George the Village hall is big enough for all of us, and thats all we really need - an exclusive for selected hard core fans and others invited to my 40th! Not sure the neighbours would like the noise that much though.

Seeing as the 'Teenage Kicks' film is doing the rounds again I mentioned it on some football websites, clubs relevant to where the film is being shown(Derby, Leicester, Sheff Wed, Arsenal)and got some interesting threads.......

....from Leicester; 'Never better than De Mont 1981'...'Eeeh the stories I could tell you about the Undertones......Backstage on their first tour. Fergal jumping amongst the crowd to have/stop a fight a year or two later.'...'was at the same gig........superb...may well check out the movie.'.

and another one...'Is this going to be on general release as I live down in Norfolk and would love to see it? Thanks'

Cliff you should manage the band, you're always waving their flag-top man. Was at a stag do on saturday and met someone who has an office in the same building as Feargal. I tried to convince him that he should a) bow when he sees him and b)get some tapes of him singing/whistling around the building. I'm not holding my breath.

Cliff, a friend of mine followed the Undertones uk tour back then and recorded the band from the balcony of Leicester deMontfort hall, Retford Porterhouse and Sheffield Top Rank. I have mixing desk copies of several Irish tour dates Limerick, Omagh, Galway. Together we traded our collections across the USA when they toured there. Sadly, I lost all when the BPI(British Phonogram Industry) confiscated all from me after placing an advert in Sounds. Andy Ferguson warned me about it but I didn`t listen.......

That makes me sick. For Gods sake its just for the fans, no ones trying to make a living out of it (apart from the band of course but I'm sure they didnt mind!) At least I presume you werent making a living out of it! I've got about 20 'live recordings' of a famous US band from a bloke who went on to write books about REM- of course he didnt sell them to me of course! I think music should be available to those who want it. I copuldnt believe I was told in no uncertain terms not to use my camera at the Dublin gig last December. As if anyone would want to buy my crummy snaps!

Jackie, there was no money made. We traded only and made a point of NEVER selling, tape for tape. One of the most exciting things to listen to was their first ever Radio One interview with John Tobler `Rock On` programme, Saturday 2pm weekly. When asked about Feargals musical ability, Mickey Bradley responded with `He won all these medals at the Feis in Derry`. To which Tobler responded..`Whats a feis?` John tried to explain but he NEVER got wind of it, at all!

Check out the following interesting chat......

Thanks everybody. Sympathies Vinny. Two questions. What does tssy mean and what's the difference between this and a chatroom?