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I came across the term 'Fop Rock' on wikipedia because I was looking at some info on Adam Ant. So let me give you guys a definition: "A more recent and minor trend is "fop-rock," in which the performers don 18th century wigs, lace cravats, and similar costumes to perform, a minor movement that would appear to owe something to glam rock, visual kei, and the New Romantic movement. Adam Ant of Adam and the Ants would seem to be a forerunner of the trend, who occasionally performed in elaborate highwayman outfits. Other notable examples would be Falco's performance as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the song "Rock Me Amadeus," a #1 hit in the US and the UK, and #2 in Canada in …
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Granted, not piracy. But how is it related? Well... we know someone involved in this Con who's involved in Reenactor Fest, too. :) FREE ADVERTISING for which I'm sure they will greatly enjoy! CyPhan is a new Sci-Fi convention in the Chicago area! ANYTHING Sci-Fi! June 25 - 27, 2010 at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Illinois (see a pattern here?). Special guests: Nicki Clyne (Battlestar Galactica) and Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis & Firefly)! More info, check out the website: CyPhan Also... for those of you not in the Chicago area and are unable to view the commercial during Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe, check out their commercial on …
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I'm sure we all have a pirate music playlist on our ipods or on our computers. I'm sure we all have soundtracks from pirate movies/musicals, sea shanties, drinking songs, classical music, pirate metal/rock, etc, BUT do you have some other stuff on your pirate playlist that isn't really pirate music but it just happens to fit in anyway? List it! - "Rhyme of The Ancient Mariner" by Iron Maiden - "Barracuda" by Heart - Various Beach Boys songs - "Jolly Roger" by Adam Ant - "Ito Eats" and "Blue Hawaii" by Elvis - "Down by The Water" by PJ Harvey - "Seven Seas of Rhye" by Queen - "Come Sail Away" by Styx - Gilligan's Island Theme Song - "Singapore", "Shiver Me Timber…
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hey folks. below is an email floating around one of the ropemaking sites i subscribe to. while not pirate related, its darned neat footage of the wright brothers and the instrument discussed is a simple piece of line. neat stuff all the same. -dutch Do you know what was the first flight instrument? STRING! Wilbur Wright used a piece of string - called a yaw string - as early as their 1902 glider. It was used to gauge their sideslip angle. I edited this little video from original 1908-1909 footage of the Wright brothers' flights in Europe. At the end of the video you can see the first film footage ever taken from an airplane - and you can clearly see the yaw string dangl…
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Well I can know say I know exactly how many piratical weapons will fit inside a guitar case. 2 cutlasses, 6 pistols, three daggers, one marlinspike, a baldric and two belts. Had to pack the weapons in a hard shell case for my trip this weekend.
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Chuck Norris 1 2
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Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried. When Chuck Norris has sex with a man, it is not because he is gay, but because he has run out of women. There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist. Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement. Before each filming of Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris is injected with 5 times the lethal dose of elephant tranquilizer. This of course, to limit his strength & mobility, in an attempt to lower the fatality rate of the act…
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Just a reminder to everyone here that May 2 is International Scurvy Awareness Day! Eat a lime and celebrate being scurvy free! Visit http://www.limestrong.com/ to learn how YOU can help spread the word!
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Vivaldi's Concerto in G Minor...the Allegro...
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since the original version of this topic seems to have been deleted (several years ago), I had to start a new version to show you all this: I'm sure you're all gratified now. (What were those things with the long whispy legs that we chattered on about back in the original topic? Does anyone remember?)
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I'm back home and after having an bug (had fevers on the way home and last night). Anyways, I wanted to publicly than the wonderful and knowledgeable staff and rangers at the Charles Towne Landing historic site (where Charleston, SC started before moving across the Ashley River to Oyster Point). While there, I had the opportunity to: - Show people around the Adventure, a reproduction of a 1670s trading ketch. - Sleep on said Adventure. - Fire a reproduction Saker, as part of a battery of 2 sakers and 2 demi-culverns. We used period-correct commands too. - Hang out w/ a bunch of cool and neat reenactors from Florida and Maryland (St Mary's) at a period camp. For t…
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I heard about the earthquake that just hit late this afternoon. I know some you live close enough to have been affected - are you okay??
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Babies were born last week. Amusing to watch. Owl Cam
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So my sister had some bad kidney infections when she was younger then had spinal fusion surgery in her 20's. She is a missionary that lives in California with the love of her life Adam Hoffman and they truly enjoy spreading their message all over the globe. Despite all advances in medical science though, her faith was tested by finding out she can never concieve. They started the process for adoption over two years ago and yesterday she met with the birth mother and the baby is due on May 5th. I really want to be there for her but I won't be able to fly into Cali until June. I may also need a place to stay due to their house being extremly small. If anyone here live…
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Babies! 1 2
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no, no baby on board this ship yet... But I have started to wonder how babies play in piratical reenacting? How do you ladies deal with pregnancy in the field? What adjustments do you make? And what about infants? I don't want to give up reenacting just because I get pregnant, besides... it seems to me it would be very "pc" given how often women were pregnant. BUT it is important to be safe and healthy, what solutions have you come up with? And there is also the issue of clothing... What do you think?
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Wondermark
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A link to this comic was posted on my Facebook page. I liked it so much, I decided to share it here. It is great stuff. Not piraty, but still fun.....Enjoy. Wondermark
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Ok first off I'll apologize for the fact there is no link here but my BB doesn't do copy and paste. I found a reuters article on the yahoo science news RSS feed about the remains of a two year old female dog from the wreck of the Mary Rose being on display at Britians Cruft Dog Show. Pretty neat little article. I had thought of posting it in Twill but figured it may be better suited here. A google search on cruft hatch will bring it up but you'll have to look for it.
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http://www.autism-society.org/site/TRC/1Power/1Power_interior?fr_id=1440&pg=center Asking my fellow Pirates to help out by donating to the National Autism Society. Those of you that have known me are aware of my son Ethan's autism and since I could not find anyone to host a show for April to donate the proceeds too I set up this page on line instead. There may not ever be a cure, but with your help there will always be hope. Our goal this year is $10,000. Thanks for the support. Capt. Scurvy
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On my way back from Jacksonville from Searle's Raid, I was reading Wired Magazine, and it had an article alla bout how Google does web searches fer information..... But does anyone else notice how often Google is one of the logged on members..... reading what we are posting.... Hey, cool... Pyracy Pub is kinda the source of pertinent information on historical Pyracy......Well at least Pyracy.....
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I always find this stuff fascinating.. The huge Sumatra quake a few years ago was said by geologists to have vibrated the whole earth.. Chile Earthquake May Have Shortened Days on Earth Tue Mar 2, 10:00 am ET The massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet, a NASA scientist said Monday.The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Perhaps more impressive is how much…
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Is Tori "Mad Sally" Baur, her husband "Ol' Chumbucket" John a member of this forum? THey were on Wife Swap, a goofy show where two families switch wives for 2 weeks. The pirate family was well, let me say uh, different. Really something to behold.
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Ahw... man... cigarettes just went up to $6.37 a pack...... Guess it's time to switch totally over to smoking a pipe.... Anyone else having this problem?
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MY SON ALEX WILL BE HEADING OFF TO UNITED STATES NAVY BOOTCAMP ON MARCH 18 THEN ON TO HIS AVIATION ORDINANCE SCHOOL THEN ON TO S.E.A.L. TRAINING. HE'S THIRD GENERATION NAVY. . . ME: JOURNALIST, MY DAD: CORPSMAN, MY UNCLE: RADIOMAN, ALEX'S MOM'S DAD: SIGNALMAN, CYN'S DAD: MACHINEST MATE. PARDON ME FOR GETTING VERY DRUNK TONIGHT. . .ALEX'S GOING AWAY PARTY WILL BE ON MARCH 13.
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I guess there is a day for everything or something for every day and then some, see the link for a list of foods and their celebrated day or month or holiday. http://www.tfdutch.com/foodh.htm
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Just wondering what the weather be like where ye all are. I live in Spokane Wa and it's been raining for the past week in a half. Cold and wet, makes me wish I was on a boat...........or in a pub
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You will have to excuse me, Mission, as i really have been out of the TV loop for about 9 years (see earlier post). But I can't help but wonder, what shows have been on TV since 2000 that you think are good? No really, this is not meant as a slam or nuthin', but I am curious what you like. Personally, Medical shows bore me, I never was (or will be) a Trekkie as i never really "got" star trek nor cared about any of its iterations. Cop shows are the same thing over and over (to me) and Reality TV is a show about people that I could care less about (so, I care less)..... 24 was interesting. It was a roller coaster ride, but season one was enough and I never looked back…
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