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Good to see Liam McCormack has been keeping himself busy and out of mischief after quitting RTE's TTV a few months ago. Not one to rest on his laurels, he has thrown himself into his music after his popular programme was unceremoniously replaced by Dara Quilty's Two Tube.
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Even though we're just on the other side of Halloween, the public has already shifted its focus to Christmas. Store displays have shifted, Starbucks has drinks that are eggnog flavored and a handful of lunatics are already considering their Christmas trees. Today marks the first big film release of the holiday season in "A Christmas [...]
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
We’ve spent all this time building up our digital music libraries, so why not tinker around with them a bit and have some fun? Last week I explored tunes that clocked in at 2:28. This week, I take it to the streets. The exercise this week is to locate your street songs. I’m not talkin’ [...]
Ripped In Glasgow (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A musical history journey through London with Andrew Weatherall, as featured on the Red Bull Music Academy Radio website. I couldn't get this to stream properly at all - it kept stopping and starting, but official "friend of Ripped In Glasgow", Jim (we've got him to thank for the Weatherall Horse & Hounds mix), came to the rescue. Even though, as he says, "it's a nasty fucking vile...
Ryan, the Hawiian Lion's blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Hurrah! Christmas is quickly approaching us! It doesn’t seem long ago that it was well over 100 days. I’ve already started downloading some Christmas songs…Right now just ‘The Pogues-Fairytale in New York’ , a surprising choice for a Christmas song, when both the people singing seem to slag each other off half the time. “You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Last week I posted a video of 1970s Celtic rock pioneers Horslips performing the "The Man Who Built America," and I described them as a combination of Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, and The Pogues. Although it's a great song, there wasn't anything Pogues-like with that tune. "High Reel" moves the needle a bit in that direction, although the feel of it is more in line with British folk...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Voodoo Music Experience just wrapped its 11th year, and volume-wise it goes to 11 (to borrow a phrase from Spinal Tap). Voodoo had an...
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Take the sounds of Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, and The Pogues, throw it into a blender, and the result will be 1970s Irish band Horslips. Leave it to the Irish to write so eloquently about America: See him driving those golden nails that hold together the silver bars That one day gonna take us to the stars cos he's the man who built America See him walking the golden wire a million miles from his starting...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
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News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
We attended concert by the Irish band The Pogues Sunday night at the Midland. It may have been the only concert among hundreds that I’ve walked out of, and we were not alone. The star, Shane MacGowan, appeared to be...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Maybe it's because they're part Irish. Maybe it's because the tear-jerking ballads and raucous Celtic-folk rock jigs just inspire audiences to have a few pints of their own. Or maybe it's frontman Shane MacGowan's disheveled appearance, horrendous teeth and spotty attendance to his own band's gig...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Pogues/MySpace The Pogues with Justin Townes Earle Wednesday, October 28 Stubbs ( 801 Red River ) $45, AA, Doors at 7pm [ info ] | [ tickets ] What is left to say that hasn’t been said, written, or sung about this motley crew? Rumors of Shane MacGowan’s death have been greatly exaggerated, and 27 years on from their founding, The Pogues remain one of the rare bands that deserve to be on...
Show-Me Beer (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Two days later, I'm still recovering from a night with the Pogues. And that's not from the drink. It's mostly from deflecting hooligans from landing on my head. We started the night at Raglan Road Irish Pub in the center of Power & Light. I know, stereotypical. But the weather was rainy and chilled, and shepherds' pie and bangors & mash sounded good. Raglan Road is a branch of an Orlando,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
About 1,300 fans showed up on a raw, rainy Sunday night for the Pogues at the Midland theater. And though I can only guess how many were seeing this renowned Irish/punk band for the first time, everyone was seeing them in Kansas City for the first time. Thus the air of anticipation in the room before the show, much of it due to the band’s frontman, Shane MacGowan, whose infatuation with alcohol...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Photos by Chuck France/Special to The Star On a raw, rainy Sunday night in Kansas City, the Pogues came to the Midland theater. About 1,300 fans showed up to watch and listen, and though I can only guess how many were seeing this renowned Irish/punk band for the first time, it's accurate to say everyone in the place was seeing them in Kansas City for the first time. Thus the air of anticipation in...
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