Fabulist!

My friend owns a costume shop. Why am I telling you this? Because all year, you've wanted to dress like a pirate. And at the end of this month, you can put on your eye-patch and your hook hand, communicate only in guttural noises and no one will think you bonkers. Well, not any more than usual, anyway.

To put you in the mood while you pick out the appropriate jaunty garments, here are some songs from Rogue's Gallery. It's an album of exactly 43 pirate songs, featuring the likes of Bono, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Antony, Sting, Rufus Wainwright, and a shipload more.

Go. Dress up. Send us pictures.

Ed Harcourt - Farewell Nancy

Lou Reed w/Antony - Leave Her Johnny