Category Archives: pogues

Teenage Kicks At Christmas: Little Brown Jug

Posted on November 8, 2007 by

We all know where the Pogues’ name comes from (Irish Gaelic for something unrepeatable), and that the title of Rum, Sodomy And The Lash is an apocryphal saying attributed to Winston Churchill. So let’s cut the crap and get on … Continue reading →

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And When They Ask Us, For They’re Surely Going To Ask Us, What Were We Fighting For?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by

When I was 18, I went to university. Suddenly, it seemed like a whole new world had opened up for me. No parents telling me what to do, I could smoke, I could drink…So I chose the latter. Today’s post … Continue reading →

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