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A Drink with Shane Macgowan

Autor Shane MacGowan, Victoria Mary Clarke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2001
Best known as the cofounder of the Irish band The Pogues, Shane MacGowan has become a cult figure on the alternative-music scene. His achingly beautiful lyrics, as well as his legendary lifestyle of excess, have earned him an avid following that packs his shows and buys his albums. One of the most unusual memoirs to come along in quite a while, A Drink with Shane MacGowan is structured as a series of interviews between MacGowan and his wife, Clarke. The singer recounts his experiences growing up on a farm in Ireland, where his family began giving him two pints of Guinness a night at the tender age of five and his father took him to hang out with bookies and drunks at the local pub. He tells of moving to London and becoming part of the London club scene in the mid-1970s, just as punk was beginning to emerge, offering a firsthand portrait of a seminal time and place in music history. MacGowan also provides his own, strongly opinionated views on The Pogues' success and the reasons for his abrupt departure from the band. As he invites us into this fascinating world, MacGowan tells many hilarious stories and riffs on a wide range of subjects, from Irish history and politics to literature, film, religion, his own substance abuse, and much more. Sometimes maddening, sometimes charming, often brilliant, and always honest, A Drink with Shane MacGowan is an enjoyable romp with a truly unique personality. PRAISE FOR SHANE MACGOWAN: "MacGowan can be a dazzling songwriter, channeling his unruliness into rambunctious tales of drinking, sporting, drinking, fighting, and drinking."--Los Angeles Times
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802137906
ISBN-10: 0802137903
Pagini: 359
Ilustrații: 16 pages of B&W photographs
Dimensiuni: 145 x 208 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:American.
Editura: Grove Atlantic

Descriere

The co-founder of the Irish band The Pogues presents his autobiography as a series of interviews between him and his wife, Clarke, where he recounts growing up on an Irish farm, living in London in the mid 1970s, and reflects on the success of The Pogues and why he left the band. Photos.

Notă biografică

Victoria Mary Clarke spent her childhood in west Cork, with hippy parents, no running water and no TV. At eighteen she moved to London, fell in love with Shane MacGowan and into a life of debauchery. She has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Independent and Paris Vogue, and is the author of Angel in Disguise? and A Drink With Shane MacGowan.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements - i: Acknowledgements Section - ii: Forewords Unit - Act One: A rugged Irish cottage, night. Unit - Act Two: Filthy McNasty¿s Whisky Café, Islington, London, night. Section - iii: Interval Unit - Act Three: Act Three Chapter - Scene One: Plethora restaurant, Islington, London, early winter evening. Chapter - Scene Two: A black taxi, London, night. Section - iv: Refreshments Unit - Act Four: Luxurious house in Hampstead, London, early winter morning. Unit - Act Five: Lone tour bus, desolate highway, USA, day. Unit - Act Six: First-class cabin, transatlantic aircraft, evening. Airport lounge. Unit - Act Seven: Shannon Airport, Ireland, morning. Unit - Act Eight: A rugged Irish cottage, night.