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August 16th, 2011
Summer 2011 Pirate Update
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PyrateDaze – Aug. 27 & 28, 2011
Order of Leviathan – 2nd Round
Golden Doubloons
Where to Find
No Quarter Given
Ahoy fellow rogues and scurvy dogs,
Remember us? We know it’s been a while. We've really hit the doldrums, and have had problems getting No Quarter Given out. First we dealt with a computer crash in late 2010, and rebuilding the various files we need for editing NQG. That slowed us in the water. Then, soon after, yours truly, Jamaica Rose, was hit hard with plumbago in the lower back region, making it hard for me to sit long at the computer helm. Sciatica and/or pinched nerves are causing extreme pain when I sit for more'n about 5 minutes making it hard to concentrate while trying to write and edit (this also makes it torture for me to sit in the car or on a plane for any length of time). While standing, walking, and moving around I feel great. The ship's surgeon has given me a regime of therapy, exercise, and laudanum. The pain has been getting easier to handle, so I can now spend more time at the computer.
All of you who are subscribers, you should see the next NQG issue soon, and you will get all 6 issues of your current subscription (just not as quickly as originally planned). The last issue (Vol. XVI No. 4) to go out was in late 2010, so if you have that one, you haven’t missed any.
Meanwhile, we wanted to send some news your way. First we want to tell you
about Pyrate Daze. We'll be there, and hope to see many of you there:
PYRATE DAZE – AUGUST 27 & 28, 2011
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Embassy Suites
1325 East Dyer Rd. -Santa Ana, CA.92705
www.pyratedaze.com
Tolestar Entertainment Presents
Orange County’s premiere indoor/outdoor family summer event celebrating
Pirates, Steam Punks and Zombies!!! Meet your favorite celebrities from THE DARK
KNIGHT, HELLBOY, UNDERWORLD, GLADIATOR, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, HOSTEL, CABIN FEVER
& ROAD WARRIOR.
Pirate Daze is a fun two day indoor/outdoor extravaganza that ingeniously incorporates 3 of the most popular lifestyle trends today: the Golden Age of Piracy, Steam Punk, and Zombies.
The producers have created an indoor/outdoor program showcasing popular celebrities, pirates, live music, live performances, a mermaid in the swimming pool, steam punk art and fashions, and a zombie invasion that is sure to have something of interest for the whole family.
Celebrity Guests:
Tommy “Tiny” Lister: THE DARK KNIGHT, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, JACKIE BROWN
Tony Curran: GLADIATOR, UNDERWORLD, LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
Doug Jones: PAN’S LABYRINTH,
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
CerinaVincent: CABIN FEVER, NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE, RETURN TO HOUSE ON HAUNTED
HILL
Vernon Wells: COMMANDO, MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR
Barbara Nedeljakova: HOSTEL, CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS
Musical Performers:
The Pirates Charles
The Doxie Chicks
Cirque Noir
Gabba Gabba Heys
Weird Val
Zoe Boekbinder
DJ Evan Pagay
Characters:
Moon Mermaid - Dive for Treasure with mermaids on Haunted Shores!
Clay Martinez – The Haunted Mansion
Dax the Zombie King
Performers:
ALOHA NUI HULA
Sword Fight Demonstration from "The Deadly Dance" Stage Combat &
Choreography, with Wayne Crews and John W. Wilson
Thrill the World Los Angeles
PyroShow:
This year in celebrating Pirates of the Caribbean 4, "On Stranger
Tides", Our PyroShow will be a ZOMBIE INVASION! This attack will be an
event to tell your friends about... HECK! Just bring them, because the Pirates
will save the day with a spectacular array of fire power as the Zombies prepare
to... Come see for yourself!
Masquerade Ball:
The Masquerade Ball is a costumed event with dinner, music, comic act of "Dante"and
Burlesque. People can come dressed as pirates, Victorian steam punk or zombies.
Come to THE DEPP DINNER as your favorite Johnny Depp character from any movie
and behave and stay in character to win some amazing prizes.
Workshops:
Jack Sparrow 101: "You don't know Jack" -- An In Deppth look at
Captain Jack Sparrow. A panel discussion in "The Locker" with Famous
Jack Sparrow Impersonators: Dwight V. Coleman, Janty Chattaw, Ronnie Rodriguez
& Richard Maldonado!
Q&A Special Effects Make-up Demo with Renowned Make-up Artist Jaime Feldman
Make Up Demo – from make-up artist Monica Jennings
From Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: Anthony Jennings
Screenings/Authors:
Book Readings from “The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Pillaging, Plunder and
Other Pursuits” by Jamaica Rose and Captain Michael MacLeod
Premiere Screening of “Treachery and a Dean Man’s Promise”
Dr. Steel's Army of Toy Soldiers
Mantecoza
Charity Auction:
11 carat diamond bracelet on 14 carat gold. Estimated value around $9,000
Custom blended Quantum Alchemy Perfume – Exclusively for PYRATE DAZE
Libby Patterson Organics – CALYPSO, Retail: $2,500
ORDER OF LEVIATHAN – 2ND ROUND
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The Order of Leviathan is getting ready for a second round of picking new
members to the august group initiated in April of 2010. There will again be 12
Inductees named into the Order of Leviathan this time. Election specifics are
being ironed out, so keep a weather eye out at the official website for voting
particulars when they’ve been announced: http://orderofleviathan.webs.com/
On the website you can see a list of the current crop of nominees and peruse a gallery of their images.
Yours truly, Jamaica Rose, is humbly proud to announce I have been named as one of the 2011 nominees. As a newly minted nominee for the Order of Leviathan, I’m hoping I can count on yer support as I try to get enough votes to be inducted, once voting has begun.
The current members of the Order are raffling some of their personal items through Pirates Magazine (flintlocks, swords and such), to raise the funds for the 12 Inductees rings. You will want to BUY tickets.
COLONIAL SEAPORT FUNDRAISING
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Help support the tall ship Luna. The Colonial Seaport Foundation is half
way through the Pepsi Challenge but are not yet where we need to be! In order to
receive the $50,000.00 we need to be in the top ten. Please vote daily and be on
the lookout for power caps in pepsi, diet pepsi and pepsi max bottles and boxes.
Please go to www.refresheverything.com and vote for Luna! (Put "Luna"
in the search field at the top to find the right page).
GOLDEN DOUBLOONS
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Having plundered a rich Spanish galleon, No Quarter Given once again has a
supply of large golden doubloons. These hefty coins are cob-style (uneven
edges), shiny gold, and 1 ¼ inches in diameter, Over the last year, many of you
have been askin’ for ‘em – and now we’ve got ‘em. Find us at an
upcoming event to get yers (see list below). Or set yer spyglass for our website
here: http://www.noquartergiven.net/collection.htm
WHERE TO FIND NO QUARTER GIVEN
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If you still need to get a copy of “The Book of Pirates: A Guide to
Plundering, Pillaging, and Other Pursuits”, you can get it in person from us
at one of the following events, and we’ll be even happy to scrawl our names in
the books (books can also be ordered from the above website):
August 27th & 28th, 2011: Pyrate Daze
Santa Ana, CALIFORNIA. http://www.pyratedaze.com/
September 2nd through 5th, 2011: Festival of Sail
San Diego, CALIFORNIA. http://www.sdmaritime.org/festival-of-sail/
September 10th & 11th, 2011: Toshiba Tall Ships Festival
Dana Point, CALIFORNIA. http://www.tallshipsfestival.com/
September 17th - 18th, 2011: Pirate Invasion of Rainbow Lagoon
Long Beach, CALIFORNIA. http://www.goldcoastfestivals.com/LongBeach.html
September 24th & 25th, 2011: Seafearer's Marketplace & Pirate
Festival
Sacramento, CALIFORNIA. http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~lasue/pirate2011.html
TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY PARTY
WITH THERE BE PIRATES!
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September 17th, 2011, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Whale & Ale, 327 W. 7th Street, San Pedro, CA
After a day at the Pirate Invasion of Rainbow Lagoon, on Sat. evening, join
There Be Pirates! at arrgghhhh favorite SoCal English pub to celebrate
International Talk Like a Pirate Day weekend in style at southern California's
biggest pirate party! Come enjoy the best fish & chips and British pub food
in southern California, and spend a swashbuckling evening with California's
favorite pirate jam band, There Be Pirates! Don't forget to dress for freebootin'
success, as there will be prizes for the best ragalia (costumes). Superb British
food & beer, a beautiful pub in a great California port town, and There Be
Pirates! rocking the house. What fun! Please join us for this special event. You
may want to make reservations early for dinner as we anticipate this will be a
sell-out event. (There is a small cover charge, but it'll be worth it!) https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130978920326311
Now, I’ve got to get back to finishing the next issue of No Quarter Given.
Safe harbors and full tankards,
--Jamaica Rose
"It is also agreed, that any sort of wrought silver or gold, crucifixes,
gold and silver watches, or any other moveables found about the prisoners, or
any wearing apparel of any kind, shall likewise be plunder."
-- From the Articles of the Crew of the Speedwell
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December 18th, 2010
Late 2010 Pirate Update
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End of the Year News ...
Ahoy fellow rogues and scurvy dogs,
We know you are all busy with your Holiday Plundering … er … Shopping, but we thought we’d bring you some of the latest No Quarter Given news.
We’ve just returned from our voyages to New Orleans and Florida, after many adventures and escapades. We were happy to rendezvous with many of our friends, subscribers, readers, and long-time fans, as well as making many new friends.
At the Pirates Alley Café, on Nov. 10, we met up with many of the NOLA pirates and others for a book signing. It was grand fun seeing many of our pirate friends there, as well as revisiting the French Quarter. Thanks to Mardi Claw for suggesting the venue, and to Reneé the Renegade and her crew for helping set up the event. And to the many of you who bought our “The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Plundering, Pillaging, and Other Pursuits”.
St. Augustine was our next anchorage – for the Pirate Gathering on Nov. 12-14. With a parade, a feast, pub crawl, and lots more, we had a grand time in a very historic place. It is becoming quite the pirate destination. We saw Tiger Lee’s great new Pirate Fashions N Fotos shop in the historic district. http://www.pirateportraitsntreasures.com/ On the last evening of the Pirate Gathering, at the invitation of William Mayhem, we joined several other pirates for a rollickin’ cruise on the Black Raven pirate ship http://www.blackravenadventures.com/ The Privateer Lynx is now making St. Augustine it’s winter homeport. http://www.privateerlynx.com/news/ While at the Pirate Gathering, we got a sneak peek at Pat Croce’s new St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum. We returned on Dec. 7, when the museum finally opened to the public, and got a full tour of this exciting museum. http://thepiratemuseum.com/
Look for more on our St. Augustine adventures with reviews of the various events and places in the next issue of No Quarter Given. Meanwhile, photos have been added to the No Quarter Given Facebook page.
We left the St. Augustine pirates a little more literate than we found them. We sold and autographed many of our books there. Sold so many books indeed, we had to order another case of books before our travels to Key West for the Pirates in Paradise festival. In Key West we spent 10 wonderful days meeting up with lots of our fellow rogues and scalawags. Parades, battles, trials, battle sails, lots of cannon fire, end of Hurricane Season celebration, Buxom Wench contest, Walk the Plank contest – whew! Lots going on. Sold several of our books there too. More on this too in the next NQG. http://www.piratesinparadise.com/
THE BOOK OF PIRATES
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For those of you who haven’t heard yet about our book (other than our
mentioning it above), it was published in August. We've been proudly promoting
“The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Plundering, Pillaging, and Other Pursuits”,
by Jamaica Rose and Captain Michael MacLeod, at many author appearances and book
signing events. It's been doing quite well, so much that it went into a second
printing in early August. It is a factual book about pirates, but told BY
pirates, with a lot of rowdy humor to boot. There are many activities thrown in,
a Pirate Insult Kit, costume advice, explanations of the common pirate
stereotypes, special effects makeup instructions, a collection of our favorite
riddles, guidance on creating your own pirate persona, and much more.
There is still time to order a copy of our “The Book of Pirates: A Guide to Plundering, Pillaging, and Other Pursuits” for holiday gift giving. It’s a great gift for pirates (or wannabe pirates) of any age – a fun read for the whole crew (for ages 8 and up).
Of course, every book ordered from us has our names scrawled into it in blood …. well, in red ink at least. In addition to our autographs, we are also happy to personalize our book to your special shipmate. Just be sure to give us their name. Learn more about our book at: http://www.thebookofpirates.com
To order "The Book of Pirates" you can use the PayPal link on our website. http://www.noquartergiven.net/collection.htm#TheBookofPirates
Or ... Send us a check in the mail, made out to “No Quarter Given” Send to: No Quarter Given PO Box 7456 Riverside, CA 92513
Books are $12.99 each (for mailing to California residents, please add $1.14 tax, for total $14.13) . Add $4.90 for shipping.
We are in the home port now and can ship out orders on the day we get them, if we get them before 3 pm Pacific Time Zone. We ship via Priority Mail. Remember Priority Mail is “supposed” to take 2-3 days, depending on your location, but we have learned it can easily take longer. So don’t wait too long if you need it before Christmas. We can even mail out on Sunday Dec. 19 at our local post office.
Contact us for quantity shipping rates, or for less-expensive shipping methods.
Also, for gift-giving to your crew, consider giving subscriptions to No Quarter Given. For each gift-subscription you give, we will add an extra issue to your current subscription (a $2.50 value). If you do not have a current subscription, then we will send you the current issue as a thank-you. This offer expires Dec. 31, 2010. We will send your crewmate the current issue plus enclose a letter explaining your generosity to him or her. For details on subscribing go to: http://www.noquartergiven.net/collection.htm Or send $13 (or $18 for 1st class delivery) to the above address. Be sure to give us the name and address of your shipmate.
PREVIEWS OF POTC 4: ON STRANGER TIDES
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You can find the new trailer for “On Stranger Tides” at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miz0fAWC5xA
With mermaids, Blackbeard, Blackbeard’s daughter, zombies, and more, should be
lots of fun. Can’t wait for May 20, 2011.
PIRATES MAGAZINE No. 13
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The latest issue of PIRATES Magazine has finally hit the docks. In its coverage
about “The DEVIL’S DOZEN Fells Point 2010” you can spot our own Captain
Michael MacLeod in several images. You can even spot me (Jamaica Rose) as I hawk
for No Quarter Given. And on pg. 67 you can spot one of our Py-Rats (Pierre Le
Grand, to be exact). On the same page, in another image, is Cap’n Slappy
proudly showing off his copy of our book “The Book of Pirates”, just after
we scrawled our names in it for him. After you finish gazing at our images, then
you can read wonderful articles from Benerson Little (“Sea Rovers Practice”
and “Buccaneer’s Realm”) and David Cordingly (“Under the Black Flag”),
along with several other great articles, including an interview with Ricky the
Hawk.
PIRATE NEWS
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Have you heard about the remake of “Treasure Island” featuring Eddie Izzard?
Learn about the gold bar stolen from the Mel Fisher Museum in Key West? What
event is the latest to break the Guinness Record for the most pirates gathered
in one place? Keep up with the latest news about pirates at our webpage: http://www.noquartergiven.net/NewsMedia.htm
Also learn about upcoming events at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calendar.htm (Event organizers – send us details of your events. See the link above for the requested information format).
We know these past few years have been rough waters for many, but things seem to be getting better. Here's hopin' the plunder is rich, and the swag is plentiful for you all in the New Year.
Happy Holidays to you all, Yrs in the Sweet Trade,
--Jamaica Rose
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