Finally got 'Hell's Ditch'...

**Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:57 pm**

Zuzana: Which age appears twice? My copy seems to be ok. I did however notice that The Wake Of The Medusa is titled The Wake Of The Mudusa on my copy.

**Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:19 pm**

Page 5/6 + 11/12 (while 3/4 + 13/14 is missing). And yeah, "Mudusa" on my copy too. Perhaps Medusa with a special affection for mud...

**Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:45 am**

Zuzana wrote:"Mudusa" on my copy too.

I will not rename this site. I will not rename this site. I will not rename this site.

**Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:16 pm**

haha i get it .are you sure you've spelt it right dzm?

**Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:32 pm**

duncan disorderly wrote:are you sure you've spelt it right dzm?

Nearly certain. The Internet seems to agree with me:

http://www.google.com/search?q=mudusa == 1,770 maches
http://www.google.com/search?q=medusa == 2,130,000 maches, including this definition:<blockquote><blockquote type=cite>medusa

n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus [syn: Medusa] 2: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans [syn: jellyfish, medusan] 3: one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles</blockquote></blockquote>Also entertaining is to note that this site (<i>"The Pogues: In the wake of the Medusa"</i>) is the sixth listed site for a Google query on "Medusa." That's just silly.

**Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:40 pm**

Google offers plenty of innovative variations to choose from:

eMdusa Mdeusa Meudsa Medsua Meduas Mdusa Meusa Medsa Medua Medus Mwdusa Msdusa Mddusa Mrdusa Madusa Midusa Modusa Mudusa Mesusa Mexusa Meedusa Meddusa Meduusa Medussa Medusaa M4dusa M3dusa

Don’t be conservative, DzM! Change is the spice of life.

**Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:16 pm**

Zuzana wrote:Don’t be conservative, DzM! Change is the spice of life.

I'm a sad, conservative old man. Change scares me.

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:01 am**

DzM wrote:I'm a sad, conservative old man. Change scares me.

Pfff. The hell you say.

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:17 am**

Zuzana wrote:Looks like there is a jinx on Hell’s Ditch – after experiencing jubilation that I got the right CD (God bless Czech internet shops!), I’ve found out that one page appears twice in the booklet while another one is missing. Well, what can you expect of an album with a name like that...

Strange... when I finally bought the CD (I've had the vinyl ever since it was released), there were two copies of the booklet...

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:20 am**

DzM wrote:
Zuzana wrote:Don’t be conservative, DzM! Change is the spice of life.
I'm a sad, conservative old man. Change scares me.

Stick with it, DzM!! It has to be Medusa. For the story behind the lyric, try this link: http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/medusa/

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:57 pm**

firehazard wrote:For the story behind the lyric, try this link: http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/medusa/

And also, of course, as I meant to say, the excellent explanation at http://www.poguetry.com

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:21 pm**

Thank you Firehazard. I am already quite familiar with Medusa though.

http://www.pogues.com/Misc/Medusa.html

I also contributed quite a bit to the discussion of it on the poguetry site.

**Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:40 pm**

what a story!

i didnt know that story

http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/medusa/

i

**Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:02 am**

DzM wrote:Thank you Firehazard. I am already quite familiar with Medusa though.

http://www.pogues.com/Misc/Medusa.html

I also contributed quite a bit to the discussion of it on the poguetry site.

I realised that you'd know about it, DzM, and should have remembered that you'd contributed to the section on http://www.poguetry.com. Which is, of course, a great place to look for info on more or less anything.

**Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:52 am**

firehazard wrote: http://www.poguetry.com. Which is, of course, a great place to look for info on more or less anything.

It is indeed. I often times enjoy just browsing through the discussions of the songs. I wish Fran was able to dig more into the stanzas that he leaves out.

In fact - I enjoy those conversations so much that I'd love to see them happen here. With Fran! Please encourage him to come here and discuss these things with us. Tell him that we're all very insightful and rarely delve into such droll topics as what English phrases sound the most dirty when taken out of context.

Finally got 'Hell's Ditch'...

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