Comments on: Shandy Gaff http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/ Adventures in Amateur Mixology Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: emilie http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-197 emilie Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:11:13 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-197 I felt exactly the same way after seeing the Pogues this year in Boston--fortunate and sad, so very very sad. It felt like the crowd was sort of reveling in Shane's completely destroyed state too, as if it were not only funny that he was such a wreck, but that it was the way it should be. They likely would have been disappointed had he been able to get through a song without forgetting the words or muttering in a drunken mess. It made me never want to drink to excess ever again. I felt exactly the same way after seeing the Pogues this year in Boston–fortunate and sad, so very very sad. It felt like the crowd was sort of reveling in Shane’s completely destroyed state too, as if it were not only funny that he was such a wreck, but that it was the way it should be. They likely would have been disappointed had he been able to get through a song without forgetting the words or muttering in a drunken mess. It made me never want to drink to excess ever again.

]]> By: Dr. Bamboo http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-193 Dr. Bamboo Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:23:36 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-193 A friend of ours saw Shane MacGowan at a solo performance a few years back and said he employed a guy whose sole purpose was to periodically come out on stage and make sure Shane had a lit cigarette and a full beer glass at all times. enius! As for shandies...During a recent visit, I unmercifully teased a German friend of mine who kept mixing her beer and Sprite and insisting that it was commonplace to do so in Europe. I couldn't believe any self-respecting person would adulterate fine beer with soft drinks...until I poked around the interweb and promptly found myself proved wrong. A friend of ours saw Shane MacGowan at a solo performance a few years back and said he employed a guy whose sole purpose was to periodically come out on stage and make sure Shane had a lit cigarette and a full beer glass at all times. enius!

As for shandies…During a recent visit, I unmercifully teased a German friend of mine who kept mixing her beer and Sprite and insisting that it was commonplace to do so in Europe. I couldn’t believe any self-respecting person would adulterate fine beer with soft drinks…until I poked around the interweb and promptly found myself proved wrong.

]]> By: Jay Hepburn http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-191 Jay Hepburn Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:39:55 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-191 Strangely enough, Shane is a regular in the pub just around the corner from where I live. I've only ever seen him there a few times, but he is always drinking and smoking (despite a national ban on smoking in public spaces!) heavily propped up against the bar, and looks a complete state. A sad reminder of the not so fun side of alcohol. Your friends don't lie Marleigh - infact, I recall buying "Shandy Bass" when I was little which is a canned form of Shandy that is so weak it can be legally sold to children over the counter. Or at least could, I'm not sure if it's still available. It was *the* drink at the school disco when I was 10 years old though... Strangely enough, Shane is a regular in the pub just around the corner from where I live. I’ve only ever seen him there a few times, but he is always drinking and smoking (despite a national ban on smoking in public spaces!) heavily propped up against the bar, and looks a complete state. A sad reminder of the not so fun side of alcohol.

Your friends don’t lie Marleigh - infact, I recall buying “Shandy Bass” when I was little which is a canned form of Shandy that is so weak it can be legally sold to children over the counter. Or at least could, I’m not sure if it’s still available. It was *the* drink at the school disco when I was 10 years old though…

]]> By: erik_flannestad http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-190 erik_flannestad Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:49:32 +0000 http://sloshed.hyperkinetic.org/2007/11/01/shandy-gaff/#comment-190 Had a similar experience with Shane a few years back when he was touring with the Popes. And, yeah, the experience left me feeling bad enough for myself, Shane and all of us, that I didn't go see the reformed Pogues this time around. It is too bad to hear that he is still down in that same ditch. Had a similar experience with Shane a few years back when he was touring with the Popes.

And, yeah, the experience left me feeling bad enough for myself, Shane and all of us, that I didn’t go see the reformed Pogues this time around.

It is too bad to hear that he is still down in that same ditch.

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