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 Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys $21.98 It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. Johnny Depp, fresh from playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the highly popular if extremely uneven "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies decided to get his rock star friends together to make a CD of pirate songs and sea chanties. What could be bad? The answer to the question, "what could be bad?" regarding Rogue's Gallery, the two CD set that resulted, is regrettably - most of it. The entire CD may not be execrable garbage, but the majority of it is. How could so many talented musicians and singers create such noisome noise? I think most of them just never got the memo. Most don't seem to understand what sea chanties or sea songs are all about. When Nick Cave, the punk rocker, takes the slyly obscene, Fire Down Below, adds punk rock instrumentation, an out of tune chorus and shouts "And all you mother f__ckers, if you lead a life of sin," well, shall we say that the charm is lost? Or when Martha Wainwright sings Lowlands, her voice is fine but is so overwhelmed by the orchestration that the song seems beside the point. (Most sailors did not travel with full orchestras.) Likewise, Bono's version of A Dying Sailor To His Shipmates is 4 minutes,48 seconds long, of which about 3 minutes is Bono moaning along with the orchestra. And on and on it goes. To be fair, Richard Thompson, Sting and John C. Riley get it more or less right. Their songs feature limited accompaniment, straight-forward singing and robust choruses. I particularly like John C. Riley's "Fathom the Bowl." Nevertheless, these three stalwart singers can't make up for all the rockstar preening and over orchestration.  Sea Dogs $69.99 This game's biggest flaw is its difficulty. It's TOO hard, but really fun once you get the hang of it. You will have to spend some quality time with this game if you want to be successful. Yes, the game has some bugs, but they probably won't bother you too much. The dialogue can be awkward due to this being a Russian game, so be prepared for that. Also, you'll probably need a walkthrough at some point, because you'll probably have a hard time figuring out where you're supposed to go next in order to continue along the storyline. You'll also have to be very good at balancing your budget, because it's no easy task, and you'll hang from the yardarm if you fail to keep enough doubloons on hand. That said, this is an extremely beautiful game, and the battles are awesome. I recommend buying this game first, and then getting the sequel; Sea Dogs II.  Tuffy's Ultimate Sea Creature Lobster Dog Toy $16.74 My corgi LOVED this toy! It took him two months to completely destroy it. Considering that regular stuffed dog toys are torn to shreds in less than an hour, that's really saying something! I'll probably get him another one for the holidays. |
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