I asked ChatGPT to write the opening of Ulysses in the style of Irvine Welsh 😆

#Trainspotting #IrvineWelsh #Ulysses #JamesJoyce

Great meeting Irvine Welsh in Dublin tonight. Little did I realise he would end up reading from my own personal copy of Trainspotting onstage! Don't miss him if he is in town!

#Trainspotting #IrvineWelsh

“I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring.
And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again ... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.”

J.G. Ballard

Our new 4K edition of FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)—Terry Gilliam's feverish psychedelic odyssey—enters the collection in June! criterion.com/films/215-fear…

Our release includes:
•Three commentaries, featuring Gilliam, one with cast and crew, and one with Hunter S. Thompson…

My pal Kieron has stepped into the world of concert promotion, in the city of Lincoln, of all places. May it be a great success and a wild night, K.

This is a marvellous yoke altogether. The chapter on the west of Ireland makes you want to pack the bags and put the pokey city gaff on the market. Hats off, Michael.

This week, to mark the 100th anniversary of #BrendanBehan ’s birth and our new production of #TheQuareFellow , RTÉ Nationwide took a look back at the writer’s upbringing, life and work. Watch here 📺 bit.ly/3vltnVT
📷 Irish Photo Archive

It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died yesterday 30 December 2023 in London aged 84. His journalism and documentaries were celebrated around the world, but to his family he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner. Rest In Peace.

Very special delivery this morning - Photo of Sinéad O'Connor & Shane MacGowan taken by the legendary BP Fallon - thanks BP!

#sineadoconnor #shanemacgowan #pogues #bpfallon

‘The fuckin railway, I’m weary of the railway, poor Paddy works on the railway!’ Spider Stacy 💚☘️

‘Ah what will mend my broken heart, I’ve lost my Laughing Boy’ 💔

A real precious moment during Shane’s wake where everyone finally paused for breath & reflected on our loss. Thank you Imelda May for allowing me to film & share it & thank you Niall McNamee! Enjoy guys 💚☘️

Delighted to get my hands on this 7' vinyl of The Pogues Fairytale of New York, all profits from sales going to Dublin Simon Community.

Shane MacGowan #pogues #fairytaleofnewyork #shanemacgowan

Ordered

Raising a glass to the man himself on his birthday Shane MacGowan #ShaneMacGowan

Delighted to finally get my hands on this after years of searching. After Hunter died, Rolling Stone commissioned just 100 of these. #huntersthompson #gonzo #rollingstone #gonzo journalism

This is a great read

Sinéad O’Connor despised what the label pushed her to record for her debut LP. Almost out of money and time, she booted the producer, hired young Irishman Kevin Moloney, started again, and stunned the world.

Moloney tells SPIN how. spin.com/2023/12/kevin-…

JUST ANNOUNCED 📣

Greystones Film Club presents Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan for one night only on Thursday 25th January 2024.

Tickets on sale now ⬇️
bit.ly/3TvdpCH

📸Andrew Catlin

Crowd at The Mary Wallopers 🐖 in Limerick tonight singing along to Dirty Old Town by The Pogues Shane MacGowan #ShaneMacGowan #ThePogues #Themarywallopers

I'll be on Good Morning Britain tomorrow to talk about Fairytale of New York ahead of the announcement of the Christmas Number 1.

Sales close at 23.59 tonight, so let's get the best Christmas song ever to the top of the UK chart for Shane.

#ShaneMacGowan #Christmas #FairytaleofNewYork