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Gabriel Leif Brilman

After a trip to Coney Island, tattoo artist "Philadelphia" Eddie Funk recounts: "I wanted a skull and crossbones like the pirate flag!" Drinking, sex and body art ("stewed, screwed and tattooed") are the muses of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry, a documentary featuring artists like Funk and Ed Hardy recounting tales of the infamous "F**in' Sailor Jerry." Based on a recipe fond in his belongings after his death, the company that produces the rum founded around Norman Keith Collins (better known as Sailor Jerry) sponsored public summer screenings of the Erich Weiss film in NYC, SF, LA, Austin and Portlans (the five golden rings of US cities). Other than the obvious (sell rum), why get his name back out there?