There’s perhaps no better reminder of your own mortality than when the people you grew up watching, reading, and listening begin to slip the surly bonds of earth.
While I’m not a huge fan of The Pogues or Shane MacGowan, I’m quite familiar with their impact as an 80s kid. And I’m shaken by the increasing number of deaths of artists I know. But they’ve all left their mark on the world
In the great critique on controlling your own destiny that is “City Slickers,” Curly reminds us that life is all about “just one thing.”
Curly was right. We all must find “just one thing” that matters to make our life incredible. Maybe Shane did that. Maybe.
“Shane, my friend in life and in whiskey. May the wind be at your sails. Keep River company and all our brethren who passed way before their time.
“I’ll never forget your support the last few years chum. LOVE Always, JD.”
— Johnny Depp
I can only hope that those I love can celebrate my life and our time together when I’m gone, regardless of whatever else I’ve done. And maybe I’ll get to go out to a banger like this…