Rubberbandits & Shane for Xmas
I’m only posting this here because I’m surprised no-one has got in before me to do so. First off: Limerick’s Rubberbandits with Horse Outside; Then Willie O’Dea going in to bat for them heroically on Joe Duffy’s show: “Someone needs to give that man a dictionary to look up ‘irony’” And, lastly, a near-perfect Christmas artifact; Shane MacGowan & the Priests with The Little Drummer Boy: The thing that is sometimes overlooked about Shane is the terrific timbre of his …