The Medusa Fora

Mr. Chevron recently I finished the new Pogues book by Carol Clerk, and I didn't realize that you were suffering from stomach ulcer pain during the Pogues touring. Were the pains really bad, I read that you had to miss entire US tour because of them, and also it explains why you are sitting down on the luggage on the If I Should Fall From Grace With God album cover. How is the ulcer doing today, hopefully it's gone and I think I read that it was.

Iain

pogues24 wrote:Mr. Chevron recently I finished the new Pogues book by Carol Clerk, and I didn't realize that you were suffering from stomach ulcer pain during the Pogues touring. Were the pains really bad, I read that you had to miss entire US tour because of them, and also it explains why you are sitting down on the luggage on the If I Should Fall From Grace With God album cover. How is the ulcer doing today, hopefully it's gone and I think I read that it was.

Iain

Thanks Iain. In the early 1990s it was discovered that ulcers could be cured with antibiotics. That did the trick and thank heavens I have not had a twinge since.

Your more than welcome Mr. Chevron

philipchevron wrote:Thanks Iain. In the early 1990s it was discovered that ulcers could be cured with antibiotics. That did the trick and thank heavens I have not had a twinge since.

Thank God for antibiotics. The Pogues must have filmed the FoNY video during that time, am I right?

Behan wrote:The Pogues must have filmed the FoNY video during that time, am I right?

Yep, in December 1987. Joe Strummer covered for Philip Chevron at the US gigs, and at the beginning of the tour the Pogues assembled in a New York drunk tank to film the FONY video.

Zuzana wrote:

Behan wrote:The Pogues must have filmed the FoNY video during that time, am I right?

Yep, in December 1987. Joe Strummer covered for Philip Chevron at the US gigs, and at the beginning of the tour the Pogues assembled in a New York drunk tank to film the FONY video.

I was, meanwhile, holed up in University College Hospital London. Fortunately, I was on relatively good terms with Vladimir Putin at the time, so I lived to tell the tale.

philipchevron wrote: Fortunately, I was on relatively good terms with Vladimir Putin at the time, so I lived to tell the tale.

I'm sorry... I'm dense and didn't get that one. Please add more words (even though it would probably make it less funny).

Less funny. Much less funny.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/ ... 013254.ece

You were one lucky person Phil. My father-in-law had almost three quarters of his stomach removed because of a stomach ulcer and went from about 200 lbs to about 110 lbs body weight (14 stones to about 7 stones) and remained that weight for the rest of his life. It was a scary sight. He was over 6 feet tall.

philipchevron wrote:Less funny. Much less funny.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/ ... 013254.ece

Ahhhhhh..... indeed..... thanks.

philipchevron wrote:

Zuzana wrote:

Behan wrote:The Pogues must have filmed the FoNY video during that time, am I right?

Yep, in December 1987. Joe Strummer covered for Philip Chevron at the US gigs, and at the beginning of the tour the Pogues assembled in a New York drunk tank to film the FONY video.

I was, meanwhile, holed up in University College Hospital London. Fortunately, I was on relatively good terms with Vladimir Putin at the time, so I lived to tell the tale.

There's a job as a comedian waiting for you. Bit naughty but that was a great reply

ray wrote:

There's a job as a comedian waiting for you. Bit naughty but that was a great reply

What are the hours?

philipchevron wrote:

ray wrote:

There's a job as a comedian waiting for you. Bit naughty but that was a great reply

What are the hours?

If your trying to emulate the great Ken Dodd then about 7 every night on stage!

Mark_Wafc wrote:

philipchevron wrote:

ray wrote:

There's a job as a comedian waiting for you. Bit naughty but that was a great reply

What are the hours?

If your trying to emulate the great Ken Dodd then about 7 every night on stage!

People think you're kidding when you say that about Doddy, but it's true he is a greater investment of time than Tristan Und Isolde and probably as worthwhile too. Last time I watched him from the front row of the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham and noticed he even has a clock in front of him so he doesn't get completely carried away. He's on the Royal Variety Show this week, by the way. Himself and Barry Humphries are the last of the great music hall clowns.