

Michael Wilson
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The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
The police musicians famously recognized in the Pogues song “Fairytale of New York” never sought the limelight, and for good reason.

With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa.
Federal wiretaps and Mob insiders suggest that many real-life wiseguys turned to the 1972 film for inspiration, validation and cues on how to speak and...