Stay ConnectedJoin comedian and pirate Nick Hoffman as he explores the history and pop culture of pirates. Deep dive interviews with the most interesting people in the pirate community who bring the history and stories to life. Actors, treasure hunters, musicians, historians, and more.
From Blackbeard to Black Sails, Jack Sparrow to Jack Rackham… Under The Crossbones is loaded with colorful characters who will take you away from your day to day and drag you happily out to sea.
Chris Bowes and his band Alestorm have been bouncing around the world playing their unique brand of pirate metal since 2007. They're fifth album, "No Grave But The Sea" was just released on May 26th. You'll hear a new track from the album on the show.
We'll dig into the beginnings of the band and how Chris ended up as the sole remaining original member. Plus how they think differently about themselves compared to their fans, how they manage to keep their pirate themes fresh, and of course... that keytar.
Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture. Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/093
See the video for Alestorm's "Mexico" from the new album! -https://youtu.be/-r8jlHDBMsw
Important Websites:
Alestorm - http://www.Alestorm.net and @alestormband on Twitter.
You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/093
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Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Super excited to bring you Geoff Zanelli today! Geoff wrote the musical score for Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He's also credited with "additional music" on the first four POTC films. We talk about what that means (and it means way more than it sounds like).
Plus we'll dig into how he went about capturing some of the POTC1 feel while still bringing his own voice to this new score. And how he got in with Hans Zimmer after his years growing up in Orange County and going to the Berklee School of Music. If you're new to the show, here are a few other episodes you might like to check out as a starting point.
For More Pirates of the Caribbean Ep 25 - Jim Byrkit - Storyboard artist and location scout for early POTC films Ep 31 - Jason Surrell - Former Disney Imagineer and expert on all things POTC from the rides to the films Ep 74 - Lee Arenberg - Pintel from first 3 POTC films Other Cool Episodes Ep 7 - Don Maitz - Painter and creator of Captain Morgan Rum character Ep 27/28 - John Chatterton - wreck diver and one of the few people to ever find a sunken pirate ship Ep 55 - Ye Banished Privateers - One of Europe's best pirate bands!Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/092
Stuff We Talked About In The Show: You can hear Hans Zimmer's original demo recordings for Pirates of the Caribbean at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wsGESeNjk
Here's a bit more in depth discussion with Hans Zimmer about POTC's music: http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=205
And if you really want to go down the rabbit hole, check out the comments section of this page on Zimmer and POTC too: http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1128
Rodrigo y Gabriela collaborated with Geoff and Hans on POTC 4. Check out some of their work:
Music from POTC: https://youtu.be/2F4RmDUCo5I
And some other stuff that I think shows them off even better: https://youtu.be/l-qgum7hFXk
In the fun fact about the number 92, I mentioned the world record length name for a place, the hill in New Zealand. Here's the full name:
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Bet ya can't say that 10 times fast!
Important Websites:
Geoff Zanelli www.GeoffZanelli.com @geoffzanelli on Twitter
You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/092
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Laura Sook Duncombe is the author of "Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled The Seven Seas". It's a fantastic book about female pirates throughout history, both in fact and fiction.
I got a ton of new info in my brain from this book and from my talk with Laura and I know you'll dig it too.
Viking pirate ladies? Check. Some Anne Bonny and Mary Read talk? Check. Cheng I Sao? Check. And tons more you had no idea ever existed.
Cosmopolitan Magazine rated 'Pirate Women' as the #1 book to read in 2017. And you may have heard Laura on This American Life (along with Mark Hanna) in their recent pirate episode.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/091
Important Websites:
Laura Sook Duncombe http://www.LauraSookDuncombe.com
You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/091
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Scott Graham is the host and resident pirate fan of Pirates 365 on YouTube. In the many dozens of videos he digs deep into every aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean. We're talking rides, movies, toys, video games, the whole shebang.
In our talk we dig into idea generation and how he comes up with some much stuff to post. Not to mention how to get through the days when we're not feeling up to putting something new together. (Hint: You, dear listener, are why we do it...)
And of course, we dork out hard about Disney and Pirates of the Caribbean!
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/090
Important Websites:
Scott Graham http://www.facebook.com/potc365 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB0u5nnDwsTzQ7dghcNMbpg
You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/090
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Greg Engel aka Oddly O'Differous is the captain (because he's got the red coat) of Arrr Ink, a pirate comedy troupe that you can see at a variety of pirate fests in the Southeast US.
Like many of the groups we've talked to, Arrr Ink is a family affair with Greg's wife, sister, and brother in law getting in on the action.
We both do comedy, but in drastically different worlds. So we dig into all sorts of good comedy talk about atmosphere, venue, level of appropriateness, etc. You'll hear that he's waaaaay better with kids than I am. :)
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/089
Important Websites:
Greg Engel https://www.facebook.com/arrrink/
http://www.hireonlypirates.com You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/089
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Marck Forget is a huge backer of pirate entertainment in Canada. He's one of those guys whose name I'd seen around the pirate communities online and it was great fun to talk with him and hear about all his different projects.
Festival des Pirates is an online pirate festival helping to promote various pirate folk the world over. Marck and his team are doing great stuff to bring pirate entertainment to the masses.
You'll enjoy this fun talk. We even devise a plan for a pirate invasion of the world's largest comedy festival. :)
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087
Important Websites:
Marck Forget - https://www.facebook.com/Festivaldespirates You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/088
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Mike Kelly is the head distiller at Old New Orleans Rum, America's longest running rum company since 1995. Which doesn't seem like that long and Mike will tell us why that is.
We'll get into the process of making rum including how they make their own aging barrels. Mike will also tell us about his rum adventures as a six year old.
And I'll tell you about the strangest compliment I received after a show on my recent Midwest tour.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087
Important Websites:
Mike Kelley - Old New Orleans Rum - https://oldneworleansrum.com/ You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/087
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Subscribe to Under The Crossbones on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/under-crossbones-pirate-podcast/id1039621331?mt=2
Visit http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com for all the episodes.Helen Hollick the author of a bazillion books including the 6 volume Sea Witch Voyages and the upcoming non-fiction Pirates Truth and Tales coming out in May 2017.
We'll dig into Helen's career as a writer and what led her from writing historical fantasy to pirate tales. And we talk a lot about the pros and cons of self-publishing vs working with a big publisher.
Plus I'll tell you a bit about my trip to Paisley Park while I was in Minneapolis.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/086
Important Websites:
Helen Hollick - http://www.helenhollick.net/ You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/086
Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Allen Balogh is the author of the book "Black Sail 1715" about the wreck and plundering of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet off the coast of Florida. If you're wondering, it's both connected and not connected to the TV show Black Sails. Mostly not. But a little bit yes. :)
Allen gives us a great in depth view of the 1715 fleet's wreck and the pirate plundering that went on around it. Plenty of names you'll recognize as this is smack in the middle of the Golden Age of Piracy.
We'll also learn about the present status of the wreck site and the amazing amount of plunder still down there.
Allen's book is a fantastic historical fiction retelling of the experience that humanizes the dates and places to create a really alive historical experience.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/085
Important Websites:
Allen Balogh - http://www.blacksails1715.com/ You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/085
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
Jim Laird is a name I've been hearing around the pirate community since I started this show. So I'm super happy to have him on the show today!
Jim has survived as Blackbeard longer than Blackbeard himself. And he takes his Blackbeard shows to entertain the kiddies with fun and the adults with history and stories.
We'll dig into how Jim stumbled onto his alter-ego and what it was about donning the rig that made him want to keep doing it.
Today's show is sponsored by:
Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!
For videos, pictures, book links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes. www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/084
Hear my new single "I Wanna Rock (Socially Responsibly) at https://roadsideattraction.bandcamp.com/track/i-wanna-rock-socially-responsibly
Important Websites:
Jim "Blackbeard" Laird - www.PirateLife.net You can get my latest comedy special, "Pretty From TheBack"at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback Additional Show Notes: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/084
Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support
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