If Music Could Talk

The latest Word podcast (David Hepworth & Mark Ellen) briefly discuss the Clash’s penchant for blasting pigeon’s from rooftops and whether the band would survive in 2024. (About 29 mins in).

Just noticed this came out last month, has anyone read it ? Worth picking up ??

Always worth a listen “International Clash Day 2024 International Clash Day returns on Wednesday, February 7th. The Clash's "Magnificent Seven" includes the refrain "Don't Stop, Give it All You Got" — and we want to know what keeps you going: What big OR small thing are you doing to make our world a...

And Bonds of course.. THE BOND'S EXPERIENCE ON RECORD AND FILM IN the absence of a definitive official document of The Clash at Bond's, we're left to sift and sort through a number of different sources. The band's show on June 9, 1981, originally aired by local FM radio, has been widely bootlegged o...

Clash with Joe Ely at Hope & Anchor 1980 “IS THE 'LOST JAM' FINALLY ON ITS WAY? 0NFebruary 24, 1980, The Clash joined Joe Ely on stage at the Hope & Anchor in Islington. Ely and his band had already supported The Clash around London that month and would go on to record Live Shots at The Venue. But t...

Thanks for posting- a really interesting interview.
Joe saying ‘I know about suicide’, not sure if people would have known about his brothers death at the time it was published?

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All Clash All Day today

https://www.kexp.org/internationalclashday/

From his new book ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’:- “Punk rock is the music of frustration, and anger, but the Clash are different. Theirs is the music of desperation. They were a desperate group. They have to get it all in. And they have so little time. A lot of their songs are overblown, overwritt...

Nice cover of London Calling by Joy Crookes at Glastonbury yesterday- said she loved Joe Strummer RIP at the end of the song too.
Catch the whole set on iPlayer in the UK, her album is great, the song ‘When You Were Mine’ is special.

There’s also a video about International Clash day here



You can listen to the Clash (& Clash related/inspired) all day on the 8th here

https://www.kexp.org/internationalclashday/

“Record Collector Presents The Clash is a new, one-off magazine solely devoted to the exploits of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon. There’s everything a Clash collector needs to know – the international rarities to track down, an updated UK discography, rare posters. Then the...

“Ralph McLean looks back at The Clash Combat Rock album from 1982 and plays tracks from band's back catalogue and some choice covers.” Available in UK for next 4 weeks or so. Sadly Ralph failed to sync in with #International ClashDay , but still a great show :) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001...

Just a heads up that US Radio station KEXP are hosting their annual Clash Day on Tuesday 8th Feb. Should be worth a listen. “We’ll be playing the Clash, diving into the band’s influences, and spinning artists who share the anti-racist, anti-fascist message that sits at the center of their ethos as a...