Bit o' the Irish

We started a fillery tradition last year celebrating our favorite Irish acts. And who are we to mock tradition? Indeed, who are we to mock filler? I'll get it started, you join in.

Progressive Irish Celebration

Audience-participation post in honor of our Irish brothers and sisters. I'll start with the one you'd expect from me.

Whitney

The photo at right takes me back to a St. Pat's that lives in infamy. The sad, sobering story of that long, long day shan't be told in these annals, but is rather shared along with a couple of pints with a trusted friend.  The event was called The Saint Patrick's Day Massacre, and it's never related above a furtive murmur. But when someone forwarded me a pic of this pin this week, it all came rushing back. Be safe, lads and lasses, and may the road rise to you. But not so quickly that your face is smashed by the pavement.

Now back to the music and your regschedipshit.

Marls: I’ll add a bit of 1990’s NYC dipshittery to the mix:

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Come all your rambling boys of pleasure, and ladies of easy leisure...

Man, the dumb shit that was done in the name of this song back in the early 90s. Glory days.



And this one's got the great Kirsty MacColl in it:



Drop your favorite Irish tunes into the post as you see fit.

Happy St. Patrick's Day; Happy St. Paddy's Day, Not Happy St. Patty's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day All! 

Things to know today:

1) Patrick was born in the U.K. - not Ireland.

2) There weren't any snakes in Ireland.

3) Costello is not Italian. 

Carry on.