Pogues

The reunited Pogues are finally coming to Austin this October. I'm already really excited, but I want to temper my expectations. Has anybody around here seen 'em in the last couple of years?

Nope. But back in 1988 they put on what I still consider to be the best show I've ever seen. If they are half as good as they were then, they'll still be better than most.

I saw in either 1989 or 1990 on the Peace and Love tour at Numbers, a tiny club in Houston. (I saw the Replacements there just a couple of weeks earlier.) Shane was drunker than any ambulatory human I'd ever seen, before or since, but, by God, he stayed upright and engaged for the whole show. Except for when he forgot the words to "A Pair of Brown Eyes," he was fantastic. And the band was incredible, too. I hope they're as good now as they were then.

I gotta say, though - Shane looks bloody awful. I've even seen a pic with his new teeth (which are already stained and ugly), and he still looks bad. I know that as long as he can still sing and write it doesn't matter, but still...yeesh.

I dont know, man. From what I have seen, the teeth are a MAJOR upgrade, regardless of what color they are:

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