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Latest topics from “The Medusa Fora” Latest topics from “The Medusa Fora” board. http://www.pogues.com/forum/index.php Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:59:09 -0700 Will Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:21:47 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10989 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10989 The Dregs
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dregs ... 236?ref=mf

(Streaming on the bottom left-hand corner.)

On the off-chance there're any bassists or drummers in the Portland area looking to join, shoot me a PM or 'Facebook' me.

Cheers,

Will]]> DzM Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:24:15 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10988 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10988 Autograph tease something to show everyone how you love your favorite band AND know that you helped support this site*, right? RIGHT? Well, OK then. Let's instead assume you know someone who is a Pogues fanatic and collects all things Poguetry. You TOTALLY want to get this person a unique holiday tchotchke touched by the band, right? RIGHT? Yeah, that's what I thought! Note that you're especially in luck if this person is named Phil AND has a guitar!

Winging their way across the Atlantic even as I type this are these magnificent autographed 8" x 10" photos (and the group ones are bigger). And they'll be available for you to purchase soon! Start saving your quarters now so you can be the first to own the whole set!

Andrew:

Darryl:

James (Mr. Action):

Jem:

Philip:

Shane:

Spider:

Terry:

Group:

*Note that clicking on any of the Amazon links on this page before doing your Amazon shopping also helps support this site. Thankyewverymuch.]]> PaulMcC Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:56:12 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10987 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10987 The Sligo Referee
Back in 1989, The Pogues played The Reading Festival. This was preceeded by three dates in Ireland, one in Galway, one in Shinrone, and a third in Cork. I was at the Galway and Cork shows. Shane didn't exactly cover himself with glory at these two shows. To put it mildly, he was 'out to lunch'.

Anyway, the day before the 1st show Spider and some other Pogues were at the All-Ireland Gaelic Football semi-final between Dublin and Cork. I was at the game myself and Dublin, my team, were the victim of some poor refereeing decisions by an official from Sligo. I wasn't at Reading but heard a recording of the show. Just before 'Repeal', Spider broke in to song. To the tune of 'James Connolly' I think, he sang an original composition about the referee of the afore mentioned match. The lyrics were roughly as follows:

You can talk about Iscariot, Hitler, and the Tans,
How Pontius Pilate wiped the blood of Jaysus off his hands,
The SS, the Gestapo, and the bleedin' R.U.C.,
Not one of them's as treacherous as the Sligo Referee.

He did the dirty deed in Dublin City,
The place where all the girls are so pretty,
His crime is as old as history,
So what then was the fee?
Twenty pieces of silver,
Twenty pieces of silver,
Said the Sligo Referee!

At the end of 'Repeal', Shane referred to Spider as 'the Mozart of the blank generation'!

Happy memories indeed!]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:03:02 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10986 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10986 Pogues Breaking Up Again? http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2010/09/01/15205801-wenn-story.html

The Pogues are to split again after one final festive tour.

The Fairytale of New York hitmakers will bid farewell to fans with a seven-date Christmas tour, which will conclude with two shows at London's O2 Academy in Brixton on December 20 and 21.

The band, fronted by Shane MacGowan, formed in 1982. MacGowan quit the group in 1991 and The Pogues split in 1996.

The original members reunited for a Christmas tour in 2001 and the band has been together ever since.

The current members of the fiery party band include Spider Stacy, Philip Chevron, Jem Finer and Andrew Ranken.

Former members include the late Joe Strummer and Elvis Costello's ex-wife Cait O'Riordan.

]]> Spider Stacy Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:55:24 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10985 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10985 Joseph Cashman
Right i'm off, i only seem to cause trouble here. But hey, hasn't it been fun? Spider]]> Lexys Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:44:19 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10982 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10982 Moscow 29.08.2010
Thank you guys for the 105 minutes of live fantastic. I hope you enjoyed the audience reception.]]> Shaz Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:55:54 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10978 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10978 New exhibition for Jem's work
http://alarmpress.com/18710/blog/art-ne ... galleries/]]> RoddyRuddy Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:53:25 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10977 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10977 www.and vinyl y.com?????????

http://www.and vinyl y.com/
andvinyly

Why not press the ashes of someone you love into a vinyl recording for all time Music available from Jason Leach, Subhead and others ...
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See some strange things online but the above ???

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I've inserted spaces into the URLs in order to make us not be contributing to the link-ranking of this site. If someone wants to visit it, copy/paste the URL into your Location bar and remove the spaces. Note also that the domain already appears to have been taken down. -- DzM]]> Aine Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:39:08 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=10976 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=10976 Radiators--any updates? vivavegas Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:27:31 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10975 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10975 Drammen, Norway Aug 27 2010 http://dt.no/kultur/et-eventyr-i-drammen-1.5575680
http://dt.no/kultur/irsk-invasjon-i-drammen-1.5575347
http://dt.no/kultur/macgowan-pa-plass-1.5573004

PS! Look at the last article. Interview with Shane and a lovely picture.]]> Mac Fuckin Legend Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:27:48 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10974 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10974 Kirsty Gig??
Am i ryt or wrong people?]]> DzM Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:07:35 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10973 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10973 Ken Mehlman comes out http://news.google.com/news/search?q=%2 ... man%22+gay

Ken Mehlman was the George W. campaign manager, and also the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) for two years. Turns out he's also gay.

I have no problem with a gay man or woman being a political conservative. Small government, balanced budgets, strong defense - all very legitimate positions and, as far as I can tell, not contradictory to LBGT. But the Republican Party has so tied itself to an anti-LBGT social agenda that I'm astounded by the number of hi-profile Republicans that have turned out to be closeted and actively working AGAINST their own personal freedoms and happiness. How can these people hate themselves so much that they will dedicate their careers to denying themselves freedoms and rights?]]> IsBrooklynInTheHouse Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:33:06 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10969 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10969 Fleadh Cheoil geechly Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:07:05 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10968 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10968 Pogues Jigsaw Puzzle Kit Kat Kev Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:16:31 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10967 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10967 Gyles Brandreth MacRua Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:49:52 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10965 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10965 DATES: September - October, 2010 (with new band included!) Sat, 11 Sep, 2010 - Glenroe Harvest Festival (with Sharon Shannon and her big band)

Address: festival Marquee, Glenroe, Co.Limerick
Phone: 087 7718199
Email: glenroeharvestfestival@gmail.com
Tickets: €25

Fri, 17 Sep, 2010 - Shane with his new band!

Address: The Summit Inn (K2 club), Thormanby Rd, Howth
Phone: +353(0)1 832 4615
Doors: 9 pm
Tickets: €25 (already available from The Summit Inn)

Sat, 18 Sep, 2010 - Navan Live 2010 (with Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey)

Address: Teach na Teamhrach, Trim Rd. Navan, Co.Meath
Phone: +353(0)469078248
Web: http://www.navanlive.com
Email: navanlive@gmail.com
Tickets: €34 (available from their site)

Thu, 23 Sep, 2010 - Arthur's Day celebration (Shane with his new band)

Address: Gypsy Rose Rock & Blues Bar, 5 Aston Quay, Dublin
Phone: +353(0)1 672 5566
Doors: 9pm
Tickets: €35 (go on sale Aug 25, via tickets.ie, limited capacity)

Fri, 1 Oct, 2010 - Beamish Cork Folk Festival (with Sharon Shannon and her big band)

Address: Savoy Theatre, Cork.
Web: http://www.corkfolkfestival.com
Email: cfolkf@gmail.com
Doors: 7:30pm
Tickets: €35 (available from tickets.ie)

Sun, 10 Oct, 2010 - A tribute gig to late Kirsty McColl (various artists)

Address: O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Web: http://aconcertforkristy.com
Tickets: SOLD OUT

Don't miss two first gigs of Shane performing with his new band!!]]> Nixon Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:02:00 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10964 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10964 Classic Rock Awards
http://awards2010.classicrockmagazine.com/]]> BelfastsLittlesHobo Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:09:43 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10966 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10966 The Priests + Shane MacGowan
SHANE MacGowan (inset) has taken up a new pastime - pool!

The Pogues singer hogged the table in the new Gypsy Rose venue in Dublin's Aston quay on Wednesday night.

And amazingly, Shane managed to pot quite a few balls despite the amount of booze he was drinking.

Shane is due join up with The Priests to release a version of The Little Drummer Boy next Christmas.]]> BelfastsLittlesHobo Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:32:27 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10963 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10963 The Priests ]]> O'Blivion Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:50:49 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10962 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10962 August 23 Viva l'anarchia! Aug 23

On this black day in 1927, railroaded Italian anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted in Boston, Massachusetts.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
were two Italian-born American anarchists,
who were arrested, tried, and executed via
electrocution in Massachusetts for the charge
of murder and theft. There is much controversy
regarding their guilt, stirred in part by Upton
Sinclair's 1928 novel Boston. Critics of the trial
have accused the prosecution and trial judge
of allowing anti-Italian, anti-immigrant, and
anti-anarchist sentiment to influence the jury's
verdict.

The "judge" in the case, Webster Thayer,
was described by an acquaintance thus: "I have
known Judge Thayer all my life . . . He is a narrow-
minded man; he is a half-educated man; he is an
unintelligent man; he is carried away with his fear
of reds . . ."

His instructions to the jury included this amazing
statement about Vanzetti: "This man, although
he may not actually have committed the crime
attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable,
because he is the enemy of our existing institutions . . .
the defendant's ideals are cognate with crime."

Outside the courtroom, Thayer revealed even more
bias. Halfway through the trial (which took seven years)
the judge asked a lawyer at his alma mater, Dartmouth,
"Did you see what I did with those anarchistic bastards
the other day?" He also often referred to them by the
racial epithet dagoes.

Protests, both violent and non-violent, were raised
throughout the trial and for years afterward. Many
famous socialist intellectuals, including Dorothy Parker,
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bertrand Russell, John Dos
Passos, Upton Sinclair, George Bernard Shaw and
H. G. Wells, campaigned for a retrial, but were
unsuccessful. Famed lawyer and future Supreme
Court Justice Felix Frankfurter also argued for a
retrial for the two men, writing a scathing criticism
of Thayer's ruling which, when published in the
Atlantic Monthly in 1927, was widely read.

However, in spite of major protests and strikes all over the world,
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in the electric
chair on August 23, 1927. The execution sparked riots in London
and Germany. The American Embassy in Paris was besieged by
protestors and the facade of the Moulin Rouge was wrecked. Both
Sacco and Vanzetti famously refused a priest but both men went
peacefully and proudly to their deaths. Sacco's final words were
"Viva l'anarchia!" and "Farewell, mia madre." Vanzetti,
in his final moments, gently shook hands with guards and thanked
them for their kind treatment, read a statement proclaiming his
innocence, and finally said, “I wish to forgive some people for
what they are now doing to me.”

The duo's anarchist friends were more, um, out-spoken. In protest of
their arrest in 1920, Italian anarchists were suspected as the perpetrators
of the infamous and deadly Wall Street bombing of 1920 after the two
men were initially indicted. At the funeral parlor where the executed
men's bodies were taken, a wreath announced Aspettando l'ora di
vendetta (Awaiting the hour of vengeance). In 1921, a grenade mailed
to the American ambassador in Paris exploded, wounding his valet.
Other bombs sent to American embassies were defused. In 1926,
Samuel Johnson, the brother of the man who had called police the
night of Sacco and Vanzetti's arrest (Simon Johnson), had his house
destroyed by a bomb.

Following the sentencing of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927, a package
bomb addressed to Governor Fuller was intercepted in the Boston
post office. Three months later, bombs exploded in the New York
subway, in a Philadelphia church, and at the home of the mayor of
Baltimore. One of the jurors in the Dedham trial had his house bombed,
throwing him and his family from their beds. Less than a year after the
executions, a bomb destroyed the front porch of the home of executioner
Robert Elliott. As late as 1932, Judge Thayer himself was the victim of an
attempted assassination when his home was wrecked in a bomb blast.
He lived the remainder of his life at his club in Boston, guarded 24 hours
a day by his personal bodyguard as well as police sentries. He died in
1933 of a cerebral embolism, aged 75.

Judge Thayer was immortalized in song by
Woody Guthrie:

Old Judge Thayer, take your shackle off of me;
Old Judge Thayer, take your shackle off of me.
Turn your key and set me free,
Old Judge Thayer, take your shackle off of me.

The monkey unlocked the courthouse door,
An' the elephant oiled the hardwood floor;
In did jump the kangaroo,
An' in did hop the rabbits, too.
Next in come the two baboons,
Next in rolled a dusty storm,
Next in waddled the polar bear
To keep the judge and jury warm.

Ever'body knows the mockingbird
Wrote down ever' word he heard;
The lawyers all were foxy-sly,
With a foxy nose an' a foxy eye.

The 'possum used the big stiff broom,
Then he polished the new spitoon;
Up did smile the crocodile,
Said, "Here comes the jury down the aisle."

Old momma catfish asked the trout,
"What's this trial here all about?"
Little baby suckerfish upped and said,
"The Judge has caught him a couple of Reds."

Well, the rattlesnake asked the bumble bee,
"Who's this Sacco an' Vanzetti?"
"Are they the men," asked the momma quail,
"That shot the clerks at the Slater Mill?"

The mosquito sung out with his wings,
Said, "I was there an' seen the whole durn thing;
Saw the robbers fire their guns,
But I didn't see these men, neither one."

Well, the big-eyed owl looked around,
"They said that Sacco's cap was found
Down on Pearl Street, on the ground,
Where the payroll guards both got shot down."

"That cap don't fit on Sacco's head,"
The big black crow flapped up and said,
"They tried that cap on Sacco here,
And it fell down around both his ears."

Well, the camel asked the old giraffe,
"Did these two fellas duck the draft,
By runnin' down below the Mexican line?
To keep from fightin' on the rich man's side?"

The lumber duck did rattle his bill,
"All the ducks and geese are flyin' still
Down toward Mexico's warm sun
To try to dodge the rich man's gun."

Up did waddle a lucey goose,
"I think these men ought to be turned loose.
But old Judge Thayer, he swore to his friends
These men'll get a chair or the noose."

When the guilty verdict came,
An' seven years in jail they'd laid,
When these two men there did die,
The animals met on the earth and sky.

"See what fear and greed can do,
See how it killed these sons so true.
Us varmints has got to get together, too,
Before Judge Thayer kills me and you."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGoeuh54MIU

Ah..Woody Guthrie...what a great segue...
from one singing revolution to another!

In order to call the world's attention to the fate of the Baltic countries,
on August 23, 1989, the People's Fronts of all three Baltic countries
(Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania) held a grandiose political manifestation:
"The Baltic Way". Approximately 2 million people (out of a total
population of 8 million) created a 600 km long human "chain" from
Tallinn through Riga to Vilnius. This was a symbolic demonstration
of the Baltic peoples' united will for independence.

Largely through non-violent methods, such as singing forbidden patriotic songs,
the "Singing Revolution" gained independence for these three former vassal
states of the Soviet Union. The Singing Revolution lasted
over four years, with various protests and acts of defiance taking
place between 1987 and 1991.

Born This Day:

Keith Moon, who said:

I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor.
I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several
air crashes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hngmb0pTcMY

Gene Kelly, who said:

I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aus1PA5-SyI

Tex Williams, who said:

Tell St. Peter at the golden gate
That you hate to make him wait
But you've just gotta have another cigarette.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbKQklwNScA]]> bowelling Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:56:50 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10960 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10960 irish repatriation Slim Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:44:26 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10959 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10959 Vote for The Urban Voodoo Machine. Please give them a vote.
http://awards2010.classicrockmagazine.com/

Cheers

Slim]]> Lonelyin Soho Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:02:39 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10958 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10958 Future (from Summer, 2010) continental European Tours
Hey Mister C ! I am just curious...after the short tour in continental Europe which was a great success in Germany and the Netherlands...How big is the probility, that you come back and that we will see you maybe in Austria, Switzerland and Bavaria ???]]> O'Blivion Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:27:14 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10957 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10957 August 22 : My Kingdom For A Horse Aug 22

The Battle of Bosworth Field was the penultimate battle of the
Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the House of Lancaster
and the House of York that raged across England in the latter
half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle
was won by the Lancastrians. Historians consider Bosworth Field
to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it one of the
defining moments of English history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIeD-E7ibI

Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, became the
first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty by his victory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdy2sUKxfDE

His opponent Richard III, the last king of the House of
York, was killed in the battle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLongUBPm5Y

Éirí Amach 1798

Wolfe Tone by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

On this day in 1798, nearly two months after the main Irish uprisings had been defeated,
about 1,000 French soldiers under General Humbert landed in the north-west of the country,
at Kilcummin in County Mayo, to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion.
Joined by up to 5,000 local rebels, they inflicted a humiliating defeat (known as the Castlebar
Races to commemorate the speed of the British retreat) on the British at Castlebar
and set up a short-lived "Republic of Connaught", before final defeat at the Battle of
Ballinamuck, in County Longford, on 8 September 1798. The French troops who surrendered
were repatriated to France in exchange for British prisoners of war; the captured Irish
rebels were massacred at the site of the battle.

Because of these French involvements,
1798 was often referred to as "The
Year of the French".

On this day in 1831, Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion began.

Nat Turner was an American slave in Southampton County, Virginia. He was
singularly intelligent, picking up the ability to read and write at a young age
and experimenting with homemade paper and gunpowder. He grew up
deeply religious and was often seen fasting and praying. He frequently
received visions which he interpreted as being messages from God, and
which greatly influenced his life; for instance, when Nat was 21 years old
he ran away from his master, but returned a month later after receiving
such a vision. He became known among fellow slaves as "The Prophet".

Beginning in February 1831, he came to believe
that certain atmospheric conditions were to be
interpreted as a sign that he should begin preparing
for a rebellion against those holding him and fellow
African Americans as slaves.

Turner started with a few trusted fellow slaves, but the insurgency ultimately
numbered more than 70 slaves and free blacks, some of whom were on
horseback. On August 13, 1831, there was an atmospheric disturbance
which made the sun appear bluish-green. Turner took this as the final
signal, and a week later, on August 21, the rebellion began. The rebels
traveled from house to house, freeing slaves and killing all the white
people they found.

Because the slaves did not want to alert anyone to their presence as they
carried out their attacks, they used knives, hatchets, axes, and blunt
instruments instead of firearms. Historian Stephen B. Oates states that
Turner called on his group to "kill all whites." Historian Herbert
Aptheker, quoting the Richmond Enquirer, writes that "Turner declared
that 'indiscriminate slaughter was not their intention after they attained
a foothold, and was resorted to in the first instance to strike terror and
alarm.'"

The rebellion spared almost no one. A small child who hid in a fireplace
was among the few survivors. Before Turner and his brigade of slaves
were defeated by a white militia twice its size, reinforced by three
companies of artillery, 57 white men, women and children were killed.

Within a day of the suppression of the rebellion, the local militia and three
companies of artillery were joined by detachments of men from the USS
Natchez and USS Warren, which were anchored in Norfolk, and militias from
counties in Virginia and North Carolina surrounding Southampton. At least
100 blacks, and probably many more, were killed. The number of black
victims far exceeded the number of rebels.

Contemporary accounts indicate the brutality with which the blacks were
killed. The editor of the Richmond Whig, writing "with pain,"
described the scene as "the slaughter of many blacks without trial
and under circumstances of great barbarity." Two weeks after the
rebellion had been suppressed, the violence against the blacks
continued. In a letter to the New York Evening Post, Reverend G. W.
Powell wrote that "many negroes are killed every day. The exact
number will never be known."

48 black men and women were tried on
charges of conspiracy, insurrection, and
treason. In all, eighteen blacks —
including one woman — were convicted
and hanged.

In the aftermath of Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion, the Virginia General
Assembly passed new legislation making it unlawful to teach slaves,
free blacks, or mulattoes to read or write. Similar laws were also enacted
in other slave-holding states across the South.

Turner himself, after eluding capture for months by hiding in
the swamps of Virginia, was caught on Oct 30, 1831.
On November 5, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced
to death. He was hanged on November 11 in Jerusalem,
Virginia.

Born This Day:

Dorothy Parker, who said:

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities
will take care of themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeMbc1MD89I

Leni Riefenstahl, who said:

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwmYFz01MxA

Henri Cartier-Bresson , who said:

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-
take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting
prey in your little box.

John Lee Hooker, who said:

One night I was layin' down,
I heard mama 'n papa talkin'
I heard papa tell mama, let that boy boogie-woogie,
it's in him, and it got to come out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyj4ciJk34

Tori Amos, who said:

If they keep crashing stuff into the moon,
the moon's gonna get pissed off, and the tides'll
change, and all the women'll start PMS-ing together.
Then you guys are going to fucking regret it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ljHOSqc4A

Died This Day

Michael Collins was assassinated this day in 1922
at Beal na mBlath, County Cork.]]> O'Blivion Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:52:04 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10955 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10955 Aug 20 : Kinda Like A Pint of Guinness Aug 20
Today is St. Stephen's Day in Hungary.

Stephen was a son of the Hungarian chief Géza and was baptized by Archbishop St.
Adalbert of Prague in 985, on which occasion he changed his heathen name Vaik (Vojk)
to Stephen. In 995 he married Gisela, a sister of Duke Henry of Bavaria, the future
Emperor St. Henry II, and in 997 succeeded to the throne of Hungary. In order to make
Hungary a Christian nation and to establish himself more firmly as ruler, he sent Abbot
Astricus to Rome to petition Pope Sylvester II for the royal dignity and the power to
establish episcopal sees.

“The mouth of the Huns, formerly spewing foam and rage, now distils the honey of charity.
Such, O Christ, are Thy miracles; such are Thy works, O our God!”

The pope acceded to his wishes and,
in addition, presented him with a royal
crown with which he was crowned at
Gran on August 17, 1001.

The last years of his life were embittered by
sickness and family troubles. He was buried
beside his son, St. Emeric, who had lost his
life on a boar hunt,at Stuhlweissenburg, and
both were canonized together in 1083. His
feast is on 2 September, but in Hungary his
chief festival is observed on 20 August, the
day on which his relics were transferred to Buda.

His incorrupt right hand is treasured as the
most sacred relic in Hungary.

The king's right hand is known as the Holy Right.
Hungarians interpreted the incorruptibility of his
right arm and hand - with which he had held the
Holy Crown aloft from his deathbed when asking
our Lady to be the Queen of the Hungarians - as
a sign that the Blessed Virgin Mary had accepted
the king's offer to her of the Hungarian people,
and she remains officially their queen.

The incorrupt arm was divided among European
royalty, but the Holy Right of King Saint Stephen
was placed in a town built solely for the purpose
of keeping it, the town in Transylvania called
"Szent Jobb", or Holy Right. Later, the Holy Right
was transferred to where it is today, the Basilica
of King Saint Stephen in Budapest. Apart from the
Holy Right, only some bone fragments remain, which
are kept in churches throughout Hungary. Hungarian
Catholics honor the first king of their country with
annual processions, at which the Holy Right is exhibited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0OwDfwaqyQ

On this day in 1969, all four Beatles were in Abbey Road studio together for the final
time, doing overdubs to "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deSMlX4rFgo

On this day in 1940, Leon Trotsky got whacked in Mexico City. He died the next day.

He was killed by an ice AXE, not an ice pick as is commonly believed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35bxBD1TlP0

Born This Day:

H. P. Lovecraft, who said:

Life is a hideous thing, and from the background
behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of
truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more
hideous. Science, already oppressive with its shocking
revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate exterminator
of our human species -- if separate species we be --
for its reserve of unguessed horrors could never be
borne by mortal brains if loosed upon the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt5bxfw2hZs

Jim Reeves, who said:

Please pass the taters, li'l Clash! (An old joke.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpi8Bek6jdM

Slobodan Milošević, who said:

We are not angels. Nor are we the devils you have made us out to be.

Robert Plant, who said:

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time. [/quote]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-FWSqc8kE

Phil Lynott, who said, when a journalist asked him what it felt like being
black and Irish:

“Kinda like a pint a Guinness.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TehFZ38kt6o]]> philipchevron Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:34:54 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10953 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10953 UK & Ireland December 2010

There will be shows in Dublin, Killarney, Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and London.

--==--
Updated:

Mon 13 December 2010 O2 Academy Glasgow
Tue 14 December 2010 O2 Academy Newcastle
Thu 16 December 2010 O2 Academy Sheffield
Fri 17 December 2010 Manchester Apollo
Sat 18 December 2010 O2 Academy Birmingham
Mon 20 December 2010 O2 Academy Brixton
Tue 21 December 2010 O2 Academy Brixton]]> O'Blivion Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:26:25 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10950 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10950 August 17 : Kind of Blue August 17

On this day in 1959, Miles Davis released Kind of Blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjwVwASlVn4

Born This Day:

Davy Crockett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvDjcED6aH8

Marcus Garvey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVD28mxyHjU

Mae West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Y0gtQ3biA

Colin Moulding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6bVckO_CM]]> in_the_morning Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:59:27 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10949 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10949 Aisling credited to Shane and Christy Moore (?!)
I have a question concerning "Aisling". When I recently visited the GEMA-website where you can see who has got a copyright on songs, I discovered that Shane AND Christy Moore both are credited for the song "Aisling". That made me wonder a bit. Is it because Christy's version of the song is quite a bit different than Shane's original and has got different lyrics and a slightly different melody and harmonies? Or did they really wrote the song together? I know that the song existed in at least 1990 when Shane was with the Pogues, because of the demo version on the wonderful box set. Just made me wonder a little, maybe some of you know some details?

Anyway, Cheers for your attention and have a nice evening!

Good Bye!]]> philipchevron Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:01:35 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10948 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10948 Blair memoirs publicity juggernaut rolls http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10988478

So he's giving away his advance and all his royalties to a soldiers' charity? Dunno about you, but this changes everything. Now I see that far from being a worthless lying, money-grubbing piece of shit with a religious faith where his conscience ought to be, Tony Blair is in fact a kind and generous-spirited and giving human being. How wrong I was.

This all puts Tony's conduct as a wartime PM into perspective.

"Too much fucking perspective" as the Spinal Tap guys have it at Elvis's grave.

Sorry, Tony.]]> O'Blivion Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:13:10 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8985 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8985 August 16 Acosta Ñu and Ronnie Drew August 16

The Battle of Acosta Ñu

In the middle of 1869, the Paraguayan Army
was on the run and Asunción was under allied
occupation. Francisco Solano López, the
Paraguayan dictator, refused to surrender
and fled, vowing to keep fighting to the end.
The Brazilian commander Duque de Caxias
suggested that the war was militarily over,
but Dom Pedro II, the Brazilian Emperor,
refused to stop the campaign until López
surrendered. Caxias resigned due to illness
and was replaced by the Emperor's son-in-law,
Luís Filipe Gastão de Orléans, Count d'Eu.

Dom Pedro II

With most adult Paraguayan males already killed or captured, López
started to use children and elderly in the Army to keep the fight against
the Alliance. Some children fought with fake beards to conceal their age.
On August 16, 1869, at the Battle of Acosta Ñu, 20,000 men of the
Triple Alliance fought Paraguayan forces made up of 6,000 soldiers,
many of them children.

On March 1, 1870, the troops of General Jose Antonio Correia da
Camara surprised the last Paraguayan camp in Cerro Coro, where
Solano Lopez was fatally injured by a spear as he tried to swim
away down the Aquidabanigui stream. His last words were:
"Muero por mi patria" (I die for my homeland). This marks
the end of the war of the Triple Alliance.

The Paraguayan people had been fanatically committed to Lopez
and the war effort, and as a result they fought to the point of
dissolution. Paraguay suffered massive casualties, losing perhaps
the majority of its population. The war left it utterly prostrate.

The specific numbers of casualties are hotly disputed, but it has
been estimated that 300,000 Paraguayans, mostly civilians, died;
up to 90% of the male population may have been killed. According
to one numerical estimation, the prewar population of approximately
525,000 Paraguayans was reduced to about 221,000 in 1871, of which
only about 28,000 were men. Definitively accurate casualty numbers
will probably never be determined.

Of the around 123,000 Brazilians that fought in the
War of the Triple Alliance, the best estimates say
that around 50,000 died. Uruguayan forces counted
barely 5,600 men (some of whom were foreigners),
of whom about 3,100 died. Argentina lost around
18,000 of its 30,000 combatants.

The high rates of mortality, however, were not the result
of the armed conflict in itself. Bad food and very bad
hygiene caused most of the deaths. Among the Brazilians,
two-thirds of the killed died in hospitals and during the
march, before facing the enemy. In the beginning of the
conflict, most of the Brazilian soldiers came from the
north and northeast regions of the country; the changes
from a hot to cold climate and the amount of food
available to them were abrupt. Drinking the river
water was sometimes fatal to entire battalions of
Brazilians. Cholera was the main cause of death
during the war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyIkEoLBqk

Born This Day:

T.E. Lawrence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78y7jYZ1lnE

Charles Bukowski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BESYAb-5 ... re=related

Madonna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucLIYZ-tyiQ

Died This Day:

Bela Lugosi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cE1fzfOogo

Robert Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHI23FTP8

Elvis Presley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljYD7ncmSU

Idi Amin Dada

Responsible for the deaths of half a million, Amin retired
to a comfortable exile in Saudi Arabia and died in 2003.
He is buried in a simple grave in Ruwais Cemetery in Jeddah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Tns9QKFV8&NR=1

Ronnie Drew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du48-eq0Tpg]]> philipchevron Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:34:37 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10947 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10947 What's on Your Radio?
(NPR via RTE Choice)

I know nothing about cars, but I know what's funny.]]> Nemanjic Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:06:49 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10945 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10945 A Portraits of Shane for Sale
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Shane-Ma ... -oglas.htm
http://www.kupujemprodajem.com/Shane-Ma ... -oglas.htm

Hope that I'm not violating the rules with this post

]]> Todd Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:38:34 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10943 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10943 Scotch ]]> Maldoror Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:43:23 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10942 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10942 Dranouter 8.8.2010 ). The band (especially Philip and James) did their best though, but they got very little reaction.]]> lavabe Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:36:36 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10941 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10941 Leipzig 5.8.2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K14lmdnEgU]]> O'Blivion Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:39:22 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10940 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10940 Aug 5 : I am not an animal! Aug 5

The Revenue Act of 1861, formally cited as Act of August
5, 1861, Chap. XLV, 12 Stat. 292, included the first U.S. Federal
income tax statute (see Sec.49). The Act, motivated by the need
to fund the Civil War, imposed an income tax to be "levied, collected,
and paid, upon the annual income of every person residing in the
United States, whether such income is derived from any kind of
property, or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation
carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other
source whatever . . . ”

Rates under the Act were 3% on income above $800 (adjusted for
inflation: $18,875 in as of 2009 dollars) and 5% on income of
individuals living outside the country.

The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln,
the first Republican President. This Act introduced Federal income
tax as a flat rate tax.

On this day in 1957, American Bandstand made its debut on the
ABC television network.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdYevkJf--M

On this day in 1962, Nelson Mandela was jailed in
South Africa. He would not be released until 1990.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPw7P7rjSI

On this day in 1981, Ronald Reagan
fired 11,359 striking air-traffic
controllers who ignored his order
for them to return to work. The
FAA had initially claimed that staffing
levels would be restored within two
years; however, it would take closer
to ten years before overall staffing
levels returned to normal.

The Beatles released Revolver on this day in 1966. It's my
favorite Beatles' album, if I'm ever forced to choose.

track listing: (all songs by Lennon / McCartney
unless noted otherwise)

Side One
"Taxman" (George Harrison)
"Eleanor Rigby"
"I'm Only Sleeping"
"Love You To" (Harrison)
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Yellow Submarine"
"She Said She Said"

Side Two
"Good Day Sunshine"
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
"For No One"
"Doctor Robert"
"I Want to Tell You" (Harrison)
"Got to Get You into My Life"
"Tomorrow Never Knows"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ZWVnqWeHQ

Born This Day:

John Merrick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF19L00KbAI

John Huston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcCVa4S_9PE

Died This Day:

Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvGF0YhPSZg

Luther Perkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV58ztuihs

Richard Burton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nInE5TITzE8]]> widewideworld Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:19:03 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10939 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10939 Berlin Show
I´m looking for a Bootleg from the great Berlin Citadelle Show!
Can anybody help me?

By der Nico from Germany]]> lavabe Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:06:31 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10937 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10937 Hamburg 4.8.2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gu4-hSgMgU]]> MrsSinclair Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:33:15 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10935 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10935 Berlin 3 Aug 2010
Just got home... It was wet but great. Thank you so much, guys. This will help me through the next (awful) days.

By the way: Ich bin eine Schokotorte!!!

I'm glad my Dad persuaded me to take more money with me than just 20 €. >>> 30 € for a shirt? Wow. But the color fits so nicely to my hair....]]> Alex Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:39:24 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10934 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10934 Pogues in Berlin - Interview with Spider (Tagesspiegel) The Pogues in der Zitadelle
02.08.2010
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/the-pogues-in-der-zitadelle/1895282.html

Früher waren die acht Jungs vor allem für ihre Trinkerei auf der Bühne bekannt. Das hat sich gehörig geändert. Einige der smarten Punkrocker rühren heute keinen Tropfen mehr an. Am Dienstag kommen The Pogues nach Spandau.

Sie treiben sich da rum, wo der Whiskey in Strömen fließt. Das jedenfalls lassen ihre Lieder vermuten. The Pogues singen von Alkohol und Besäufnissen, aber auch vom Schicksal irischer Auswanderer. Die Songs der acht Iren, Engländer und Schotten stammen aus den 80ern und 90ern, damals waren sie die Begründer des irischen Folk-Punks. Heute sind die Rocker Mitte 50 und gar nicht mehr so trinkfest: dem Alkohol haben manche entsagt. Am Dienstag kommen sie nach Spandau und spielen in der Zitadelle.

In über 25 Jahren auf der Bühne ist es erst das zweite Konzert der Band in Berlin. 1985 kamen sie erstmals in die Stadt, Erinnerungen an damals sind verschwommen. Sänger und Flötist Peter „Spider“ Stacy erinnert sich an Ärger mit Neonazis und an einen Ledermantel, den er sich besorgt hatte. Dem verpasste er den Namen Wolfgang, doch Wolfgangs Schicksal ist ungeklärt. Viel mehr kennt der Engländer nicht von Berlin und Deutschland. Kraftwerk und die Toten Hosen sind ihm noch ein Begriff, und in der Kneipe müssen wenige deutsche Wörter zur Verständigung reichen: „Haben Sie ein alkoholfreies Bier, bitte.“ Stacy und die meisten Bandmitglieder trinken seit Jahren keinen Alkohol mehr.

Stacy ist es leid, dass die Pogues von vielen auf Trinklieder reduziert werden. „Shanes Songs sind Lieder vom Leben und den Menschen, vom Zustand der Menschheit, sie handeln nicht nur vom Abhängen in Bars“, sagt er. Shane MacGowan ist Gründungsmitglied und Sänger der Pogues. Lücken im Gebiss besorgten dem Iren den Spitznamen „der Mann mit vielen Worten und wenig Zähnen“. In den 80er Jahren war er nicht selten zu betrunken, um aufzutreten. 1991 flog er aus der Band, nachdem er bei einem Konzert in Tokio zusammenbrach. Fünf Jahre später folgte die Auflösung, weitere fünf Jahre danach die Wiedervereinigung – ohne MacGowan war die Band erfolglos. Als der chaotische Sänger zurückkam, schien dessen Lebensweise unverändert. Zu Proben kam er zu spät, und noch heute hofft die Band, dass er zu den Konzerten überhaupt auftaucht. Meist geschieht das in letzter Minute. Rausschmeißen würden ihn die Pogues trotzdem nicht mehr. „Das war schrecklich“, sagt Stacy, „eine Band sollte wie eine Gang sein und zusammenhalten.“

Gegründet hatte sich die Gruppe unter dem Namen Pogue Mahone. Doch weil kaum ein Radiosender die Musik einer Band spielen wollte, deren Name übersetzt „Küss meinen Arsch“ lautete, taufte sie sich um. Heute kommen längst nicht nur alteingesessene Fans zu den Konzerten. „Es ist nicht so, dass wir nur vor einem Haufen alter Leute mit langen Haaren spielen, die uns seit den 80ern hören“, meint Stacy. Obwohl längst kein neues Album mehr erschienen ist und Stacy den Hoffnungen auf neue Songs eine Absage erteilt, kommen die Folkpunker auch bei Leuten weit unter der eigenen Altersklasse an. Die Whiskeyströme sind schuld, das Image füllt noch heute Konzertsäle. Das weiß auch Stacy: „Die Leute kommen zu den Shows, weil wir einen gewissen Ruf haben.“ Der soll auf der Bühne dann auch bedient werden. Danach gibt es für Stacy eine Zigarette, dann fährt er ins Hotel. „Die Zeit der wilden Feierei ist vorbei.“

The Pogues, Dienstag, Zitadelle Spandau, Beginn 18.30 Uhr, Tickets ab 38 Euro]]> Ingrid Knetsch PRS Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:33:33 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10933 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10933 Hamburg 04.08.2010 Mick Molloy Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:14:50 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10932 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10932 Amsterdam 1 August 2010

]]> RnRReporter Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:13:43 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10930 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10930 Münster 31 July 2010 http://www.rocknroll-reporter.de]]> Mick Molloy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:28:28 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10928 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=10928 Luxemburg 30 July 2010

As it was the tour opener I actually didn't expect too much of it, thinking the band would have to get in a flow but they were fantastic. They all seemed to extremely enjoy the gig and they were laughing and communicating all round.

I think the setlist was what they usually have nowadays but there wasn't a brass section so no Metropolis but Darryl has a great treat for us all during Fiesta :lol:

Was great to hear Mr C sings 1000's again and for me that was the highlight of the show!

The hall was really small and cosy but I think it is my dislike of French speaking people but I really got annoyed by some red-shirted bloke trying to climb the stage twice. Also in the beginning there seemed to be little crowd reaction but there was a lot of dancing behind the first rows. I must say I've never been at a ogues gig that was so quiet up front and had me just shouting all the songs haha.

Top gig and I'm looking forward to Amsterdam already!]]> philipchevron Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:26 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10926 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10926 Showtimes Corner (Europe 2010)*
Rockhal, Luxembourg
Doors open: 8pm
POGUES: 9.30 pm

Muenster July 31
Schloss Muenster
Doors 5pm
THE POGUES 8.30 pm

Amsterdam
Doors: 7pm
POGUES 8.30 pm

Berlin
Doors: 5.30
Support: 6.30
POGUES: between 7.30 and 8pm

HAMBURG update
Doors open 6pm
POGUES 7pm

Leipzig
Doors 7pm
POGUES: sometime between 8pm and 9pm

Dranouter
POGUES: after 10pm

Sorry, I have no information on supporting acts.

--==--
A quick consolidation of times into the top post brought to you by Janitorial Meddling. -- DzM]]> lavabe Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:37 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10925 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10925 Pogues special on Berlin radio programm "Radio Eins"
to be continued...i hope...

tracklist

http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/prime_cuts/playlists/2010/07/100728_2100.html

livestream:(not yet online, but in the next days)

http://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendun ... index.html]]> dave 81 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:07:09 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10924 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10924 Anyone willing and/or able? The great Merch Exchange. So, I'll gladly pay the cost of said shirt, shipping charges, and a little more for your effort. Payment of your choice, (preferably PayPal...quick and easy.) Any takers?

Please PM me if you might be up to this 007 task.

Have fun, be safe, and enjoy!
Dave]]> gimmedanger Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:18:19 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10922 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=10922 Dr Marten's Covers
Loads of bands have been doing cover versions for Dr Martens 50th anniversary

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club decided to cover "Dirty Old Town"

Not a patch on the original, however they put their own touch to the song, and the video is quite nice too

http://www.youtube.com/user/50YEARSOFDR ... s%20videos]]> RICHB Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:46:13 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10916 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=10916 BBC4 Show O'Blivion Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:59:09 -0700 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10915 http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=10915 July 21 : Day of Retribution July 21

On this day in 356 BC, Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus.
The temple was constructed of marble and considered the most beautiful of some
thirty shrines built by the Greeks to honor their goddess of the hunt, the wild and
childbirth. One hundred and thirty metres long, and supported by columns eighteen
metres high, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Far from attempting to evade responsibility for his act of arson, Herostratus proudly
claimed credit in an attempt to immortalise his name in history. To dissuade similar-
minded fame-seekers, the Ephesean authorities not only executed him, but also
condemned him to a legacy of obscurity by forbidding mention of his name under
penalty of death. This did not stop Herostratus from achieving his goal, however,
as the ancient historian Theopompus recorded the event and its perpetrator in his
Hellenics. Today, The English term Herostratic fame relates to Herostratus,
and means, roughly, "fame at any cost". Such men as Mark David Chapman, who
murdered John Lennon — "The result," said Chapman, "would be that I would be
famous; the result would be that my life would change and I would receive a
tremendous amount of attention." — may be considered modern examples of
the Herostratically famous.

The Temple, which itself was a reconstruction of an earlier structure which had been
destroyed by a flood, was rebuilt in 323 BC and was destroyed by Goths in 268 AD.
It was rebuilt yet again The second-century Acts of John includes a story of the
temple's destruction: the apostle John prayed publicly in the very Temple of Artemis,
exorcising its demons and "of a sudden the altar of Artemis split in many pieces...
and half the temple fell down," instantly converting the Ephesians, who wept, prayed
or took flight. Over the course of the fourth century, perhaps the majority of Ephesians
did convert to Christianity; all temples were declared closed by Theodosius I in 391.

In 401, the temple in its last version was finally destroyed by a mob led by St. John
Chrysostom, and the stones were used in construction of other buildings. Some of
the columns in Hagia Sophia originally belonged to the temple of Artemis.

On this day in 1877, after rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers
and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia on
the previous day (see July 20), workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania staged a
sympathy strike that was met with a deadly assault by the state militia. In
the next two days 26 people were killed and much railroad property destroyed.
U.S. Troops finally ended the strike.

On the morning on July 21, 1918, the German U-Boat SM U-156 positioned
itself off of Nauset Beach, located in Orleans, Massachusetts. Armed with two
torpedo tubes and 18 torpedoes as well as two 105 millimeter deck guns, with
1672 shells. U-156 then surfaced and opened fire on the town with her deck guns,
then with both torpedoes and her deck guns, the 140 foot tugboat, Perth Amboy,
surrounded by four wooden barges.

Men from the nearby Coast Guard station rushed up to their looking tower to see
what all the commotion was about. One of them called Chatham Naval Air Station
to inform them of the ongoing U-boat attack. Reuben Hopkins, a Coast Guard
veteran of the engagement, reached the tower rail in time to see an enemy shell
explode over the tugboat. The tug was quickly sunk and U-156 then started firing
upon the barges. Escaping from the now burning Perth Amboy and barges were 32
merchant sailors and civilians, including the captain's wife and children.

Reuben Hopkins remained behind as other men went to rescue the tugboat survivors
who were coming ashore in lifeboats. Soon, Curtiss HS-2L and R-9 seaplanes arrived
to bomb the U-Boat but the ordnance dropped either were duds or failed to hit the
target and the warplanes had to fly back to Chatham, Massachusetts to reload. That
ended the engagement.

On this day in 1919, the dirigible Wingfoot Air Express
crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in
Chicago, killing 12 people.

On this day in 1944, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators
were executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
In what turned out to be a futile attempt to save his own life, co-conspirator
Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm, Commander-in-Chief of the Replacement Army
present in the Bendlerblock (Headquarters of the Army), charged other conspirators
in an impromptu court martial and condemned the ringleaders of the conspiracy to
death. Stauffenberg and fellow officers Colonel General Olbricht, Lieutenant von
Haeften, and Oberst (Colonel) Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were shot before
1:00 a.m. that night (21 July 1944) by a makeshift firing squad in the courtyard
of the Bendlerblock, which was lit by the headlights of a truck.

Von Stauffenberg was portrayed by Tom Cruise in the film Valkyrie.

Born This Day:

Hart Crane, who wrote:

As silent as a mirror is believed
Realities plunge in silence by . . .

I am not ready for repentance;
Nor to match regrets. For the moth
Bends no more than the still
Imploring flame. And tremorous
In the white falling flakes
Kisses are,--
The only worth all granting.

It is to be learned--
This cleaving and this burning,
But only by the one who
Spends out himself again.

Twice and twice
(Again the smoking souvenir,
Bleeding eidolon!) and yet again.
Until the bright logic is won
Unwhispering as a mirror
Is believed.

Then, drop by caustic drop, a perfect cry
Shall string some constant harmony,--
Relentless caper for all those who step
The legend of their youth into the noon.

Ernest Hemingway, who said: