Rutter Stew - Dead Reckoning

We are working out a game for the Dead Pirate Society and the Pirate Fiesta.

 

We like the looks of the Dread Pirate game, but have yet to play it.

Source

http://www.amazon.com/Front-Porch-Classics-CL01014-Signature/dp/B000089RUP

The Shipyard Float - Guy Fawkes Bridgewater Carnival

A phenomenal float.  Ingenious.

Iris Apfel is a Pirate Queen!

Source - http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/06/iris-apfel-albert-maysles-documentary-new-york-film-festival/?_r=1

Image Source - http://doloresdelargotowers.blogspot.com/2012/09/hairspray-confessions.html

Breathing Life into the Dead Pirates Society

The treasure chest had been closed for a very long time.  Notice the Dead Pirate Society skull set atop the chest for pledging to the Dead Pirate Society.  Our most famous member, Robin Williams honored picture sits temporarily in the window frame in the background.

I quote from the Dead Pirate Society anthem:

The Dead Pirates Society honors unique heroes in person and absentia

We do it over drinks, dinner, and adventure

We do it for men, women, the youthful and old

In memoriam, we do it for those gone cold

https://www.google.com/search?q=robin+williams+death&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - A Psalm of Life

What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist

TELL me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!—
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.

Source
http://www.bartleby.com/102/55.html

Dice Cuff Links

As the Dead Pirate Society awakens from it's deadly slumber, the body parts come to life.  

Notice the 20 sided die set upon the canvas sleeve.

These dice were sold back in 2012.

 Harvey Makin dice cufflinks are still available.

 http://www.thegiftexperience.co.uk/catalogue/dice_cufflinks/index.html

Scary Pirate Fiesta

For Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos the Pirate Fiesta rolled through Union Square.

Dead Pirates and Antique Phonographs

At the recent Shanghai Mermaid event, The Dead Pirate Society loves DJ Mac and his antique phonographs. In this pic Dead Pirate Vanessa of Vanessence Hair Salon stands on the left.  DJ Mac's postcard says "Antique Phonograph DJ Mac brings Sophisticated and Culturally Stimulating Musical Entertainment to your next event.  Featuring two period disc gramophones spinning 78's circa 1900-1929."

Notice the delicacy of the pavillon, that is the horn that amplifies the sound.  I think of them as delicate shells too.

We can't wait for the next event.  Check out http://michaelcumella.com/