Splinter

Well, Lads & Lasses. Please set yer course to www.pyraterus.com which is the homeport for the Brotherhood Of Oceanic Mercenaries (or B.O.O.M.) which happens to sail out of Portland OR. (check the "Crews Ta Sign On With" on the NQG website, too. We are always lookin' fer able bodied crew ta make their mark on our Articles. Splinter Quartermaster "Rose"

I will tell you, lads and lassies, that I count meself fortunate in that I have had the distinct pleasure of attendin' ALL of the Festival de Piratas since their inception, and no finer a Pirate Shindig is to be had on any of the Seven Seas. The first year, the Festival was held at the Snake & Weasel Pub in NE Portland (no finer a fittin' name for a galley full of sea dogs !!) which quickly met it's capacity and the party spilled out into the streets *luckily, the neighbors were of a partyin' mind as well....arrr). The legend continued the next year as a larger forum was needed to hold all of the Bretheren that showed... at the Medicine Hat Lounge and Concert Hall... a fabulous gatherin' of coastal cuties and rabble rousin' rogues. Conan's Pub stepped up as the venue for last year and this year, but this past Festival had to top them all with the attendance and musical mayhem that ensued. A fabulous piratical legacy is bein' built here in the City o' Roses... argh. I hav from the Good Captain himself that next year's Festival is hoped to be an outdoor event, against a watery backdrop along the river or perhaps Blue Lake..... I can be assurin' all of ye that the Brotherhood Of Oceanic Mercenaries (B.O.O.M.) and the crew of the "Rose" will all be in attendance. Fair winds, me hearties !! May yer powder be dry and yer bilges be wet!! Splinter

Argh,. Lads. I did not receive any type of mails from ye. Send up yer signal flags again, and I will endeavor to read 'em through the fog. As fer the Canadian reference, nay, we be not any Royal ship o' the line, but a crew of "pre-emptive salvage specialists" sailing of our own account against all flags... arrrgh. Splinter Quartermaster "Rose"

Argh, Lads and Lasses. The crew of the stout ship "Rose", gentlemen and ladies of fortune all, will be sailin' into the Washington Renaissance and Fantasy Faire for the next 3 weekends in Gig Harbor, WA. The sweet trade is gatherin' a full sail lately, and we have been at several events this summer already... email portlandpyrate@hotmail.com or see our listing in NQG's "Crews Ta Sign On With".

I will have to agree with Jamaica Rose on this one. "The Swashbuckler" with Robert Shaw and a host (and I do mean host) of stars... why, there's James Earl Jones *my faoverite scene, Jamaica, is where Red Ned (Shaw) and Nick Debrett (Jones) are chasing after Maj. Folley's (yes that was his name... Major Folley, played by BEAU Bridges) carriage, climbing aboard, doing away with the coachmen, and swinging into the coach next to the Major, all while spewin' forth randy little limericks. Also, ye have Genevieve Bujold *before her mental breakdown* and Peter Boyle... as well as a young Angelica Huston in her very first screen role .. she says not a word thoughout the entire film, but her presence as the evil Lord Durant's mistriss is chilling...(shades of Morticia Addams), and also Avery Schrieber and Tom Clancy *of the Clancy Brothers, not the espionage novelist ..harharhar... if ya listen closely, ye can even hear him in the background on several of the shipboard scenes shantyin' away) .. and of course, the biggest star of the movie, the Golden Hind II as "The Blarney Cock". I love this movie because I remember when it came out, way back in '76, it was playin' on HBO, and I watched it over 20 times that month.. harhahrhar... and I just now found it on DVD at Barnes & Noble. Guess what I'll be watchin' tonight !! Keep yer riggin' taut and yer wenches taught !! Splinter Zatara p.s... Speakin' of wenches, one o' the best exchanges in the whole movie occurs between two unnamed pyrates, extra's if'n ya will, who are watching Genevieve Bujolks *as Jane Barnet* cat-fightin' with a barmaid over a stolen brooch, and they be bettin' on the outcome: 1st pyrate: "My money's on the little whore..." 2nd pyrate: "That's no whore, that's Lord Barnet's daughter..." 1st pyrate: "Argh..one man's daughter is another man's whore..." Now that's Pyratical !!!!

Argh, lads and lassies of sea farin' songs... Revels, Inc. has two fine CD's out *you can get them on-line, too* called *Blow Ye Winds In The Morning" and "Homeward Bound*. Most of the songs are whaler types, but still, some great singin' and shantyin'. *Homeward Bound* has two great songs for lady pyrates as well "The Maid on the Shore* (a standard where I hail from, but a great rendition* and *A Maid of Seventeen* about a lass who makes herself up as a lad and joins the Royal Navy .. all is well until a lady falls in love with her *of course* and spoils it all. Splinter Zatara the pyrate ship *ROSE*

Fair Time O' Day to all ye free-rovin' gentlemen and ladies of fortune out on the horizon ! I would like to let all of ye know that this year's Washington State Renaissance & Fantasy Faire will be havin' a MAJOR pyrate/privateer presence this year. It is in it's 7th year in Gig Harbor, and the Brotherhood of Oceanic Mercenaries (B.O.O.M) will be there to provide the pyriatical presence. We are a blackpowder group, and we are well armed *4 cannon so far, and a host of small arms* We would like all of ye to know that our camp *right next to the tavern ARGH* and our kegs will be open to all of ye bretheren o' the sea during the run of the faire, which is the first 3 *yes, 3* weekends in August. See our announcement in "crews ta sign on with* if ye be interested in making yer mark on our Articles. Splinter Zatara Mate - the pyrate ship *ROSE*