as luck would have it i scored passes to see the pogues last night at the riviera in chicago.
great band, good time, but i’ll tell you what their hardcore fans are something else altogether. the guy next to me would not stop videotaping w his cellphone, and with every unintelligible utterance of shane’s would tell me “oh he just said what everyone here is thinking” or “hit the nail on the head with that one” or some such.
But the way I see it, he wrote about four great albums worth of material — and even some good stuff with the Nips and his first solo record. If he wants to spend the last 20 years of his life looking like an asshole, well, who the fuck am I to mourn it?
He’s given the world something. Few of us can say the same.
But the way I see it, he wrote about four great albums worth of material… If he wants to spend the last 20 years of his life looking like an asshole, well, who the fuck am I to mourn it?
If he never did anything after “Rainy Night in Soho” he would still get a pass from me for anything short of murder. As it stands they ought to make him President of Ireland. Don’t the Irish have as much respect for their culture as the Poles?
Reporter: Taoiseach MacGowan, you previously mentioned something about your floor and then wheezed out a laugh, could you clarify your statement?
MacGowan: [passes out at the podium]
Then again, I saw him at Irving Plaza once and he was hit with a full beer tossed from the balcony and he didn’t miss a beat, if he noticed at all. A true pro.
He puts second-raters like Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse to fucking shame.
March 6, 2008 at 10:33 pm
This video is literally an hour long.
I thought you should know that.
March 6, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I love that he needs a cup of Jameson’s on the rocks with his pint.
March 6, 2008 at 11:06 pm
It’s called “a chaser”, Todd.
March 7, 2008 at 12:12 am
An hour well spent, unless you hate Irish people.
March 7, 2008 at 3:34 am
March 7, 2008 at 9:01 am
as luck would have it i scored passes to see the pogues last night at the riviera in chicago.
great band, good time, but i’ll tell you what their hardcore fans are something else altogether. the guy next to me would not stop videotaping w his cellphone, and with every unintelligible utterance of shane’s would tell me “oh he just said what everyone here is thinking” or “hit the nail on the head with that one” or some such.
March 7, 2008 at 10:17 am
Arming both sides:
I fed this one to T.Rex — for reasons that will become obvious — but he failed to use it. Therefore, I hand this to Gavin, to deploy at will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CK6XOMy6yQ&feature=related
March 7, 2008 at 11:18 am
I know, I know, it’s sad. What a waster.
But the way I see it, he wrote about four great albums worth of material — and even some good stuff with the Nips and his first solo record. If he wants to spend the last 20 years of his life looking like an asshole, well, who the fuck am I to mourn it?
He’s given the world something. Few of us can say the same.
March 7, 2008 at 11:56 am
But the way I see it, he wrote about four great albums worth of material… If he wants to spend the last 20 years of his life looking like an asshole, well, who the fuck am I to mourn it?
If he never did anything after “Rainy Night in Soho” he would still get a pass from me for anything short of murder. As it stands they ought to make him President of Ireland. Don’t the Irish have as much respect for their culture as the Poles?
March 7, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I’d love to see the Pressers.
Reporter: Taoiseach MacGowan, you previously mentioned something about your floor and then wheezed out a laugh, could you clarify your statement?
MacGowan: [passes out at the podium]
Then again, I saw him at Irving Plaza once and he was hit with a full beer tossed from the balcony and he didn’t miss a beat, if he noticed at all. A true pro.
He puts second-raters like Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse to fucking shame.
March 7, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Sounds like Tom Waites channeling Dylan Thomas.