Tag: The Clash
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Derek Boshier and The Clash
In response to my Pop Goes the Easel post, Paul Gormanis posted images from the songbook that Derek Boshier illustrated for The Clash’s second album. It’s amazing stuff, I didn’t know there were links from the pop artists to The Clash, apparently Derek taught Joe Strummer on Foundation, and they bumped into each other later…
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The other Radio Clash – Joe Strummer & Clash on air
On Christmas Day the remaining members of The Clash got together to do a show called Radio Clash (no I don’t mind fellas, really…plagiarism is the first form of flattery etc :-p ;-). It’s really good but of course will only be up for a few days. As part of that 6Music is repeating some…
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RC 245: NSA (National Sunshine Allowance aka Who Stole The Sunshine?)
Who Stole the Sunshine and Show 244? Well it seems to be this little fellow, obviously working for the NSA (National Sunshine Allowance, not No Strings Attached). Thankfully the sunshine escaped the PRISM and is now back, but show 244 seems to be still in chains somewhere in Gitmo after a brief trip on a…
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RC 227: GYBO RIP Part 2 – Bootie London set
Second part of GYBO RIP and our Bootleg Nostalgia Very Extended Week on Radio Clash, here’s a recreation of my set at Bootie London. This is a mix of old skool and nu-skool, from bastard pop to bootlegs and mashups. Bootie London was billed as the Get Your Bootleg On Wake, so wanting to bring…
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Happy 50th Jamaica!
50 years ago today Jamaica became independent from Britain, although strangely in later years it seemed the two were closer than ever, in music and culture Jamaica lead the way. Here’s Jimmy Cliff’s ‘Many Rivers To Cross’ from the excellent film ‘The Harder They Come’ which to me sums up the struggle of Jamaica in…