More postings feverishly pigeon holed away. Macrua you have the soul of a bureaucrat. Yes, I was just having a similar thought actually... EDIT: I've just seen the other thread and it's lovely to see all of three posts being slotted in there and completely stripped of context. Well done Macrua, you...

"Hello, and welcome to MASTERMIND. Contestant number one - your name?" "Philip Chevron." "And your specialist subject?" "Very, very obscure facts about The Pogues." It's a shame they wouldn't let you on (presumably), cos you'd piss it! (Somehow I don't think &...

spider stacy wrote:

Arsenal 1 Hull City 2... sweet.

I've no recollection of this event. Or Stoke last weekend. Or Fulham. these things are unevents, they have unhappened.

Great post.

For what it's worth, I am certain that Stoke do not actually exist at all.

Is "Lakes Of Pontchartrain" trad? Not sure. If it is, then that one would be cool. It is. I first heard it on a Planxty record when i was younger, but it's sure been recorded a lot. I've heard Warren Zevon do it! But i think the "definitive" version may be Jolie Holland, she rec...

Just ordered it and looking forward to a good read...

Is "Lakes Of Pontchartrain" trad? Not sure. If it is, then that one would be cool.

Or even "Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow"... or was that The Carter Family??

Um, hard to say but "Lonesome Highway" is definitely up there. Also "Nancy Whiskey", "Paddy Public Enemy No 1", "Aisling", "Song With No Name" (actually "Song With No Name" could possibly be my fave - see I've changed my mind already!). Oh ...

Gosh Macrua, I guess I should be flattered you spent so long deconstructing my post... :shock: In fairness I think you have read more into my words than was actually meant - I was merely a little aggrieved at what I took to be an unreasonably worded criticism from Guest/Ian. As I pointed, out he is ...

"Wigan without Amr Zaki would not be a pretty site, in all honesty the Pogues without a guitar player is not ideal really is it ?" God, you people are so irritating sometimes. Ignoring your comparison between ourselves and wigan, i didn't say that we would be playing without a guitar. We'...

thanks macrua! - that was exactly my point, i am baffled that it took TWO full years for the pogues/warners to realise that they cannot release the dvd because of poor lighting - of course it is wonderful to be told of new projects, i just find the reason for this cancellation extremely lame. equal...

Crikey, I never knew until now that anyone had reprinted this on here. What a pleasant surprise.

Guest wrote:He is mentioned in Boys From The County Hell of course:

But now Ive the most charming of verandahs
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks, the pimps, the whores
Five green bottles sitting on the floor
I wish to christ, I wish to christ
That I had was Christy Moore

Hahaha. Like it.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how to find the sales figures for the boxset? No reason really but I'm just very curious to know how many copies have sold so far. I would guess it's doing quite well by boxset standards. I don't have overall figures, but I know it has done quite well in Irel...

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know how to find the sales figures for the boxset? No reason really but I'm just very curious to know how many copies have sold so far. I would guess it's doing quite well by boxset standards.

As I feared, I did not make the connection required to meet the Dublin-bound plane from Birmingham International which would, in turn, take me to the signing session. I see some Pogues/Radiators posters there being signed with a modicum of distaste by my colleague! :wink: Lolz on shane taking one f...