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Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”

By Stephan Talty
IA Newsletter, December 2, 2023

December 1, 2023 by 2 Comments

Thirty-one years ago, I walked up to an apartment in north London to meet one of my heroes, Shane MacGowan. He was asleep when I got there and drunk when he woke up, funny, shy, and acerbic. He cut off one of my questions to tell an unprintable story about the Jam’s lead singer, Paul Weller, leant his sister fifty quid, which he pulled out of a pocket amidst a large clump of … [Read more...] about Shane MacGowan: “We’ll Never See His Like Again”

News Roundup August 13, 2022

Emily Moriarty
IA Newsletter August 13, 2022

August 8, 2022 by Leave a Comment

IFTA Announces 'An Cailín Ciúin' as Ireland's submission for Best International Feature Film An Cailín Ciúin, or The Quiet Girl, was selected as Ireland’s submission for the Best International Feature Film category for the upcoming Academy Awards. The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) announced the Irish language film entry, written and directed by Colm Bairéad and … [Read more...] about News Roundup August 13, 2022

MacGowan’s Road to Paradise

By Richard Purden, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Long written off by the music industry, Shane MacGowan's new single "Road to Paradise" has the critics buzzing. Richard Purden reports. ℘℘℘ The behemoth of Irish music has repeatedly proven that, despite years of rock-'n'-roll debauchery, he can still stand up and be counted among every new generation of artists. So it should come as no surprise that when Shane MacGowan … [Read more...] about MacGowan’s Road to Paradise

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