The Pogues / Shane MacGowan
In the Wake Of the Medusa
Everything you ever wanted to know about The Pogues... no matter if you were afraid to ask or not. Aka The Pogues official site. With a brilliant forum.
Rockin Boppin Lunatic
An outstanding site with a great collection of Shane MacGowan articles. The best source of latest Shane-news.
Paddy Rolling Stone
Official site of the Irish National Treasure, punk legend, man of many words and a few teeth, the one and only Shane MacGowan. Not updated any longer, but with a good archive of old articles.
Parting Glass
Aka Poguetry. Great site explaining even the subtlest nuances and most-hidden hints in the Pogues / Shane MacGowan’s songs, and opening the door to unthought-of interpretations.
Joey Cashman Page
The only existing site dedicated to Joey Cashman, Shane MacGowan’s notorious and indomitable personal assistant.
Waiting for Shane
Very good site dedicated to The Pogues and Shane, with hard-to-find articles, info on latest releases, exhaustive list of released recordings mp3s and other suff.
Bootography
Exhaustive info about audio and video bootlegs of The Pogues and solo projects of individual band members.
Music
History Of Ireland in Song
The history of the Emerald Isle viewed through the prism of Irish song lyrics.
Mudcat Cafe
Huge collection of traditional song lyrics, and a great source of background info to the songs.
Digital Tradition songs at 8notes
Extensive collection of traditional song lyrics, notes and midis.
High-energy traditional Irish music from Connemara in the Pogues and Dubliners style.
Art
Banksy
Graffiti master. Artist with the craziest imagination. Anarchist. Phenomenon. His masterpieces, provocations, stunts... and rats....
Liquid Sculpture
Wonders resulting from a few drops of water and pressing the shutter release at the right moment.
DzM's Burning Man photos
Works of art and crazy visions in the midst of a Nevada desert, captured on camera before they burn, burn, burn
Great music & travel photography.
zuzana(at)pogues.com
