The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash velvet underground an entertaining volume that's more

an entertaining volume that's more fun to read than a conventional memoir might have been

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The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash velvet underground an entertaining volume that's moreTo absorb Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is to be taken on a wild voyage with a cast of downtrodden revolutionaries. Despite this notion, the epic themes of the Pogues' second full length record have been overlooked by both critics and biographers in favor of two things: the band's penchant for combining Celtic folk with punk rhythms ("the sound") and the excesses of Shane MacGowan ("the creator"). Instead of reiterating these aspects, this book discusses,