Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.

There's a whole mythology woven into this song, and hence into the album, and the weave is fine and warm.

Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change. This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

This was the first track i demo'd for this year's RPM but i just got round to tidying it up and adding the third verse. A bit of a feel good record!

Created and performed at the whim of the tyrant Michael John Keegan

This was written and recorded on 19th September 05 aka International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2005 ( a wet afternoon as I recall) and is posted here so you start to get the hint.

Rasta Pirate pleas with colonial hottie to guide him to her treasure vault. Rough demo for now.

A failed attempt to sing a song of the glorious banana breakfasts served by P.P. in "Gravity's Rainbow"

One of MNCC's few songs with lyrics that can be recognized as english. Plus, it's a true story (even if it is about 2 different people) and it's got a Simpson's reference.

Now ye sons of the kraaken, let's get to some honest pillaging, shall we? Aaaarh! The devil is an idle jest compared to what's within this chest No hearts more black than ours they say trust your own hide to be waterproof only else they…