II, one of the game worlds is "Port Royal".....where the game's hero, Sora, encounters characters from Pirates of the Caribbean, including Jack Sparrow and Barbossa. In fact, not only does the Sora character interact with the characters of Pirates of the Caribbean, but he can remove one of his two main party members (Donald Duck and Goofy), and put Jack Sparrow in that character's place. The game has already been released in Japan (a few days before Christmas last year), so has the soundtrack for the game. I've gotten a chance to hear some of the soundtrack, including the music for the Port Royal section. Each section has at least two major music themes, a exploration theme, and a battle theme. I was very pleased to hear that the battle theme for Port Royal is the PotC movie theme (not the ride theme). For those that would like to see what the game looks like, a website has the footage from all the cutscenes of the game, including both visits to Port Royal (the first that looks to somewhat follow the movie's storyline,(I think it does, but I don't speak Japanese.....)the second as a seperate storyline that now involves the PotC characters.). This website is www.kh2-vids.net. Note that the videos there are in Japanese....there are some people working on fansubing the videos, but they havn't done the Port Royal section. The only sad part of this whole thing is that, according to Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), Johnny Depp and the other PotC actors will not be voicing their appropriate characters. They say it's due to "scheduling conflicts". The game is supposed to be released for the Playstation 2 console at the end of March, and I'm personally planning to get a copy of it (especially since I've played and really enjoyed the first Kindgom Hearts game). I'm really looking forward to it! :-) Morick Towain Captain of the Pirate Brethren of Texas
  9. I'm still searching for somewhere that I can buy this type of shirt. None of the vendors listed in the NQG's Merchants list sell the type of shirt I'm looking for..... Morick Towain
  10. That was the first place I went to, in order to find the shirt I was looking for. Unfortunately, none of the vendors there had it (or at least I couldn't find it.)
  11. It's coming up on the three year anniversary of the forming of the Pirate Brethren of Texas, and since it's inception, we've had no more than 4 members. I'm going to post here, just in case anyone might be of the right persuasion (and perversion) to join our motley crew. Here's the information: The Pirate Brethren of Texas is a male only crew comprised of gay and gay-friendly men. We do not focus on making members dress historically accurate, and encourage members to dress more towards the Hollywood stereotype (because it's more comfortable!) if they wish. This does not mean that a member can't dress in full historically accurate garb, but they shouldn't complain to another member because they're not "period". We hold a weekly social night on Wednesday Nights at the Throckmorton Mining Company bar located in the Cedar Springs area of Dallas. (Directions can be provided upon request.....just be prepared, it's a gay bar. Straight (gay-friendly) people do frequent the bar on Wednesday nights though.) We try to go to several of the renaissance faires in Texas, including Scarborough Faire and Texas Renaissance Faire. We also are working on orgainizing the "Gay Pirate Gathering" held at a campground an hour from Dallas each year in August which includes food, contests, and a lot of piratical fun. (We had a trial run last year, which went moderatly well. Didn't go exactly as planned, but we're going to do better next year!) We're also planning to have movie nights and costuming nights throughout the year, once things get sorted out schedule-wise. Many of the current crew members have been in movies and TV, although not piratical themed, including being in the audience for the courtroom reality show "Eye for an Eye", as well as being background extras in the upcoming Disney production "Invincible". We tend to have opportunities for the crew to participate in movie/tv shows as background extras on a semi-regular basis, although they tend to not be pirate themed.) We like our members to be courteous of other religeons other than their own. (One of our members is Wiccan, another is Christian, and a third is pretty much an atheist). The only major requirements for membership are that they be in the state of Texas, male, over 21(with few exceptions), and either be gay or gay-friendly. If anyone is interested in joining, please feel free to visit our Yahoo group and join the prospective member group, located at groups.yahoo.com/group/PirateBrethrenofTexas. Morick Towain
  12. It's close, but not quite what I'm looking for. After a while of hunting, I did finally find a photo of someone wearing the type of shirt I'm wanting to find. Because I don't have the permission of the photo owner to post it, I'll just give the information as to where I found the photo. The photo I'm referring to is on the Pyrate Leatherworx website (www.pyrate.org), in the "Ports O' Call" section. There's a photo of them at Mansfield with four people in it. The style of shirt I'm looking for is the same style of shirt worn by the second person from the left side of the photo. That's the style of shirt I'm looking for. Morick Towain
  13. A while ago, I found a shirt online, don't remember where off the top of my head, and I'd like to try to find where I can buy such a shirt. I've seen it worn by some people at some of the faires I've been to. The best way I can describe it the shirt is similar in style to wrap pants where the shirt is put on like a jacket, split in half down the middle, and then the bottom of the shirt is wrapped around the waist like a belt, tieing in the back with the other side. If anyone might be able to direct me as to where I might find a shirt similar to this decsription, please let me know! Thanks in advance! Morick Towain
  14. I honestly don't know how the game works at the moment. Apparently I don't quite meet minimum system requirements to play the game. (Have to upgrade my Operating System from Windows 98 to Windows XP.....should be done sometime this month.). Morick Towain
  15. I'm about to start playing the Second Life game. I'm curious if anyone from here happens to play that, as a pirate. Morick Towain Captain of the Pirate Brethren of Texas
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