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Arrr! Today be Talk Like A Pirate Day, so's I'll be answering like this. Normally, I'll not be needing any other sources for sea shanties as the classics are all ye really need in order t' be lootin' and impressin' the wenches. But! If ye've got an progressive wench on yer hands, ye best be lookin' for something more modern or she'll be leaving you faster than a seagull can steal me sandwich straight from me hands.

So, that being the case, ye best be turning to the internet, matey. I generally trawl the hangouts of the official site of the dread pirate Mike Portnoy as there be a fine host of lads with good shantie sense. Aye, they do know their songs, although occasionally their tastes be a little on the strange/screamy side. Arrr, I can't stand listenin' to groups that wail like they've been tared n' feathered, thrown off the port bow and are currently being devoured by a bunch o' harpies! That's no good!

But when that fails, since sometimes those bilge swillers are out of suggestions, I set out with map in hand to find the hidden treasure within Pandora's box. Ye best be taking advantage of this now though, as those dirty rotten scoundrels at the RIAA have their money grubbing hands around that treasure and want to claim it for themselves. They be looting in the least pirate-y way possible, government mandated royalty payments! Why even Dave Jones wouldn't stoop so low. But, aye, while she be around, Pandora is the companion of many a sea shantie wanting pirate, being able t' tell that ye might like certain dittys based on what ye liked before.

So thar she blows! Ye've wrested me wench wooing secrets from me ye muttinous bilge-rat! Ye'll meet the edge of my blade for that ye pox faced swine!

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