At least he can sing these days..

[Simon Maguire]

maguire04@msn.com, thanks carmen.

[mcmullen]

i get sick of all the shane worshipping sometimes, i mean yeh u can show ure love of the man because truthfuly he is great and im sure many of the poeple who have properly known shane agree with me (even tho myself have never met or got to known the man. but yet he is only a man and makes the same mistakes we all do, so lets not judge or worship him. all we can do is show r respect to him his life and his descisions whether we agree with them or not.

[Simon Maguire]

i don't really actually worship shane, nor do i actually believe him to be god. i just send that to make a point. cool

[Josh]

Long time reader, first time poster...uh...i think, at least.
I just wanted to say that i come here to look for news about shane, and maybe a false rumour of a new album coming out, just to get my hopes up, but this thread had to be the stupidest thing i have read in my whole life. It was really frustrating to me. Not because of the start, not because of the first post, which i believe was just a guy saying that he was happy shane is looking good again, but because of all the needless arguing. It wasn't about shane, or his music, it was about everyone trying to tell everyone else how to be a good person. If you don't like what is posted, ignore it, don't keep shooting it back to the top of the forum!
And i can't wait till one of you chews my ass out over this, that will just prove my point. I'm just saying, that i come here to read about shane and his music, not about what everyone's beliefs are about what should be said and shouldn't be said. Shane is Shane, he does drugs, he drinks, He makes music, and he writes beautiful words. IT is all him. You CAN do rugs and not die. I myself, am a drug user, and before you think that you know more about dope than i do, i really don't give a fuck. I love drugs. I'm not in bad health, except for a little high blood pressure. And I find it funny that people think That the fact that Shane lost weight is a sign that He is off drugs. I have been addicted to pain pills for the last half year, and trying to get off them, I have lost thirty pounds, and i look fucking killer. I look great right now, except when you look at my eyes, a little used up, but I useda be a fat ass.
Anyways..I love all you guys, and i love shane. I just want to come here once in a while and see someone tell me shane's new album is coming out next month, look forward to it, and be let down. Just like usual, ya know? Catch the odd shane interview link. We all love shane...yeah? Agreed, yeah? No one is here intentionally trying to bad mouth him, we're all fans and admire him. Let's be friends. Let's forgive and let things slide.
So come on, praise shane and talk shit about joey, like old times.

[Guest]

im sure every pogues fan would love to see shane sober. and the gigs wouldnt lose nething. they would be better for it