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Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context

Author : Robert Mamrak

Publisher :

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 37,71 MB

Release : 2011-04-01

Category : Punk rock music

ISBN : 9780615445441

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Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context is a mix of Irish history and culture, biography, and music criticism. It explores Shane MacGowan "s art by juxtaposing details of his life with those elements of Irish culture and history that inform the themes in his work. The book presents MacGowan "s life chronologically, supplementing information on Irish history and culture at those points where it can best illuminate MacGowan "s story. His career with the Nips, the Pogues, and the Popes is covered extensively. The book includes critical assessments of significant live performances and all studio recordings made with each of these three bands. MacGowan "s life story is told warts and all. His hedonistic lifestyle and history of substance abuse is reported in a way that neither sensationalizes nor minimizes the facts. The text is enlivened by extensive quotations, primarily from MacGowan himself, which were either taken from conversations with the author or culled from published interviews. The book explores several themes prominent in MacGowan "s work. Foremost among these are Irish Republicanism, the Irish Republican Army, Irish emigration, and various factors that contribute to Irish emigration. While the discussion of these topics is not exhaustive, it is detailed enough to enhance appreciation of Shane MacGowan "s art. Moreover, Rake at the Gates of Hell: Shane MacGowan in Context is the only book yet written that chronicles MacGowan "s remarkable comeback with the Pogues, the band that fired him nearly two decades ago.



Rake at the Gates of Hell

Author : Garth Ennis

Publisher : Titan Books (UK)

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 44,97 MB

Release : 2003-10-01

Category : Comic books, strips, etc

ISBN : 9781840236736

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In a grimy London torn by racism and despair, John Constantine's battles with guilt lead him to help an ex-girlfriend, now hooked on heroin and forced into prostitution. Constantine finds himself facing the wrath, not only of the girl's pimp, but also of Satan, who intends to have his revenge.



Here Comes Everybody

Author : James Fearnley

Publisher : Chicago Review Press

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 27,36 MB

Release : 2014-05-01

Category : Music

ISBN : 1556529503

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“Everything a really great music memoir should be.” —Colin Meloy The Pogues injected the fury of punk into Irish folk music and gave the world the troubled, iconic, darkly romantic songwriter Shane MacGowan. Here Comes Everybody is a memoir written by founding member and accordion player James Fearnley, drawn from his personal experiences and the series of journals and correspondence he kept throughout the band’s career. Fearnley describes the coalescence of a disparate collection of vagabonds living in the squats of London’s Kings Cross, with, at its center, the charismatic MacGowan and his idea of turning Irish traditional music on its head. With beauty, lyricism, and great candor, Fearnley tells the story of how the band watched helplessly as their singer descended into a dark and isolated world of drugs and drink, and sets forth the increasingly desperate measures they were forced to take. James Fearnley was born in 1954 in Worsley, Manchester. He played guitar in various bands, including The Nips with Shane MacGowan, before becoming the accordion player in The Pogues. Fearnley continues to tour with the band and lives in Los Angeles.



Constantine

Author : Grant Morrison

Publisher : Titan Books (UK)

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 24,2 MB

Release : 2005-01

Category : Constantine, John (Fictitious character)

ISBN : 9781840239744

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Soon to be stepping from the shadows into his own live action movie (starring Keanu Reeves) comes a classic comics character: John Constantine, the enigmatic chain-smoking mystic! Rare Cuts assembles six spellbinding stories that have never before been collected, including the horrifying events of Newcastle, 1978, that ended with Constantine confined to an asylum and, amongst others, a tale of Constantine's rough-and-tumble childhood and the beginnings of his unique skills. Created by some of the most popular and critically-acclaimed writers and artists in comics. Also includes a Constantine timeline and a map of Constantine's London.



Toll the Hounds

Author : Steven Erikson

Publisher : Tor Books

Page : 1300 pages

File Size : 25,12 MB

Release : 2008-09-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429926996

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A thrilling, harrowing novel of war, intrigue and dark, uncontrollable magic, Toll the Hounds is the new chapter in Erikson's monumental series - epic fantasy at its most imaginative and storytelling at its most exciting. In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is summer and the heat is oppressive, but for the small round man in the faded red waistcoat, discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow. Assassins skulk in alleyways, but the quarry has turned and the hunters become the hunted. Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus. While the bards sing their tragic tales, somewhere in the distance can be heard the baying of Hounds...And in the distant city of Black Coral, where rules Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, ancient crimes awaken, intent on revenge. It seems Love and Death are indeed about to arrive...hand in hand, dancing. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



Deadhouse Gates

Author : Steven Erikson

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 870 pages

File Size : 46,45 MB

Release : 2006-02-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 142992649X

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The second novel in the awe-inspiring Malazan Book of the Fallen series. "Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark, with a masterful and unapologetic brutality reminiscent of George R. R. Martin." -- Elizabeth Haydon In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends . . . Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



John Constantine

Author : Jamie Delano

Publisher : Vertigo

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 50,87 MB

Release : 1992-08-01

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN :

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John Constantine is an unconcerned, somewhat amoral occultist with a British working-class background. He's a hero, of sorts, who manages to come out on top through a combination of luck, trickery, and genuine magical skill. The 'Original sins' collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John's early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.



A Furious Devotion

Author : Richard Balls

Publisher : Music Sales

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 45,22 MB

Release : 2023-12-04

Category :

ISBN : 9781915841506

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Punk protagonist, legendary drinker, Irish musical icon. The complete and extraordinary journey of the Pogues' notorious frontman from outcast to national treasure has never been told - until now. A Furious Devotion vividly recounts the experiences that shaped the greatest songwriter of his generation: the formative trips to his mother's homestead in Tipperary, the explosion of punk which changed his life, and the drink and drugs that nearly ended it. As well as exclusive interviews with Shane himself, author Richard Balls has secured contributions from his wife and family, and people who have never spoken publicly about Shane before: close associates, former girlfriends and the English teacher who first spotted his literary gift. Nick Cave, Aidan Gillen, Cillian Murphy, Christy Moore, Sinead O'Connor and Dermot O'Leary are on the rollcall of those paying tribute to the gifted songwriter and poet. This frank and extensive biography also includes many previously unseen personal photographs, printed in black and white.



Angel in Disguise?

Author : Victoria Mary Clarke

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 31,43 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781905172351

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The spiritual journey of Pouge's frontman Shane MacGowan's girlfriend, after having hit rock bottom with her hard-partying lifestyle.



John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 12: How to Play with Fire

Author : Paul Jenkins

Publisher : Vertigo

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 48,56 MB

Release : 2016-01-19

Category : Comics & Graphic Novels

ISBN : 1401266452

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Features the wrenching finale of Paul Jenkins’s never-before-collected run on the title, as well as Garth Ennis and John Higgins’s brutal five-issue coda, “Son of Man.” For a man as cynical and jaded as John Constantine, there’s only one kind of torment for which he is unprepared: contentment. But the fact is (even though he recently cut off a piece of his soul and marooned it in Hell to suffer for his sins), things are actually going pretty well. He’s got a new girlfriend that he hasn’t yet killed or damned or driven insane; his surviving friends and family are, by all accounts, still alive and healthy; and his enemies, for the most part, are either dead or trapped in some form of eternal torment. Not a bad score, overall. Naturally, this means that it’s time for everything to go up in flames. Because when you’re as prolific at making enemies as John Constantine is, there’s always going to be a few that you don’t know about, as well as one or two heavyweights who can afford to bide their time. When the two meet, it’s best to get as far away as possible-the collateral damage alone promises to be as deadly as it is indiscriminate. Collects HELLBLAZER #121-133.