I made a resolution this year to try and suppress my natural Grinchy tendencies. Now that I have two young boys around, Christmas is going to start to become less about me being grumpy and self-indulgently miserable and more about them being smitten with Christmas magic.
They’re both still too young to properly appreciate Christmas, but I’m [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Pogues’
The ice is thick and my feet are clamped, I know how my cards are stacked
I have acres of land. I have men at command.
Boy Z is sleeping for England this afternoon, so much so that I’ve found myself at a loss. I’ve even cleaned the toilets, something that it rarely crosses my mind to do. I’m grateful for this one day a week I take off with my son – it’s a day to take stock, to take [...]
I’m a free born man of the U.S.A.
29 Jan 2009 at 14:22
A Free Man
Australia, Britain, British Artists, Dr. O'C, Irish artists, Music, USA
Do you know what music you want played at your funeral? I do. Not because I’m obsessed with death or anything, far from it. But if you don’t plan for these things some well-meaning relative will play “Goodbye My Lover” by James Frickin’ Blunt or Robbie Williams’ “Angels” or “The Wind Beneath My Wings” for [...]
The Pogues - : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Pogues - [2:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Pogues - [4:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadYou’re a bum, you’re a punk. You’re an old slut on junk.
I’m sorry to report that their is no movement on the Christmas spirit front. Not even after having a Christmas tree thrust upon me, a spell of Christmas shopping and a Christmas party on the weekend. Though, sitting in the warm late Spring sun at a barbecue doesn’t really summon up the Noel for me. [...]
The Best of South Australia
A Free Man will be headed Down Under in a matter of weeks. In anticipation, South Australian music blogger Ringo Stalin at Champignons for my real friends hooked us up with his choices for the best bands from SA. Head over and see what Adelaide and environs have to offer. My fav was Home For [...]
Heave away, haul away
“Haul away your rolling king
Heave away, Haul away
Haul away oh hear me sing
We’re bound for South Australia…”
-The Pogues – “South Australia”
Since we moved to Britain in the autumn of 2004 we’ve been trying to figure out where to go from here. Neither of us are British, so we have no ties to the place, but [...]
New Music Monday: Gogol Bordello – “Super Taranta”
“There was never any good old days
They are today, they are tomorrow
It’s a stupid thing we say
Cursing tomorrow with sorrow…”
Gogol Bordello – “Ultimate”
In the last couple of months I’ve taken up jogging. The sole reason for this is so that I can eat more ice cream after dinner and not gain the horrible ice cream [...]
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