My little sister's second favourite xmas song. After this one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5fHMlb4V0
True story time here:
I had to buy myself a couple of his LPs twice because the little brat wrote her name on the inner sleeves of my original copies and then went "Daddy, stuj keeps taking my LPs and putting them in his room." She also did this with my Motley Crue and Twisted Sister LPs.
Wow, I'd forgotten this one by him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYM7UZclvOI
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 26 Dec 2017, 4:21,
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Holy fuck that's evil.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Wed 27 Dec 2017, 10:52,
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Joke is on you! The NYPD doesn't and never has had a choir!
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Tue 26 Dec 2017, 6:46,
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The Pogues Whiskey
www.thepoguesirishwhiskey.com
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wakeupandsmellthebacon, Tue 26 Dec 2017, 9:38,
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I remember the moment that I thought this song was losing it's edge
I was in Woolworths, FFS.
*edit* it was good that he spent some of the cash on his teeth.
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RIP Kirsty;
Not wishing to put a dampener on anyone's festive spirit, but there is a story here that many may not know. Kirsty was killed in 2000; diving in Mexico, she pushed her Son out of the path of a speedboat owned by a millionaire. An employee of the owner said he was driving, and got a small nominal fine, but there are eye-witnesses that say he wasn't driving the boat. In 2005, the Pogues re-released the above track to raise money for a 'justice for Kirsty' campaign. Another part of the tale: Kirsty's most successful single was "A New England" - written by Billy Bragg. She thought it was too short so he wrote an extra verse for her; since her death, Bragg adds the verse.
Kirsty was a brilliant singer/songwriter who died far too young, saving her Son's life. Here she is performing the Bragg track; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzpg5GgQCo
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I thought she was killed to ded by a jet ski
A new England is a very good sone and one of Billy Braggs best writings
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Wed 27 Dec 2017, 10:45,
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I was working on cruise ships out there at the time and I think she was diving shorediving off Cozumel at a restricted/protected from motorized boats etc area called Chankanab (sp?)
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unclepills, Wed 27 Dec 2017, 14:02,
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Chankanaab reef, yeah.
"18 December 2000 she and her sons went diving at the Chankanaab reef, part of the National Marine Park of Cozumel, in a designated diving area that watercraft were restricted from entering. With the group was a local veteran divemaster, Iván Díaz. As the group were surfacing from a dive, a powerboat moving at high speed entered the restricted area" - Wikip.
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I kinda relate to it,
because I used to teach divers in Koh Tao, Thailand, and while there a student was killed in a similar way. The speedboat prop chopped straight through the metal valve on top of the air tank, and cut into their head. I knew the instructor - who had to pull them on to the boat, with the back of their skull missing. He was utterly devastated - and also, had no income at all for a very long time while it was all investigated. It's happened several times in Koh Tao, which has a terrible safety record (and the odd murder too). Despite all that, I'd still absolutely recommend going, because it's paradise.
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