To absorb Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is to be taken on a wild voyage with a cast of downtrodden revolutionaries. This book discusses, in the form of a sea-faring narrative, the record's articulation of what it is to be magnificently trodden. It shows that what the Pogues created is far more than pub-room music created by drunken men wallowing in Irish nostalgia and pining for something subversive.
Jeffrey T. Roesgen writes for Tiny Mix Tapes. He is currently working on his first anthology of short stories.
Roesgen leaves you wanting more, and convinced both of the
greatness of his chosen album and of the beating, vital heart of
the band that made it.
*Popmatters*
Roesgen's work casts the album's individual songs in a different
light, fleshing them out with his imaginative prose, prompting the
reader to look at the life behind the words and music and interpret
each song through their own prism. It's an approach that wouldn't
have worked on most of the albums covered by the 33 1/3 series, but
it works like a charm for Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. By the end of
the book, you find yourself caring about the characters brought to
life by Roesgen and wondering what will happen next. Kind of like a
Pogues album...
*Blurt Magazine*
In this book by the same sordid name, Jeffrey T. Roesgen tells the
story behind the album, interwoven with a tale of his own creation,
a seafaring narrative starring the band and several of their
lyrics' characters. Roesgen ... delivers a spirited novella along
with vivid snippets of rowdy, romantic rock 'n' roll history.
*Utne Reader*
Within the book's sense of impending disaster is some sharp
analysis of the characters, squalor and juxtaposing optimism
inherent in the recordings.
*Record Collector*
This pocket sized, take-on-holiday, historical and musical mix of
fact, fiction and nautical friction is well recommended. You can
smell The Pogues through the writing...
*Salford Star*
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