The Hogs have finally entered the Facebook world. You can befriend them at: http://www.facebook.com/thehogs.ie
And you can also listen there to the song "Shane" that Michael The Hog Casey wrote about and dedicated to Shane, his great friend and influence.

Cheers Michael, good to hear from you. It's happening to us all, so busy and no time. Look forward to hearing updates again.

Hello,
I am back in Ireland, have'nt been on internet since last april - just been so busy and no time, I intend to get back to it on at least a regular basis from now on, maybe once a week.

Michael

Haven't heard from you for ages Michael, how are you going?

Howaya all,

The bar is flying it,

Just want to let everyone know that MacGowan´s Irish bar, Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria has their own website up and running now, been up for the last 3 weeks. Have a look, ye can post on the message board if ye´ve been into us or even if you have´nt. Go to:

http://www.macgowans.net

Michael

Merry Christmas to you as well! And don't get cuntified to death

Just a fast line wishing everyone a happy christmas from MacGowan´s Irish bar in Gran Canaria and also from The Hogs.

Michael

Oh yea, they are very good musicians, Dermot is a great singer as well, has thousands o songs, makes my life so easy.......................tis great

Michael

The Hog wrote:Mickey & Dermot are the 2 owners/managers and they re also musicians, so I´m gigging with them now

oik, oi doidn't knoiw they play as well, noit a bad coimbo - havoin' a bar and playoin', boith spoiroits & croiwd at hand;

Hello OIroioish,

Who´s backing me up now? I´m out in Gran Canaria and gigging in MacGowan´s Irish bar, Mickey & Dermot are the 2 owners/managers and they re also musicians, so I´m gigging with them now, Dermot is a guitar player7singer and Mickey plays the bouzouki & mandolin, I do the banjo and sometimes do guitar.

Back for new year? I´m not sure, I intend to get back to Ireland for 1 week in december but not sure if I´ll be there for new year.
Its a hogging island out here.

Michael

no paoin no gaoin, oir hoiggoin' better saoid;
tois' surely sweet loife at the end of the day(maybe noit so oin the moirnoin' )
whoi's backoin' ye up noiw thoise guys are back oin the land of me dreams?
are ye stayoin' duroin' New Year's toime?

Hello OIoiroish,

Canary tour is hard on the health for obvious reasons...............hogging. 2 great friends/musicians are going back to Ireland today, they are friends of Dermot (1 of the guys who owns the bar). Wow it was 1 helluva week, first class accordeon playing and the guy played bass & guitar........absolutely brilliant, they hogged all week as well and so they are feeling the effects as well.
Its quite warm out here, I seen the thermometer reading 33.C today, I´m just sweating alll the time.

The Hog

oi & ahoiy Michael, hoiws oin Canaroia paradoise oislands?
gooid choice, here tois' blooidy freezoin' & pagan slavery added makes everythoing subzero feckoin' moisery..

btw. have ye perfoirmed Goivoin' oit all that oi goit duroin' Czech toiur? we were talkoin' aboiut oit earloier..

Howya Noel & everyone else,

If you are curious about the august Czech tour, it was just fantastic, was better than we could have hoped for, we did have 2 "Irish days" in terms of weather, 1 gig had to be cancelled it was so bad (it was an outdoor concert) and the lightning was so bad that it was dangerous, so we went hogging without any cares.

This'll be my last few words on medusa from Ireland for awhile, am off to Gran Canaria tomorrow, am starting up playing with the boys in MacGowan's, wont play tomorrow night but for sure will be startin wednesday,

Talk to ye all from Gran Canaria from tomorrow onwards however I suspect I wont be gettin to a computer or internet for a few days.

The Hog

Thank you, Zuzana, for those photos. It is nice to see Pyro again.