I am curious to see an updated pic. I hear he got implants.

Is that headline out of whack for anyone else (yep, i know about the whole towel history)?

No?

Ok. It's just me.

alonzinator: I am curious to see an updated pic. I hear he got implants.

Did he go with the C-cups?

Here's Shane with his new teeth.

I do like that theory.

On the other hand, I first had to cut my hair because of slight skullet-itis in Cork, Ireland. And my intake of medication was pretty steady there.

Still waiting on my towel. I cry myself to sleep every night, hoping that some day she'll come to me.

I got mine...



...and I got yours, too!

I got my towel, though for the keychain tchotchke giveaway I got a poor non-bottle-opening substitute.

Is it necessary to drink it? I'll try washing my hair in it, but I'm not going to drink it.

The percentage of bald alcoholic men appears to be lower than in the general male population. I noticed this hairy anomaly many years ago, having been sober in an anonymous alcoholism recovery program since 1975. Boy, in that program there are a lot of thick heads of hair on guys over 50. It's actually weird. There was even a small blurb in Psychology Today in the 1970s mentioning that someone had gotten grant money to study this oddity, so I'm not the only one to have noticed.

Saw them a couple months ago, they are still a farking fantastic show.

I'll one up ya with Guinness floors.
http://www.mountainlumber.com/index.php/products/limited_editions

That's a crock of crap. I drink Guinness like it's going to stop production if I don't and I'm damn near totally bald.

/Never got my towel
//Balding Greaser

I never got mine =(

Old Shane is drinking a lot more than Guinness, he only had the Guinness to mellow the moments between bottles of liquor.

Shane is a poet of incredible talent. His words will be studied a century from now (he never wrote an original tune) when the Bonos, Sringsteens, and Kanyes are remembered only by their families. Most folks are fooled by him--he plays the fool, mumbles in his jar, and he is killing himself--but he is tuned into the mystical stream of the race before us, and his poetry is as powerful, and as visceral, as anything being produced elsewhere. It's an overworked word, genius, but it rightly applies to Mr. MacGowan.

Got mine....then it vanished during a party.
:(

radioman_: The percentage of bald alcoholic men appears to be lower than in the general male population. I noticed this hairy anomaly many years ago, having been sober in an anonymous alcoholism recovery program since 1975. Boy, in that program there are a lot of thick heads of hair on guys over 50. It's actually weird. There was even a small blurb in Psychology Today in the 1970s mentioning that someone had gotten grant money to study this oddity, so I'm not the only one to have noticed.

Alcoholics may have liver failure, which winds up tipping the estrogen/testosterone balance in favor of estrogens. That's why men with liver failure have gynecomastia, viz., "biatch tits." It's not just fat.

I would guess that the decreased testosterone activity might be the reason they don't go bald. However, I can't find evidence for my idea in the medical literature; it's hard to search for factors which might be protective against baldness.

I saw the Pogues at Voodoo Fest on Halloween and they kicked some ass. A little less moving around, but they sounded great. Shane came out a few songs in and the crowd went nuts.

Yeah, he acted drunk, but it might have been an act. The real drunks were getting beatdowns from security guards in the crowd. This one dude in shorts, combat boots and a flannel tied around his waist played the keep-away game with the cops and a bottle of Southern Comfort, much like Tom Hanks and the racquetball in "Big." And he was downing it the whole time, too.

It took three guys to finally get it from him.

/Cool story bro

You would think an article about Shane, would you know...show a picture of him. You would think.

ertznay: You would think an article about Shane, would you know...show a picture of him. You would think.

Knowing what Shane looks like, do you think anyone besides Pogues fans really WANT to see a picture of him?

Otto's_Jacket: I don't necessarily disagree with you, but why isn't Amy Winehouse afforded the same pass? In fact Amy was putting out some pretty good music before she became such a mess...I honestly don't know enough about The Pogues to know if the same could be said for Shane.

The difference? One album for Winehouse, 5 with Shane, plus his other side projects. 5 albums of AWESOME

Otto's_Jacket: Again, I wasn't disagreeing with unauthorized finger and probably should have used a broader brush instead of singling Amy out, but his statement was "...If he sanitized his life, he'd wreck his art." I'm just wondering if he had his art before he started to drink so much, and will spend some time this evening looking for some of the documentaries I see are available to hopefully get the answer.

While Shane was kicked out of the Pogues for being increasingly erratic due to alcohol and drugs, he was pretty damn drunk the entire time the was producing his best work.
His teeth aren't entirely his fault, he was also brutalized by police a few times, and has actual health problems aside from his alcoholism. Thing is, he actually drinks a lot less than he used to (obviously), to the extent that it seems like he has things under control based off of the last interview I read of him.

Otto's_Jacket: KajakPro: Otto's_Jacket: I don't necessarily disagree with you, but why isn't Amy Winehouse afforded the same pass? In fact Amy was putting out some pretty good music before she became such a mess...I honestly don't know enough about The Pogues to know if the same could be said for Shane.

The difference? One album for Winehouse, 5 with Shane, plus his other side projects. 5 albums of AWESOME

I'm still wondering if any of those albums and side projects were done before he became such a lush...

Again, I wasn't disagreeing with unauthorized finger and probably should have used a broader brush instead of singling Amy out, but his statement was "...If he sanitized his life, he'd wreck his art." I'm just wondering if he had his art before he started to drink so much, and will spend some time this evening looking for some of the documentaries I see are available to hopefully get the answer.

No, it didn't. He is the last of the great Irish poets, and he knows it. If he quit drinking, A) He'd die. B) If he somehow survived, he'd become incredibly boring. And I am in AA and think everyone has a drinking problem.

Percy Hotspur: Shane is a poet of incredible talent. His words will be studied a century from now (he never wrote an original tune) when the Bonos, Sringsteens, and Kanyes are remembered only by their families. Most folks are fooled by him--he plays the fool, mumbles in his jar, and he is killing himself--but he is tuned into the mystical stream of the race before us, and his poetry is as powerful, and as visceral, as anything being produced elsewhere. It's an overworked word, genius, but it rightly applies to Mr. MacGowan.

This is true. He is of the same poetic stature as, say Bob Dylan.

I wonder if Shane has anything left in him or has the alcohol muted it. It was the alcohol that gave him much of his words, but I fear the physiacl effects have put a stop to it.