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| The Scurvvy Dawgs pirate comedy group and variety act. We are sailing into a port near you aboard the three-masted barkentine "The Bloody Keel". Look for us this year at a Renaissance Faire close to your port if you be in the Great Lakes Area.. We are based out of Waukesha Wisconsin, and we are a cutt-throat band of salty sea-dogs ready to entertain. We have an awesome show lined up this year. Plenty of laughs, comedy, fire and sword play. We also have opened an online store to sell reasonably priced leather goods and accessories for pirates and rennies or if Ye just like leather. A special thanks to Steve Spitzer for all of the photographs ans support he and his family have extended us. Much appreciated!!! We provide a wide variety of entertainment. Singing sea-shanties, fencing demonstrations, FIRE-BREATHING, FIRE EATING and FIRE-KNUM-CHATKA, stories for young and young at heart, street performance and of course comedy.We are pirates, scallywags ,scoundrels, salt of the earth sea dogs, buccaneers,privateers,scum, blackhearts,we perform at renaissance fairs, or renaissance faires (see you can spell it with or without the "E"), public or private events, fund-raisers. Pirates to be or not to be that is not the question. Id like to extend a special thanks to Jen from Mystic Metal Weavers for being such a kind-hearted soul to a bunch of Scallwags this year. As well Id like to also extend a special thanks to Ron Schanefish who had us do a private pirate party in Jefferson Ohio which went off with a bang....See you in August Ron. And finally many many thanks to the faires we have been to in the past and ones we will perform at this year Janesville, Lyons, Western Michigan, Mayfaire, Wausau CT, Illinois Ren Faire, Soberfest, Cotswold, Wisconsin Ren Faire, Port Washington Pirate Festival, Shiabruck, Des Moine, Derbyshire, Sprizzo's and the private events as well.Links to all these fine places can be found on our links page Pirates, pirates,pirates,pirate,pirate,pirate just gotta love those pirates. We are currently looking for reviews of our act please e-mail me if you would like to submit a review Rogue's Gallery official press release now available! Wednesday June 21, 2006 GORE VERBINSKI, JOHNNY DEPP AND HAL WILLNER JOIN FORCES WITH ANTI RECORDS FOR THE AUGUST 22 RELEASE: “ROGUE’S GALLERY: PIRATE BALLADS, SEA SONGS & CHANTEYS” BONO, STING, LOU REED, BRYAN FERRY, JOHN C. REILLY, RICHARD THOMPSON, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, LUCINDA WILLIAMS ARE AMONG THE DIVERSE ARTISTS ON THIS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION “The ocean. It’s all about the vast blue that engulfs two thirds of the planet. The human being cast against that abyss creates an interesting bit of perspective. I think the sailors of the time were dancing with death, and these were their tunes. They resonate with people on some internal level that is not immediately obvious because it’s not in our memory, it’s in our blood. It operates on a cellular level. It’s what makes us feel so alone.” --Gore Verbinski Film director GORE VERBINSKI, actor JOHNNY DEPP and music producer HAL WILLNER have joined forces with ANTI RECORDS for the truly extraordinary two-CD set ROGUE’S GALLERY: PIRATE BALLADS, SEA SONGS & CHANTEYS. Due out August 22, the collection is filled with contemporary reinterpretations of songs from a genre of music that has all but disappeared. BONO, STING, NICK CAVE, BRYAN FERRY, LOU REED, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, RICHARD THOMPSON, GAVIN FRIDAY, VAN DYKE PARKS, ANDREA CORR and RUFUS WAINWRIGHT are only a few of the distinguished artists who turn in uncompromising and honest performances that illuminate the power of traditional sea songs. The idea for ROGUE’S GALLERY originated when Verbinski and Depp were working on their second film together, the upcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. “I slowly became fascinated by the idea of a contemporary reinterpretation of the sea chantey,” explains Verbinski. “I imagined the artists that I listen to and respect doing their take on this age-old music: the song of the sea.” Verbinski then “described the project in detail to my old friend Brett Gurewitz (owner of Epitaph and Anti) who immediately understood its wondrous and strange potential. I also asked Johnny Depp if it might be something that he would like to be involved with. He has a great musical aesthetic, and as my partner in the films, his opinion is one I value. I’ve always believed Johnny is a musician first and the actor thing is just his day job. We met with Brett and put together a list of artists that we intended to go after, but were immediately confounded with the question: who would produce? Who would be mad enough to take this on?” The project took shape when Hal Willner became “the captain of this vessel,” says Verbinski. “From that germinating withering pubic hair of an idea, Hal set sail and returned with what you hear today. He did everything.” Willner brought his knack for matching maverick musicians with extraordinary material to the project, as shown on his best-selling Disney tribute album Stay Awake and his acclaimed tributes to Kurt Weill, Charles Mingus, Nino Rota and others. “When I was asked to do the album, I went into a world I didn’t know--which is what appealed to me,” says Willner. Immersing himself in antique bookstores, eBay, old record stores, and the Internet for hours and hours, Willner collected some 600 songs and then went about narrowing the song selection down for the album. In March 2006, the recordings began--and the process was joyously freewheeling. “We were just crawling around, just seeing who was around,” he explains. “The Akron/Family was rehearsing, so we recorded them. And then we found Baby Gramps. And that’s kind of how we worked all over. We’d go up to London or Dublin or to New York and L.A., with just a sketch and one or two things planned. And then we got on the phone. Most of the time people just came into the studio. We picked a song, and they went for it. Basically there were a number of house bands: one in London, one in Dublin, one in New York, two separate ones in L.A., one in Seattle. We would camp and people would come in and leave or join in for the whole day. One day we did eight songs with eight different artists. Two of those artists didn’t know they were going to be in the studio that day. I just loved working this way because you wouldn’t do that with an artist normally.” Asked about the Sting contribution “Blood Red Roses,” Willner says, “He was totally natural for this subject. He comes from Newcastle. He grew up hearing these things--it’s interesting how you hear a lot of little Beatles melodies in these songs. You know, Liverpool was a big port, and Australia and Maui and Cape Cod. Sting grew up with a lot of these songs, as did John C. Reilly. So he just came over to the studio, I gave him some songs and he just jumped into the process.” 60 songs were recorded for ROGUE’S GALLERY; 43 appear on the album. “Hopefully, there will be a volume two. I have half of it recorded already.” Willner says: “I came to age in the late sixties and early seventies of variety shows and concept records. I look at these records like you’re eating a full meal. There’s always your entrée, your vegetable that you don’t like but it’s good for you. And you want to cover it all. You need to establish the unknown, the famous, the obscure. Usually in the past I’ve always found that the secret weapons on these records are any new artists because you’re coming at it without expectations. And there’s other people that you’ve heard for years--but on that side it goes to another level.” Willner is now anxious for others to discover the enchanting mystery of ROGUE’S GALLERY. "Obviously I want people to love it the way I do,” he says. “I would hope that it works on a level where they just want to go and close their eyes and have an experience--and come out of it the same way I came out of it, wanting to hear more. Put this record in your collection as a classic--that was Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp’s idea.” Proud of what all of the artists have brought to the album, Verbinski says that the “recordings are vibrant, inspired, rough hewn, and imperfect in that way that only perfection achieves.” ROGUE’S GALLERY has a perfect home on Anti, the Epitaph Record-affiliated label known for releasing albums by classic renegade artists like Merle Haggard, Tom Waits and Nick Cave. Says Willner: “I think this was the original punk music in an odd way. You can hear it in songs like ‘Bully in the Alley’ and ‘A Drop of Nelson’s Blood.’ It’s there.” The complete ROGUE’S GALLERY track listing is as follows: CD 1 1. Cape Cod Girls - Baby Gramps 2. Mingulay Boat Song - Richard Thompson 3. My Son John - John C. Reilly 4. Fire Down Below - Nick Cave 5. Turkish Revelry - Loudon Wainwright III 6. Bully In The Alley - Three Pruned Men 7. The Cruel Ship's Captain - Bryan Ferry 8. Dead Horse - Robin Holcomb 9. Spanish Ladies - Bill Frisell 10. High Barbary - Joseph Arthur 11. Haul Away Joe - Mark Anthony Thompson 12. Dan Dan - David Thomas 13. Blood Red Roses - Sting 14. Sally Brown - Teddy Thompson 15. Lowlands Away - Rufus Wainwright & Kate McGarrigle 16. Baltimore Whores - Gavin Friday 17. Rolling Sea - Eliza Carthy 18. The Mermaid - Martin Carthy & the UK Group 19. Haul On The Bowline - Bob Neuwirth 20. Dying Sailor to His Shipmates - Bono 21. Bonnie Portmore - Lucinda Williams 22. Shenandoah - Richard Greene & Jack Shit 23. The Cry Of Man - Mary Margaret O'Hara CD 2 1. Boney - Jack Shit 2. Good Ship Venus - Loudon Wainwright III 3. Long Time Ago - White Magic 4. Pinery Boy - Nick Cave 5. Lowlands Low - Bryan Ferry w/Antony 6. One Spring Morning - Akron/Family 7. Hog Eye Man - Martin Carthy & family 8. The Fiddler/A Drop of Nelson's Blood - Ricky Jay & Richard Greene 9. Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold - Andrea Corr 10. Fathom The Bowl - John C. Reilly 11. Drunken Sailor - David Thomas 12. Farewell Nancy - Ed Harcourt 13. Hanging Johnny - Stan Ridgway 14. Old Man of The Sea - Baby Gramps 15. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Van Dyke Parks 16. Shallow Brown - Sting 17. The Grey Funnel Line - Jolie Holland 18. A Drop of Nelson's Blood - Jarvis Cocker 19. Leave Her Johnny - Lou Reed 20. Little Boy Billy - Ralph Steadman |
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Admiral of the Black - A title given to the leader of the Brethren of the Coast. aft - At, in, toward, or close to the stern of a ship. ahoy - An interjection used to hail a ship or a person or to attract attention. American Main - The eastern coastal lands of North America. Arr! - An exclamation. avast - A command meaning stop or desist. aye (or ay) - Yes; an affirmation. ballast - Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to enhance stability. Barbary Coast - The Mediterranean coastline of North Africa, from Egypt to the Atlantic coastline. barkadeer - A small pier or jetty vessel. barque (also bark) - A sailing ship with from three to five masts, all of them square-rigged except the after mast, which is fore-and-aft rigged; a small vessel that is propelled by oars or sails. belay - (1) To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin. (2) To stop, most often used as a command. belaying pin - A short wooden rod to which a ship's rigging is secured. A common improvised weapon aboard a sailing ship, because they're everywhere, they're easily picked up, and they are the right size and weight to be used as clubs. bilge - (1) The lowest part inside the ship, within the hull itself which is the first place to show signs of leakage. The bilge is often dank and musty, and considered the most filthy, dead space of a ship. (2) Nonsense, or foolish talk. bilged on her anchor - A ship holed or pierced by its own anchor. bilge rat - (1) A rat living in the bilge of a ship. It is considered the lowliest creature by pirates, but many pirates take to eating the animals to survive. (2) An insulting name given by a pirate. bilge water - Water inside the bilge sometimes referred to as bilge itself. black jack - A leather tankard. black spot - A black smudge on a piece of paper used by pirates as a threat. A black spot is often accompanied by a written message specifying the threat. Most often a black spot represents a death threat. Blimey! - An exclamation of surprise. blow the man down - To kill someone. boatswain (also bosn or bosun) - A warrant officer or petty officer on a merchant ship who is in charge of the ships rigging, anchors, cables, and deck crew. boom - A long spar extending from a mast to hold or extend the foot of a sail. booty - Treasure. bounty - Reward or payment, usually from a government, for the capture of a criminal, specifically a pirate. bowsprit - The slanted spar at a ship's prow which is the furthest front of the ship. It is usually used as a lead connection for a smaller, navigational sail. It was from the bowsprit that Blackbeard's head was hung as a trophy. Brethren of the Coast - A self-given title of the Caribbean buccaneers between 1640-1680 who made a pact to discontinue plundering amongst themselves. After 1680, a new generation of pirates appeared, who did not trust each other and the fraternity ended. brigantine (also brig) - A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts. bring a spring upon her cable - To come around in a different direction. broadside - a general term for the vantage on another ship of absolute perpendicular to the direction it is going. To get along broadside a ship was to take it at a very vulnerable angle. This is of course, the largest dimension of a ship and is easiest to attack with larger arms. A "Broadside" has come to indicate a hit with a cannon or similar attack right in the main part of the ship. Buccaneer - A pirate, especially one of the freebooters who preyed on Spanish shipping in the West Indies during the 17th century. The buccaneers were first hunters of pigs and cattle on the islands of Hispanola and Tortuga, but were driven off by the Spanish and turned to piracy. Buccaneers were said to be heavy drinking, cruel pirates. bucko - A familiar term meaning friend. \cable - A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship. cackle fruit - Hens eggs. capstan - An apparatus used for hoisting weights, consisting of a vertical spool-shaped cylinder that is rotated manually or by machine and around which a cable is wound. careen - To take ia ship into shallower waters or out of the water altogether and remove barnacles and pests such as mollusks, shells and plant growth from the bottom. Often a pirate needs to careen his ship to restore it to proper speed. Careening can be dangerous to pirates as it leaves the ship inoperable while the work is being done. carouser - One who drinks wassail and engages in festivity, especially riotous drinking. case shot - A collection of small projectiles put in cases to fire from a cannon; a canister-shot. Cat o'nine tails (or cat) - a whip with nine lashes used for flogging. "A taste of the cat" might refer to a full flogging, or just a single blow to "smarten up" a recalcitrant hand. Chain Shot - Two cannonballs chained together and aimed high in order to destroy masts and rigging. chandler, or ship-chandler - see sutler. |
| chantey (also chanty, shantey or shanty) - A song sung by sailors to the rhythm of their movements while working. chase - A ship being pursued. ie: "The chase is making full sail, sir" translates to "The ship we're after is going as fast as she can." chase guns - cannon situated at the bow of a ship, used during pursuit. clap of thunder - A strong, alcoholic drink. clipper - A fast moving ship. code of conduct - A set of rules which govern pirates behavior on a vessel. coffer - A chest in which treasure is usually kept. cog - A small warship. come about - to bring the ship full way around in the wind. Used in general while sailing into the wind, but also used to indicate a swing back into the enemy in combat. Corsair - (1) A pirate, especially along the Barbary Coast; a romantic term for pirate. This term was used for Christian and Muslim privateers in the Mediterranean between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Barbary corsairs centered on North African states and were often "hired" by Muslim nations to attack Christian ships. The Christian Corsairs were known as the Maltese corsairs and they took their orders from the Knights of St. John to attack the Turks. (2) A pirate ship, often operating with official sanction. coxswain - A person who usually steers a ship's boat and has charge of its crew. crack Jennys tea cup - To spend the night in a house of ill repute. crimp - To procure (sailors or soldiers) by trickery or coercion, or one who crimps. crow's nest - A small platform, sometimes enclosed, near the top of a mast, where a lookout could have a better view when watching for sails or for land. cutlass - A short, heavy sword with a curved blade used by pirates and sailors. The sword has only one cutting edge and may or may not have a useful point. dance the hempen jig - To hang. Davy Jones' Locker - A fictional place at the bottom of the ocean. In short, a term meaning death. Davy Jones was said to sink every ship he ever over took, and thus, the watery grave that awaited all who were sunk by him was given his name. To die at sea is to go to Davy Jones' Locker. deadlights - (1) Strong shutters or plates fastened over a ship's porthole or cabin window in stormy weather. (2) Thick windows set in a ship's side or deck. (3) Eyes. ie: "Use yer deadlights, matey!" dead men tell no tales - Standard pirate excuse for leaving no survivors. doubloon - A Spanish gold coin. draft - The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded; the minimum water depth necessary to float a ship. draught (also draft) - (!) The amount taken in by a single act of drinking. (2) The drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg. driver - A large sail suspended from the mizzen gaff; a jib-headed spanker. execution dock - The usual place for pirate hangings, specifically on the Thames in London, near the Tower. fathom - A unit of length equal to six feet, used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths. fire in the hole - A warning issued before a cannon is fired. fire ship - A ship loaded with powder and tar then set afire and set adrift against enemy ships to destroy them. flogging - The act of beating a person severely with a rod or whip, especially the cat or the punishment of being beaten. fluke - The broad part of an anchor. |
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