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Chas Newkey-Burden
@allthatchas
Nada yogi, animal liberationist, author. In roughly that order. Pen for Guardian, Indy & more. Latest book Running: Cheaper Than Therapy. I wanna be Edouard 🌱
Nov 30, 2023 • 23 tweets • 5 min read
Shane MacGowan towered over all my other heroes. I've got so many things to say about him, so I think I'll say them all. I discovered The Pogues as a 14-year-old. I was trapped in a weird school run by a religious cult and I hated existence. But the moment I started listening to The Pogues, and the moment I saw what Shane looked like, my life was transformed forever.