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Don't Drink and Jive: Why Alcohol and Performance Do Not Make Cosy Bedfellows

Matthew Phillips | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Gigs, Intoxication, Shane McGowan, Sid Vicious, Alcohol, Kitesonline, Jim Morrison, Kites, Wearekites, UK Music, Gigging, UK Entertainment, Live Music, Music, UK Entertainment News
Matthew Phillips

I don't feel the need to rid myself of inhibitions prior to a gig because, in all sincerity, the stage is one of the few places that I can be entirely myself, warts and all. If you can't amplify your neuroses and insecurities at a show then, frankly, what's the point?

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A Very Grim Fairy Tale

Ian Watson | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Fairytale of New York, Shane McGowan, Carols, Christmas Songs, The Pogues, Christmas, UK Comedy News
Ian Watson

Why should I care what the hell the boys in the NYPD Choir are singing about? The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word Irish into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland.

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