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The Clash: I don’t like you/But I love you
A thoughtful "I can't quit you" post by Ed Barrett at Flashbak, prompted by [Read more...]
Blogging will resume on Monday…
Meanwhile, you may or may not find me on Facebook or Twitter. Here's your black & white "test pattern" of the … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn sings Ted Nugent’s ‘Cat Scratch Fever’. That is all.
My fantasy cover versions? Marilyn Monroe singing "All Tomorrow's Parties." Janis Joplin doing "Fortunate Son." Joe Strummer covering "Lodi," or maybe the Bee Gee's "I Gotta Get a Message To You." Clay Aikin singing an album of "alt"/"retro" 80s tunes: some Psychedelic Furs, Simple … [Read more...]
‘Complete Control’ is The Clash’s ‘Creeque Alley’
Except not even The Mamas and the Papas walked around wearing "The Mamas and the Papas" t-shirts as far as I know. Kind of amazing that such a self-referential, even self-indulgent song could be so appealing to total strangers, and retain such staying power. [Read more...]
Reposting my PJMedia ‘9/11’ post from this time last year
Bob Gruen talks about photographing The Clash (video)
It still seems odd that in one of Gruen's most reproduced pix of the band, Simonon and Jones are standing in each other's usual positions on stage. And yes, it also remains disconcerting [Read more...]
Tommy, last surviving Ramone, dies, aged 65 (or thereabouts)
"It's the end, the end of the Seventies/It's the end, the end of the century..." Ugh. This one stings. I was never a Ramones fanatic, but you don't have to be to … [Read more...]
Unusual documentary about Montgomery Clift (video)
‘Finally, Science Explains Why Women Love Rock Stars’
As we mourn the demise of DirtyClassicRockConfessions, let's turn to "science" for solace... We’ve always known that musicians do well with the ladies, but [Read more...]
Today in yesterday: The Clash’s debut album released in the UK (1977)
That is, "the green one." If you were Canadian, you had "the blue one" and "the green one" was the import, the bestselling import album … [Read more...]
7 Warning Labels Modern Music Desperately Needs
Actually, #2... should be #1. I hear "Boston" is touring again. Hey, "Boston" -- [Read more...]