The Medusa Fora

Saw the attached note on MTCH site.

http://www.tmtch.net/

8-Nov-05 - Whiskey With Me Giro - Video wanted:

Wanted for BBC TV: a copy of Whiskey With Me Giro by The Men They Couldn't Hang.

The BBC are filming a major new 3 part documentary series on the history of modern folk music in the UK. One part focuses on the connections between the punk and folk scenes and looks at the birth of the London cow-punk/folk movement that gave rise to The Men They Couldn't Hang, Pogue Mahone, and other assorted rousers.

Swill and Paul have been interviewed for this episode and live footage from 'The Shooting' DVD will also form part of the programme. The producers have been in touch and have asked if anyone might have some live footage of The Men They Couldn't Hang playing 'Whiskey With Me Giro'. This was originally performed at early gigs at the Hope and Anchor and The Alternative Country Festival in Camden and was often in the set in the late 80s. It was also played at TMTCH 10th anniversary gig at the Mean Fiddler in 1994.

If anyone happens to have a copy of this on video, or knows of it ever being shown anywhere else, please let us know as this will make a great addition to the programme. Please email info@tmtch.net and/or leave a message on the pinboard or yahoo list, if you have any news on this.

Speaking of TMTCH, my band The Deportees are opening for Swill's new outfit The Swaggerband at The Musician in Leicester on February 25th. Theyre a more acoustic orientated proposition than TMTCH and have a corker of an album called "The Day After" out now. If anyone from these boards makes it along be sure to come and say hello.

The Deportees? As in the band from Umeå, Sweden?

Danny Boy wrote:The Deportees? As in the band from Umeå, Sweden?

No. The band from Northampton, England, who have been successfully avoiding fame and fortune since 1994. Not the Johnny come lately swedish deportees. I wonder what the score is as far as name ownership goes.

trashcity wrote:

Danny Boy wrote:The Deportees? As in the band from Umeå, Sweden?

No. The band from Northampton, England, who have been successfully avoiding fame and fortune since 1994. Not the Johnny come lately swedish deportees. I wonder what the score is as far as name ownership goes.

As a member of one of the MANY bands called The Radiators, the closest I've ever gotten to a nearly acceptable answer is: TERRITORY. In Australia, the Oz band could use the name and we had to call ourselves THE RADS (generating one of the rarest of our singles - the OZ EMI/Chiswick The Dancing Years) and they'd have to use a different name in the UK & Ireland. Similarly, the (New Orleans) Radiiators had first dabs on the name in the US.

Of course, these judgments were made before the Internet, not to mention Hurricane Katrina.

Thanks Philip, that makes sense actually. i was speaking to Bobby Valentino recently and he was telling me about a similar issue he had with the US rapper of the same name. I think the US Bobby may now be changing his name, at least in the UK.

Like Mr Clark Gable, there's only one Mr Bobby Valentino

philipchevron wrote:Like Mr Clark Gable, there's only one Mr Bobby Valentino

http://www.lookalikes-susanscott.co.uk/ ... kGable.htm

I was listening to night of a thousand candles LP yesterday...classic band.

philipchevron wrote:

trashcity wrote:

Danny Boy wrote:The Deportees? As in the band from Umeå, Sweden?

No. The band from Northampton, England, who have been successfully avoiding fame and fortune since 1994. Not the Johnny come lately swedish deportees. I wonder what the score is as far as name ownership goes.

As a member of one of the MANY bands called The Radiators, the closest I've ever gotten to a nearly acceptable answer is: TERRITORY. In Australia, the Oz band could use the name and we had to call ourselves THE RADS (generating one of the rarest of our singles - the OZ EMI/Chiswick The Dancing Years) and they'd have to use a different name in the UK & Ireland. Similarly, the (New Orleans) Radiiators had first dabs on the name in the US.

Of course, these judgments were made before the Internet, not to mention Hurricane Katrina.

Hmmm. I always wondered how that worked - The Radiators were a massive pub rock band in Aus in the 80's - most notablt for their song gimme head. Theye are okay though - very "bogan" if that word translates to other zones.

bored and violent wrote:I was listening to night of a thousand candles LP yesterday...classic band.

i had this back in the 80's having heard 'How green is the valley' (or something like that on John Peel). Don't know where it is now unfortunately.