If Music Could Talk

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'I've also been asked to spread the news that the best Clash/Joe site in the world "Blackmarket Clash" has moved to:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/77994754/site/index.html '

Thanks! I've been missing my key resource page for a while.

It doesn't work anymore?

vrouwenverwarmer wrote:It doesn't work anymore?

Nope.

It was up last week. Probably updating site with info and tracks from the Sound System boxset.

biopunk wrote:

vrouwenverwarmer wrote:It doesn't work anymore?

Nope.

It was up last week. Probably updating site with info and tracks from the Sound System boxset.

I was getting it as recently as 4 days ago. Graham last logged in on IMCT less than a week ago, so if it's anything more than a temporary blip he's still around to tell us.

Does anyone know if BMC has made a reappearance? I'm going through some serious withdrawals without it...

BTW, long-time lurker, first-time poster here. EET Week compelled me to post!

Boss Sounds wrote:Does anyone know if BMC has made a reappearance? I'm going through some serious withdrawals without it...

BTW, long-time lurker, first-time poster here. EET Week compelled me to post!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/779 ... index.html

matedog wrote:

Boss Sounds wrote:Does anyone know if BMC has made a reappearance? I'm going through some serious withdrawals without it...

BTW, long-time lurker, first-time poster here. EET Week compelled me to post!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/779 ... index.html

Outstanding! Thank you so much for the link!

...and note the announcement on the homepage that the BMC book is likely coming out by end-2015. With the little page mock-up shown on there. He doesn't have many more shows to update with expanded reviews, news clips, and punter comments before the whole live history of the band has been fleshed-out to the max and it's fully ready for the coffee-table treatment. That'll be an absolutely essential purchase.

And probably achieve a broader audience beyond just Clash obsessives because that's never really been done before with a band of considerable tape-trading heft. I think people will be interested in it just to see the web/print fusion and the treatment of the subject as a test bed for other artists, not necessarily because the audience for grubby Clash audience recordings is so vast. At least, speaking as a book editor by chosen profession (textbooks, not trade publishing) I've got keen vested interest in the business model aspect of it and the fact that this is a project born web-first. Getting a handle on print/digital fusion is a huge uncertainty for the publishing industry, as is interest in new DIY treatments that embrace the niche fragmentation of reader interests instead of lamenting it. I know those considerations influence my choice of freelance projects these days I do to pay the bills. So this is exactly the kind of thing that piques the attention of people in the biz, even when it's a small effort like this. Which is why I think it'll gain some currency with the crit-lit crowd who themselves have a vested interest in changes to the business model in this period of downsizing, fragmentation, and blurring of lines between print and digital. There's a little more going on about the product itself than simply a narrow-casted Clash thing.

Besides the website we are now on Twitter. @blackmktclash Please follow us and tag us & The official Clash twitter in to bootleg posts with a dot before.

Cut and paste this.

.@theclash .@blackmktclash

Thanks.

Website
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/779 ... index.html

Bump.

So is the BlackMarketClash site gone as a dedicated web site, or is it just on FaceTweet or whatever?

We'll be back up at Xmas. Need new server and busy at work.

Cheers mate. Looking forward to it. Keep us posted please.

bmc wrote:We'll be back up at Xmas. Need new server and busy at work.

Ok we are back up.

www.blackmarketclash.co.uk