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  • The Clash 1979 Canadian TV backstage interview – watch video »

    To say that I’m a bit of a Clash fan is an understatement.

    The Clash

    I’ve hobnobbed with Joe and Paul and Topper on a number of occasions throughout the late seventies and early eighties. I will one day write a book entitled “I Lost My Education To The Clash” …


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    Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say…Pogue Mahone: the Pogues 5CD Box Set »

    The Pogues Box Set

    A remarkable 5CD Box Set by The Pogues, at least three quarters of which comprises previously unreleased material while the remainder is …


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    Joe Strummer – memories of a punk music icon »

    Joe Strummer by Milek

    I became aware of Joe Strummer way back in 1977. I was about 13 years old and at the right age for a teenage rebellion. Yeah, punk rock came along and killed any chance of educational qualifications. I was going to gigs in Portsmouth, England…This is when I saw The Clash live for the first time [...]


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    Back in the blogging saddle after a great holiday in New England »

    What a whirlwind it’s been the last couple of weeks. Dave and I just got back from spending time in the states and we were so busy running around that now that we’re back in the UK it almost seems like it didn’t happen. I’ve been living in Oxford, England for four years and this [...]


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    Strummerville – The Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music »

    It’s because of the new Babyshambles & Friends release, a cover of The Clash’s brilliant song “Janie Jones” that brought the new cd Janie Jones (Strummerville) to my attention. There’s more behind the appropriately named cd than meets the eye though, as it’s to benefit the charity organization The Joe Strummer Foundation For New Music.
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