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Saturday, November 07, 2009

PIRATE NEWS & UPDATES from No Quarter Given (Nov. 6, 2009)
Current mood:Pillagin', piratin', & plunderin'

NO QUARTER GIVEN - 16th ANNIVERSARY PIRATE UPDATE
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Oceanside Tall Ship Festival
Yucca Valley Pirate Days
Pirates in Paradise
2nd Annual Blackbeard Pirate Memorial
Recap of Pyrate Daze at the Queen Mary
... and more

Ahoy me hearties,

Thanks to so many of you who came to our West Coast 15th Anniversary Party. It was the kick off event for Pyrate Daze on the Queen Mary. Thanks to There Be Pirates! who performed that night celebrating the
release of their new album "Pirates in the Desert". What a beautiful night and what a great place for pirates to gather - in the Observation Lounge and out on the Queen Mary's decks. See more below about Pyrate Daze.

Now, although we just had our 2nd 15th Anniversary celebration (an anniversary can be celebrated the whole year, right? ... in fact, Disneyland took 18 months to celebrate their 50th anniversary), November 1st marked the 16th Anniversary for No Quarter Given. Our first issue was mailed out in Nov. 1993. Thanks to all of you who have supported us and contributed to No Quarter Given. If you missed out on those early years of No Quarter Given magazine, you can still get them in our Collected Volumes. For more details, see: http://www.noquartergiven.net/collection.htm

WHERE TO FIND NO QUARTER GIVEN
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS
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This Weekend -- OCEANSIDE TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL
Website: http://www.oceansidetallshipfestival.com
WHERE: Oceanside,CALIFORNIA
Location: Oceanside Harbor,at the Dolphin Dock - see map and directions on website.
Pirates, tall ships, and SINGING MERMAIDS!
Cannon battles, tall ships: Lynx, Californian, and visiting schooner Amazing Grace. Pirates, BELLY DANCERS, musicians. Costume contest. FREE ADMISSION!!!! The Mermaids will be singing and available for photos. (Their tails created by the same person who made the mermaid tail for the movie SPLASH).
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Next Weekend -- YUCCA VALLEY PIRATE DAYS
Website: http://www.yuccavalley.org/268.html?sm=98750
When: Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 10:00 AM
Where: 56625 Little League Dr., Yucca Valley, California
Pirate camp. Costume contests for adults, & for kids. Cash prize. Day long entertainment. Meet Cap'n Jack Sparrow and actors from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Raffle prizes - top prize is a $6000 backyard spa, with lots of other great prizes. Benefits local schools.

PIRATES IN PARADISE
No Quarter Given will be there
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Website: http://www.piratesinparadise.com/
When: Nov. 28 - Dec. 6, 2009, with the Fort Taylor Pirate Fest is scheduled for Dec. 3-6, 2009
No Quarter Given is finally making it back to the Florida Keys for one of the premiere pirate gatherings for pirates across the country. We are really looking forwards to this trip, and hope to see many of you there. If you've never been to Pirates in Paradise, see the above website for a great video overview of the event. Pirates, in an historic fort, overlooking turquoise blue tropical waters, white sandy beaches, palm trees galore, in a town that feels like you are in an exotic foreign country, wandering streets where everyone accepts and welcomes you in pirate garb, lots of pubs and grog and rum. Warm, balmy nights. 'Tis truly a paradise for pirates.
There's a ton of events scheduled - cruises, parties, pub strolls, End of Hurricane Season celebration, thieve's market, battles, tryal of Anne Bonny & Mary Read, a Buxom Wench contest (a certain No Quarter Given personage is rumored to be judging this contest -- send all bribes and gifts to captmichael@noquartergiven.net), a Bad Ass Pirate contest (another No Quarter Given personage is rumored to be judging this contest -- and she is also open to all bribes and gifts), and many more rollicking goings-on.

2nd ANNUAL BLACKBEARD PIRATE MEMORIAL
November 22, 2009
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In the last issue of No Quarter Given we featured an article about the 1st Blackbeard Pirate Memorial. Now, the 2nd annual memorial is approaching, held on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, at the site of the Battle of Ocracoke. See the NQG "ON THE HORIZON" webpage for more details: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calendar.htm

OTHER UPCOMING PIRATE EVENTS
FOR 2009
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The summer may be over, but there's still a lot of piratin' going on. See upcoming events at the NQG "ON THE HORIZON" webpage: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calendar.htm
Bookmark the page. Check frequently for we are adding events all the time. Here's a listing of events coming up soon. Go to the above website to see links to their webpages and get lots more details:
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November 6th through 8th: Black Raven Comes to Jacksonville Landing
Jacksonville, FLORIDA
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November 7th, 2009: Calico Jack Adventure Weekend
St. George Island, MARYLAND
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November 7th & 8th, 2009: Oceanside Tall Ship Festival
Oceanside, CALIFORNIA
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November 7th & 8th, 2009: Pirates by the Bay
Havre de Grace, MARYLAND
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November 12th thru 22nd, 2009: Cayman Islands Annual Pirates Week Festival
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
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November 13th thru 15th, 2009: 2nd Annual Saint Augustine Pirate Gathering
Saint Augustine, FLORIDA
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November 13th, 2009: Raid on Aldea for St. Jude Children Research Hospital
Phoenix, ARIZONA
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November 13th, 2009: In Garb Pub Crawl
St. Augustine, FLORIDA
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November 13th & 15th, 2009: 7th Annual American Heritage Festival
Queen Creek, ARIZONA
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November 14th, 2009: Yucca Valley Pyrate Days
Yucca Valley, CA
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November 14th & 15th, 2009: Pirate's Christmas! at the Carolina Renaissance Festival
Huntersville, NORTH CAROLINA
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November 14th & 15th, 2009: Tall Ship Cannon Battles on San Diego Bay
San Diego, CALIFORNIA
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November 21st, 2009 through April 4th, 2010: “Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship”
Norfolk, VA.
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November 21st & 22nd, 2009: Pirate Adventure Weekend at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival
Hammond, LOUISIANA
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November, 22, 2009: 2nd Annual Blackbeard Pirate Memorial
Ocracoke, NORTH CAROLINA
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November 28th through December 6th, 2009: PIRATES IN PARADISE
Key West, FLORIDA
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December 4-6, 2009: Reenactor Fest 6 - Philadelphia
Cherry Hill, NEW JERSEY
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December 11th, 2009: In Garb Pub Crawl
St. Augustine, FLORIDA
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MINI SCHOONER FOR SALE
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Southern California pirates might be familiar with the PRIVATEER. Though only 15'11", this small vessel is a real working top-sail schooner. She is now on the market for $ 16,000.00. That will include 3 rail and 3 deck 12 ga. cannons. A turn key pirate ship. She is willing and able to carry up to 6 adult buccaneers at a time. You can see her at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/ships2.htm
Those interested can contact owner Mike Mandis by phone 541-514-5208 (Pacific Time Zone) or email: mfmandis@gmail.com

SAD NEWS
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For those of you who were fans of the No Quarter Given PyRats, we are sad to report that Capt. Bartholomew Roberts (aka Bart) on Oct. 22 moved on to Fiddler's Green, in a nice tavern heaven full of cheese and rum. He is survived by his shipmate and brother, Capt. Henry Morgan (Hank). [Aye ... we know he was just a rat, but he did touch a lot of hearts in his brief 19 month life. That little guy had a lot of personality and spirit.] You can view a lot of photos of him at the PyRat's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nqgrats

PYRATE DAZE ON THE QUEEN MARY
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Over 1000 of you came to spend a weekend celebrating all facets of pyracy. The British navy lads defended the Queen Mary from a pirate invasion. Abney Park successfully invaded Saturday evening for the Buccaneer Ball. Several other musicians serenaded during the weekend - Rusty Cutlass, Rillian and the Doxie Chicks, Willoughby Caught, and more. The Steampunk pirates invaded on Sunday. Huzzah to Mitch Toles for organizing and hosting a great event. The Queen Mary was a great venue - right on the water, with a great historic environment. The vendors area with three levels and the open court in the middle was a great set up. The music from the stage in the middle on the bottom level carried up to the other levels with the great natural acoustics.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/events/pirates-versus-steampunks-at-p/
See my photos at:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=329306395&albumId=1373093
More lots more photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43303564@N08/
http://www.ocwcsdc.com/memberphotos/woody/pdsp09/index.html

PIRATE CAKE EPISODE ON ULTIMATE CAKE OFF
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Huzzah to Kap'n Kula for his great appearance on TLCs "Ultimate Cake Off" Pirate Cake episode. Kap'n Kula got to decide who won the $10,000. We were unable to find out from Kap'n Kula if he took any bribes, but we are sure, bein' the true pyrate he is, he did us proud.

RICKY IS A ONE-EYED PIRATE
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Ricky the Hawk, long time contributor to NQG, has undergone the surgeon's knife, and now, for a while, is a one-eyed, eyepatch wearing, pirate. He wants all his friends to know he came through his procedure well and good. Ricky, we wish you a continued and speedy recovery, lad.

RECENT NEWS OF
PIRATES & MARITIME INTEREST
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In order to cut down on the number of links in this email (as lots of links in an email raises security concerns with your ISP, and we've probably already listed too many), I won't list all the news item links. We list news items as we get them, and post them at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/NewsMedia.htm
Bookmark this page, and visit frequently to learn the latest in pirate news. Here's recent items listed from the past couple of months:
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10/21/09
Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship
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10/16/09
Downtown Atlanta could get pirate museum
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10/8/09
State's 'Pirates' ship too dirty for Calif. Washington's official state
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10/7/09
Top 5 blunders of Somali pirates: Somali pirates attacked a French Navy ship by accident Tuesday night.
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10/7/09
'On Stranger Tides' Author Tim Powers Discusses How His Story Fits Into A 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Universe
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10/7/09
How Somali pirates hijacked the Lemaçons's sailing trip of a lifetime
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9/18/09
10 great places to swashbuckle down
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9/7/09
Man Fires Cannonball Into Neighbor's House
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9/6/09
NOT PIRATES AFTER ALL: Missing channel pirate ship carried Russian arms for Iran
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9/4/09
'24' director drifts to 'Sea Witches' film
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9/3/09
Teaching the "Slave Ship" to Prisoners Inside Auburn Prison - Marcus Rediker
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9/1/09
Peek Inside a Pirate Crew at the Magic Kingdom
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8/27/09
Spielberg eyes Crichton's Pirate Latitudes for DreamWorks
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8/14/09
Fort Pierce Museum Gets Lifeboat From Pirate Rescue
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8/9/09
Pirates take over Beaufort

Safe harbours and full tankards to you all,
--Jamaica Rose
(Christine Lampe, editor of No Quarter Given)
http://www.noquartergiven.net

"I have to fix a place to keep my mermaids warm."
-- comment from one of the organizers of the Oceanside Tall Ship Festival

[Find archives of past NQG email Pirate Updates at:
http://www.noquartergiven.net/email.htm ]

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Mid-South Buccaneers - a pirate oriented forum

If you aren't connected enough with other pirates, here's another venue:

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Visit Mid-South Buccaneers

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

KEY WEST BOUND - looking for pirates to share rental car to Pirates in Paradise
Current mood:Key West Festive
Category: Blogging

The cap'n and I are heading to Key West for Pirates In Paradise. We will be driving down from Ft. Lauderdale airport (Jet Blue) on Sat. Nov. 28. We're returning Dec. 7 or 8 (flying out Dec. 8 at 4:30 pm).

Who would like to share a rental car - split the costs and gas? Not sure if we'll keep the car (or van, if needed) for the duration - or drive down, turn it in, then get it again to drive back up. That part is up for discussion.

If you haven't gotten airfare yet for Pirates in Paradise, check Jet Blue now, if they fly out anywhere near you. We got airfare from Long Beach, CA, to Ft. Lauderdale for $228 each!

If you haven't been to Pirates in Paradise, you can see photos from our last trip at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/pip2002.htm

--Jamaica Rose

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Friday, September 18, 2009

No Quarter Given West Coast 15th Annivesary, PYRATE DAZE KickOff & There Be Pirates CD Release Party

Any excuse for a PARTY WITH OUR PIRATE FRIENDS ...

Hosted By:
NO QUARTER GIVEN, "There Be Pirates", & PYRATE DAZE (www.pyratedaze.com)

When:
Friday, September 18, 2009

Where:
Queen Mary
1126 Queen's Highway
Long Beach, Ca. (800) 437-2934
90802

Description:
Sept. 18, 2009, starting at 9 pm
Talk Like a Pirate Day EVE Festivities:

THREE EVENTS INTO ONE:
All FREE*

1) 15th Anniversary No Quarter Given West Coast Celebration (will also be celebratin' turnin' in our book project "The Big Book of Pirate Stuff" -- deadline is Sept. 15)

2) There Be Pirates "Pirates in the Desert" CD Release Party

3) Pyrate Daze Kick Off Event - http://www.pyratedaze.com

During our party will be your LAST chance to purchase Pyrate Daze day passes for Sat. or Sun. at the pre-sale price of $20. At the door, on Sat. and Sun. they will be $25 for each day.

However, you will NOT be able to purchase the Package deal that includes the Sat. night Masquerade. Sales for those tickets will be cut off one week before the event (if they aren't sold out earlier). So if you want to see Abney Park in concert, dance & party with the coolest of pirates, plus get dinner, best you be gettin' those tickets soonest as you can! Only $80, which is only $40 more than buying two day passes at the pre-sale price.

****CORRECTION: The Pyrate Daze Vendor room will not be open to everyone on Friday night. It will be open to paid members and by invitation that night. On Saturday and Sunday it will be open to those with paid memberships.

Click Here To View Event

(*While the party is free, the Queen Mary charges for parking. We are working on getting discounted rates. Bring a ship-load of pirates with you and split the costs).

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

From a spy at Disney - NEW TITLE for POTC4
Current mood:Excited and Hopeful

From our spy at Disney:

"The big Disney D23 event is going down in Anaheim, California this weekend, and the news is flowing fast. The biggest announcement so far has to be confirmation of a subtitle and a date for the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean outing. And it is? "On Stranger Tides". Yes, we know… thrilling? The most interesting aspect of that new name is its link to Tim Powers' 1987 pirate fantasy, which shares the title. And just happens to feature a character named Jack and the fountain of youth, touted as a likely plot for the new... "

Jamaica Rose speakin' again - I instantly thought of Tim Powers book "On Stranger Tides" when I saw the Fountain of Youth on the map at the end of POTC4. It's a great tie-in for the movie. If you haven't read the story before, you might want to do so now. It involves a lot of voodoo magic, the search for the Fountain of Youth, Blackbeard, and the main character's name is JACK!

This is even more special for me because I used to run into Tim Powers occasionally when he worked at the tobacco shop at "The City in Orange" (several years ago it was revamped as "The Block"). That was back in the 80s I guess before he hit it big as an author.

Well, it looks like I'll have to dig out my copy of "On Stranger Tides" and read it again.

Learn more about Tim Powers: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2341694/
And click on the news items there to get a slew of articles about this announcement (included below).

--Jamaica Rose

Summary of ON STRANGER TIDES:

"Puppeteer John Chandagnac, bound for Jamaica to recover stolen money from his uncle, becomes Jack Shandy after pirates attack his ship and force him to join their crew. Shandy's struggle to accept his new life grounds the story for readers, even as Blackbeard and vodun magicians whisk everyone away to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth itself awaits. The chaotic sea battles sing, though at times key events happen so quickly that they get lost in the shuffle as Jack tries to comprehend where he's going and what's at stake. This dark fantasy tale will appeal not just to pirate fans but also to anyone who appreciates Powers's talent for blending the most unlikely elements into a brilliantly cohesive whole."

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4 GETS A TITLE
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that the fourth movie in their lucrative Johnny Depp franchise will be titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the studio is scheduling it for a summer, 2011 release date. The details of the story aren't yet known, but it is expected to focus more on the Jack Sparrow character, with Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom not expected to return, in what is expected to also start a second trilogy of movies. On Stranger Tides will be directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) from a script by the writing team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, who also wrote the first three movies.

Title for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 hints at story

1 hour ago | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Disney has been giving previews of its upcoming releases at the company's D23 Expo in California.

Among the activities at the Anaheim Convention Centre was the arrival of Johnny Depp in full Captain Jack Sparrow costume.

Depp took to the stage to announce the title and release date of the fourth instalment in the Pirates franchise.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is its name, and we can expect to see it in summer 2011.

The film was earlier said to be about Sparrow meeting up with Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in the newly founded New Orleans and embarking on a quest for the Fountain of Youth.

This appears to be true, as On Stranger Tides is the name of a 1988 Tim Powers' seafaring novel in which a main character (also called Jack) travels with pirates to an island to find that mythical wellspring. It seems Disney bought »

- David Bentley

See full article at GetTheBigPicture.net »

'Pirates 4' Gets a New Title, Looks Like an Adaptation

6 hours ago | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Disney is getting huge mileage out of its D23 Expo, which is making more headlines than the Toronto Film Festival this week for some of its new marketing swag, the announcement that it will partner with Guillermo del Toro on a new production house, and now, the first full details about Pirates of the Caribbean 4. As you can see, it already has a title - On Stranger Tides - which I actually really dig, and we know that Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush will be back aboard the Black Pearl.

The title hints at what Disney has maintained for quite a while, that a fourth film would be a little smaller and a little less down the middle than a Disney summer movie would indicate. Of course, the third one was pretty bizarre, as well, but there was no chance that would fail, so it was loaded with all kinds »

- Colin Boyd

See full article at ScreenRant.com »

Title Revealed For Pirates of the Caribbean 4

14 hours ago | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

We recently found out the supposed plot for the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which, according to Hollywood Elsewhere, would feature Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Co. searching for the infamous Fountain of Youth. It’s not been officially announced but it seems plausible, and at this point we have no reason to think that it’s false.

So with that “semi-confirmed” plot (whatever that means) in mind, you could be forgiven for assuming Pirates 4 would be titled something akin to, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Search For the Fountain of Youth” or simply “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Fountain of Youth.” But no, at the D23 Disney Fan Expo, a logo/banner for the fourth Pirates movie was unveiled and it revealed the name and the release date: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has a (general) release date of Summer 2011.

On Stranger Tides, »

- Ross Miller

See full article at firstshowing.net »

Big Disney Updates: Muppets, Pirates, & Guillermo, Oh My!

18 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

More and more news just keeps flooding from the D23 Expo and thankfully they sent us press releases, so we don't have to physically be there to hear about a few big announcements. I'll be honest and say that I'm not absolutely enthralled with all three of the following announcements, but two out of three isn't bad. So first let's jump right into the one that I'm not entirely psyched about, but I'm sure that plenty of other people are. Johnny Depp was on hand as Captain Jack to tell everyone about the title of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment of the series to be released summer 2011. Though plot details are scarce at this time, the crew at Cinematical might have an interesting lead on the story. It seems there exists a a novel by Tim Powers, that just happens to be about pirates, and »

- Ethan Anderton

See full article at TheMovingPicture.net »

Fourth Pirates of Caribbean Gets a Title

19 hours ago | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Disney's D23 Expo is currently underway in Anaheim, California and the studio’s Chairman Dick Cook officially revealed the next Pirates movie will be titled Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Johnny Depp, who appeared in full pirate costume during the announcement, is signed on to reprise his role of Jack Sparrow. No other plot details have been release, but the subtitle has already led to speculation. Rumors suggest the new film may be based on Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides novel. The novel won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1988, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award the same year. In the book, Puppeteer John Chandagnac, who was sailing to Jamaica to get revenge on the uncle who had stolen his father's inheritance, has no choice but to join the buccaneers who have taken him prisoner--and soon, known now as the pirate Jack Shandy, »

- James Cook

See full article at Cinematical »

Is This The New 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Plot?

20 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

So about that Disney announcement -- well, the one about Pirates of the Caribbean and its new title (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) and release date (summer 2011). It just so happens that there is also a novel called On Stranger Tides about pirates by one Tim Powers (which we briefly mentioned in our other post). The plot is striking in that the main character is also named (or renamed) Jack, and the plot revolves around him finding the Fountain of Youth, which is not only a recurring theme in the Pirates movies but was the rumored title of the fourth installment.

Here's the plot summary from Amazon via Publishers Weekly:

World Fantasy Award-winner Powers (Three Days to Never) demonstrates a precise control of complex narratives in this reprint of his rollicking and enchanting 1987 novel. Puppeteer John Chandagnac, bound for Jamaica to recover stolen money from his uncle, becomes »

- Jenni Miller

See full article at Rope of Silicon »

Official Title for 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' Announced

21 hours ago | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Photo: Walt Disney PicturesThe official title for the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been announced and it is Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, to which Devin Faraci at Chud has pointed out bares resemblance to Tim Powers' "On Stranger Tides". The description of the book from a Publishers Weekly review at Amazon.com reads as follows: World Fantasy Award-winner Powers (Three Days to Never) demonstrates a precise control of complex narratives in this reprint of his rollicking and enchanting 1987 novel. Puppeteer John Chandagnac, bound for Jamaica to recover stolen money from his uncle, becomes Jack Shandy after pirates attack his ship and force him to join their crew. Shandy's struggle to accept his new life grounds the story for readers, even as Blackbeard and vodun magicians whisk everyone away to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth itself awaits. The chaotic sea battles sing, »

- Brad Brevet

See full article at TotalFilm »

Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 gets a title

21 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

The big Disney D23 event is going down in Anaheim, California this weekend, and the news is flowing fast. The biggest announcement so far has to be confirmation of a subtitle and a date for the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean outing. And it is? On Stranger Tides. Yes, we know… thrilling? The most interesting aspect of that new name is its link to Tim Powers' 1987 pirate fantasy, which shares the title. And just happens to feature a character named Jack and the fountain of youth, touted as a likely plot for the new...

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- James White

Disney Announces 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' Date, Title!

22 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

At Disney's D23 they kept the movie surprises coming for nearly two hours, announcing a slew of new information about their upcoming slate of films for the next couple of years, and they trotted out John Travolta, Robert Zemeckis, Jerry Bruckheimer, Nic Cage, Miley Cyrus, and ... Johnny Depp in full costume as Captain Jack Sparrow. Yes, we're not kidding, and boy do I hate the "no cameras in the arena" rule that Disney busted on us. Of all the things to miss a photo of.

So yes, Pirates 4 is coming out in Summer 2011. That's probably the biggest news. What else did they announce? Check it out below ...

Disney's The Princess and The Frog will be screened at the Disney Studio in Burbank, which is being opened to the public for the first time ever, from November 25th through December 13th. The new Muppets movie will be called The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made. »

- Kevin Kelly

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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Smear Campaign coming from GUESS WHO again?
Current mood:Shaking head in disapproval

Derogatory messages are shown to come from IP Address of Pyrate Con

We understand that several of you may have received a message yesterday from “Buccaneers of Tortuga.com”. It was signed by “Pirate Treasures”.

Just in case there was any question about who this message was TRULY from, we checked with other messages we got and saved in the past. We double-checked the IP address of the yesterday’s message header and compared it with earlier messages we received.

We received announcement messages from Pyrate Con 2009

info@pyratecon.com

IP - [212.227.126.172]

The earliest we have saved is from February 7, 2009 (before the 2009 event in New Orleans)

We have received messages from

IP - [212.227.126.172]

The earliest was on May 3, 2009 announcing the new Buccaneers of Tortuga clothing line, signed by Capt’n Red Eye

Yesterday’s message from “Buccaneers of Tortuga.com”

info@arrrpiratetreasures.com

IP - [212.227.126.172]

was received Sept. 7, 2009

You will note that although these messages seem to come from three different email addresses (using different domains), they ALL have the exact same IP address which means they all came from the same source.

Yesterday’s message was NOT from the group Buccaneers of Tortuga (started by Armand Bordeaux deLagarde, Piranha, Jules Evermore, Stormy Seas, and others).

The logo used in yesterday’s message is being used WITHOUT permission of the original artist. That logo (without the one eye colored red) was created by Michael Perry for use by the group Buccaneers of Tortuga (Armand, Piranha, Stormy, etc).

(MySpace page for the original group: www.myspace.com/buccaneersoftortugaowner)

Original Buccaneers of Tortuga Logo designed by Michael Perry

Banner created by the original Buccaneers of Tortuga group (note similarities with banner used in the message below - only the one below has a website added, and the logo has one eye a different color).

Shayna of Dress Like a Pirate has received and publicly posted similar messages in the past from this same source. Otherwise, we would not publicly post such a derogatory message.

It’s a shame some people have nothing better to do than to attack people and cause trouble. Makes you wonder what other recent controversies might have been caused by this same individual using other names and email aliases.

--Jamaica Rose

(Christine Markel Lampe)

Here is the text of yesterday’s message:

-------- Original Message --------....

Subject: Problems with Dress Like a Pirate....

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:14:13 +0200....

From: info@arrrpiratetreasures.com....

Reply-To: info@arrrpiratetreasures.com....

To: jamaica@noquartergiven.net....

Greetings all

It has been called to our attention that we have received several complaints that Shayna Vest owner of Dress like a Pirate merchandise is substandard and that her clothing line ( which is NOT her line its a company in the far east, we too deal and buy merchandise from this source just they put our labels/tags like its our brand !)is " a one time use" at top dollar.one of the major complaints are that her line bleeds in the washer !! anther complaint is that she will ship something totally different then what is ordered to bank the money rather then refund.

We have never done business with her nor do we ever plan to, her practice of business is very unprofessional at best.our line is made here in USA and backed by a full warranty, because of the mass demands for our line , we cant keep up with the high demand there for we have partnered up with another company that we highly recommend and they are called "To Be a Pirate" ( www.tobeapirate.com) they have been in business longer then Dress Like Pirate and they backed their product 100% and compare their line with Shayna Vest Dress like a pirate.If you had a problem with her line and she refuses to resolve please contact the Better Business Bureau. ( BBB) in Portland,Or where her business is located she is a one person shop out of her home THERE ISNT A WHEREHOUSE HER BUSINESS IS IN HER BEDROOM BASEMENT !I know this i have been there to help her to organize her stock and business.Please if you have any questions dont hesitate to email me

Pirate Treasures

PS here is their sites compare their prices and see for yourself.
http://www.tobeapirate.com/

www.dresslikeapirate.com

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

The WOLF is at the DOOR - Mallory & McCall need HELP!
Current mood:Call for HELP!

To those who care about our friends Mallory and McCall and want to help:

A lot of you came to one or more of the benefit concerts held earlier this year in Southern California to help Mallory and Jan. A lot of you donated in many ways. Mallory and Jan were overwhelmed and very surprized by how many of you cared and wanted to help! They didn't realize they had so many friends.

Your efforts kept the wolf at bay for a while, but now he is here, and it looks like the foreclosure is going to happen.

Help is needed in many ways. Help finding a new living place, help finding a "clunker", help packing and moving. They live just west of downtown Los Angeles. If anyone wants to help, contact Jan at: malloryandmccal..l@yahoo.com AND Lynn Snead of Moonstruck at: moonstruck...originals@..verizon.net

You can also join the Yahoo group of "Friends of Mallory and McCall" at: Friends_of_MMc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The need is dire. Read the message below from Jan to get the details. Mallory is just recently returned from a second visit to the hospital. He can do nothing to help. Jan is not doing too well herself, stressed out over worry and caring for Mallory.

Unfortunately, Michael and I can not lend much of a hand until after Sept. 15. That is the deadline for our book project. We are under contract, and must get it in by then, and we need every minute until then.

I'm hoping some of you can help.

--Jamaica Rose
(Christine Markel Lampe)

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: The wolf howls - Loudly!
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:51:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mallory and Janna ..
To: skeletoncrewpir..ateband@..malloryandmccal..l.com

Sorry about another group mailing. Some of you may get more than one and others who should will not get this at all. But it is the best way I know to get the word out, so bear with me.

Hi Friends,

Well, we have cried wolf and now he is clawing and drooling at our door. Unless a miracle happens, we have to be out of our house by mid-September. That's two weeks! We were pretty sure we had a few months reprieve but we were informed today that our house is being auctioned off on September 8. Wachovia says this is final. Our biggest concern, besides our own personal problems with this, is that many old houses are being bought up cheap, the interiors trashed (ours is beautiful, with wood columns, stained glass and the like) and divided up into multi-units. We bought our house in 1980 with the hope of saving it from such mutilation. How sad.

As for us, well we are not anywhere near ready. We were pretty sure that the house would be sold to a neighbor on what is called a "short sale," which would give us more time. Now, we don't even have a place to live! Almost nothing is packed and ready (nearly 30 years and more of collecting costumes, props, antiques and the like are far from sorted and packed). Mallory cannot help (more about that later) and it's all on me (Jan) as I'm the one who has to decide what to trash and what to keep. The light at the end of this tunnel is that we have a 40 ft. container on Lynnie and Steve of Moonstruck's property waiting for the stuff that can manage the heat. The down side is that unless we can find some able-bodied volunteers, we will have to hire people to load and unload a lot of heavy stuff, including some pianos! As for the things like our harps, several of which we'd intended to sell, well, they have to find a place to be that is not too hot (very bad for instruments) until we can arrange sales. Many good people tried very hard to save our house and we so appreciate it. The sad thing is that the banks don't give a hoot that we are disabled and were swindled out of the money that they loaned us before we even saw it. What a world!

We just got home from a week in the hospital--a re-run of the month spent in Cedars early summer. I say "we" as I have lived on a cot in the Captain's spartan quarters all that time. Here's the Reader's Digest version of the story: Apparently Mallory caught an infection (E. Coli) after his operation July 4th. For those of you who don't know, he, in a matter of a couple of days, found he couldn't walk. The doctors decided to do the big operation on his back even though it was supposed to wait six more months so his bones could get stronger. But since there was pressure on a nerve in his back causing the numb legs, and the surgeon had to go in anyway, he put metal all the way up his spine. He is slowly relearning to walk, but he stands tall for the first time since the day the photo was taken for the "Kings of the Sea" CD. So Mallory & McCall are on our way back. The Skeleton Crew Pirate Band will live again!

Needless to say if you know of any senior or disabled housing, or even a reasonable apartment (funky is fine), we need to hear about it. We also need a cheap automatic transmission car that runs well and stops when asked--it can look terrible, but it needs the basics to get us around town. We don't care how it looks, but Mallory needs to get his wheel chair in the back.

Again, many thanks to all for your help in the past. Without you, we would not have come this far! And if the wolf at our door is a werewolf, well, that's an old friend! We know how to deal with him!

Cheers and Good Wishes,

Jan (Mac the Wife)

Visit us at www...MalloryandMcCal..l.com
and don't miss our exotic and unusual neckpieces at www...MalloryandMcCal..l...com/..PiratePrimitive...html

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

NQG vending at World Renaissance Faire - Aug 8th & 9th - Irvine Lake
Current mood:rather disappointed
Category: Parties and Nightlife

POST-MORTEM:

This event has promise. It was on a nice green grassy area, right next to the water. A very pretty location. The overall idea of Renfaire by Day, and Fantasy Faire by night is rather unique, and should be explored more.

The booths close to the shore of the lake had a beautiful view.

The joust was GREAT. It was exciting, and well-presented. The announcer had a loud clear voice, and drew in the crowds by making it sound so thrilling.

At night, the fairies came out to play. There was a GLOW parade. An interesting idea that should develop more.

Unfortunately, many of the vendors were not prepared with lights to stay lit up at night. It's a shame, for it would have looked very pretty and fairy-like with a lot of twinkle lights around the lake shore. Since most vendors were closed, those that stayed open at night spread out, far apart, and didn't get much business.

The evening's musical entertainment was a modern sounding blues band. With all the local renfaire and pirate musical talent available, it's a shame they didn't book one of them.

The event needed MORE people. We think they could have easily gotten a lot more if there was better signage and directions.

Many people told us they got lost trying to find the event location. Several ended up at Irvine PARK (which has a lake), instead of Irvine LAKE. Both places are off of Santiago Canyon Road. If people didn't get fooled by the Irvine Park signs, and kept driving, they would eventually see Irvine Lake (it's hard to miss). But finding the entrance is another thing. There was only a very SMALL sign at the turn off to Irvine Lake, hard to spot. The entrance at Irvine Lake is on a curvy canyon road - so drivers can't take their eyes off the road much to try to read a tiny sign. The sign board was huge, and a much larger sign could easily have been posted. Then, once people turned into Irvine Lake, they were still getting lost, because there was no sign for the right parking lot.

The driving directions on the website were lacking. They get you onto Santiago Canyon Road (the road Irvine Lake is on), but don't tell you how many miles to the entrance, or which side of the road it's on, or give any landmarks to look for. Or don't warn you there is a park with a similar name on the way.

There is a lot of weekend traffic on Santiago Canyon Road. If there had been a large butcher paper sign, hand-painted with "RENFAIRE HERE" on it, they could have drawn in a lot more walk-ins to the event. (We know a professional sign is expensive, but a sign like any cheer-leader squad paints to cheer on the basketball team, would have been very cheap, and would have helped a lot).

We hope to see this event next summer, but we also hope the organizers will learn from their first time experience, and make this a much more memorable, fun, and better-attended event.

FREE PIRATE BUTTONS!!! (see below)

Hosted By:
Ambassadors of St. Peter Actors Guilde

When:
Saturday, August 08, 2009 10 am to 10 pm
Sunday, August 09, 2009 10 am to 5 pm

Where:
Irvine Lake
4621 Santiago Canyon Rd
Silverado
92676

Description:
No Quarter Given will be vending at the World Renaissance Faire. Fresh in, we have the new 2010 Hot Pirate Babe calendars from Tiger Lee.

Meet the PyRats, Bart and Hank!! Kiss a rat for luck!

WORLD RENAISSANCE FAIRE: Renaissance Faire by day, Fantasy Faire by Night. Weather is supposed to be much cooler this weekend than it has been - predicted to be in the high 80s or low 90s. Buy your tickets online and save $2 each.

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Sunday, August 02, 2009

THE COVE: "It didn't take filmmakers to make this film. It took pirates."
Current mood:heartbroken and angry
Category: Pets and Animals

I've heard a lot about this new documentary film "The Cove", about a travesty against dolphins.

It was featured in Film Week yesterday (KPPC fm radio, Pasadena): http://www.scpr.org/programs/filmweek/

Today there was a segment on Weekend All Things Considered (NPR):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111377218

And also this story below from the LA TIMES.

The next dolphin slaughter will take place again in September. Maybe if there is enough outcry and protest from the rest of the world, the Japanese will do something to stop it. There is a page about "What You Can Do" on the official movie website: http://www.thecovemovie.com/
They tell you where to send letters, and what else you can do.

--Jamaica Rose

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From the Los Angeles Times

MOVIES

'The Cove' was covert, dangerous filmmaking

To shine a light on the mass slaughter of dolphins in Japan, filmmakers risked arrest -- and potentially worse.

By Rachel Abramowitz >>>

August 1, 2009

How does one expose the secret systematic slaughter of 23,000 dolphins?

It helps to have a billionaire, plus a dedicated activist, a neophyte filmmaker, two of the world's best free-divers, a former avionics specialist from the Canadian Air Force, a logistics whiz trained in transporting pop-music stars around the world, a maritime technician, a military infrared camera for night cinematography, unmanned aerial drones, a blimp and fake rocks specially designed by George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic to hold secret cameras.

Also required? A willingness to risk arrest, police harassment and potentially much worse.

That was the "Ocean's Eleven"-style team assembled to make this year's Sundance sensation "The Cove," the unconventional true-life environmental thriller that brings to light the mass killings of dolphins, specifically those exterminated in the Japanese port village of Taiji, just south of Osaka. The footage in the film, which opened in L.A. theaters Friday, is shocking -- a tranquilly beautiful Japanese bay turned red with the blood of dolphins, as well as graphic images of fishermen spearing the gentle, highly intelligent sea mammals.

Unlike their larger cetacean brethren whales, dolphins are not protected by the worldwide ban on commercial whaling that has been in effect since the 1980s. Taiji, a bucolic town filled with boats bearing the images of happy dolphins, is, as shown in the film, essentially a dolphin bazaar for marine theme parks hunting for their next attraction, and they are willing to pay $150,000 per dolphin. Unselected dolphins are herded into a heavily protected secret cove where they're slaughtered for food, never mind the fact that, as the film makes clear, dolphin meat is chock-full of mercury -- or as one on-screen scientist states: The creatures are essentially swimming toxic waste dumps.

The $2.5-million film, three years in the making, was born of the friendship between National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos and Netscape founder Jim Clark, old dive buddies who spent the last 10 years traveling the world searching for the best reefs, which they soon realized were dramatically deteriorating each time they returned.

Psihoyos recalls being in the Galapagos Islands and watching "long-line fisherman fishing in a marine sanctuary" and seeing "bombed out reefs in Indonesia." In response to the devastation, Clark launched the nonprofit environmental group the Oceanic Preservation Society, and Psihoyos began working on what initially was going to be four TV documentaries about the endangered oceans and their species.

Psihoyos started attending mammal conferences and stumbled upon the hero of his documentary, Ric O'Barry, in 2005. The 68-year old O'Barry, an endearing and obsessed activist, was the original trainer of the five dolphins who played "Flipper" on TV and blames himself for the worldwide popularity of commercial sea parks with their live dolphin acts, a practice he now decries. "A lot of the dolphins in the third world are in people's swimming pools. It's a copycat syndrome," says O'Barry, now a marine mammal specialist for the Earth Island Institute, and leader of the Save Japan Dolphins coalition. "People go to Sea World, and say, 'Wow I can do that.' There're dolphins all over the Caribbean, and Mexico -- the whole area is like a dolphin theme park with deplorable conditions. When I see them there, I feel directly responsible. I know the TV series helped to contribute to this mess. There are $2 billion in profits that come from the captive dolphins."

Filmmaking 101

At the time, O'Barry was on his way to Taiji, where he's been going several times a year in an effort to stop the slaughter, often with journalists in tow, and he invited Psihoyos to join him. Seeing the filmic potential in the trip, Psihoyos signed on, although the acclaimed photographer first decided to take a three-day filmmaking course.

"We're all professionals, just not at this," says Psihoyos, with a laugh. "I don't know if this movie could have been made by a professional crew. A professional crew would have turned around and ran. A producer would say 'This is nuts. How long is it going to take? How much is it going to cost?' There were just too many unknowns. The risk of getting hurt or jailed was daily. It didn't take filmmakers to make this film. It took pirates."

Indeed, the film depicts two commando missions into the cove, which is surrounded by razor-wire fences and policed by vigilant fisherman, desperate to keep their business out of the spotlight. There were actually 14 cloak-and-dagger operations into the protected cove to accumulate enough footage, and a dedicated runner who every day personally and craftily spirited the film out of town. "The reality was a lot scarier than the film shows," Psihoyos says. "We got ran out of town by the police twice." These days, when O'Barry makes his still frequent pilgrimages to Taiji, he always goes in full-blown disguise.

Clark brought in another diver buddy, actor-filmmaker Fisher Stevens ("Short Circuit"), to produce and comb through the nearly 600 hours of film. Stevens in turn brought in other professionals, including editor Geoffrey Richman ("Murderball" and "Sicko") and writer Mark Monroe.

Stevens insisted that Psihoyos actually become the on-screen narrator of the story, providing a charismatic and handsome figure through which to tell the story. "He didn't want to do it at first," recalls Stevens, who eventually convinced him. "The idea was this is not a just a documentary -- it's more like a thriller."

Psihoyos says that many of his stories for National Geographic had "an activist bent," but he also had maintained the belief that "a journalist is supposed to be a fly on the wall, he's not supposed to be part of the story. Still I realized if nobody gets active, then nothing would get resolved. I felt it was time to stand up."

Psihoyos and O'Barry hope the film will generate awareness and help bring change to the situation in Taiji. As a country, Japan has also opposed extending the international whaling ban to dolphins. Speaking before the film's commercial release, O'Barry noted, "[The Japanese] don't know this tsunami of bad publicity is coming their way. In Japan, they call it 'giatsu,' which translates into external pressure. . . .[This] movie is giatsu on a massive scale."

rachel.abramowitz

@latimes.com

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