Joe Strummer - or John Mellor as he was then known - began studying at Central in Sept 1970, one of over 400 applicants for the 60 available places. He wanted to be a cartoonist, though he told people he wanted to be in advertising.Joe later described the school as the "last resort of malingerers and bluffers and people who don't want to work," but it has long been one of the most prestigious a...
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Today, as I write this, it’s the traditional Day of the Dead - Mexico’s annual Dia de Los Muertos - celebrating the loved ones that we’ve lost in the past, recent and distant. For many of us in the MOG community, the holiday has a dark resonance this year, due to the untimely and all-too-premature death of our friend and colleague Chris “Crash” Pryor. On this Day of the Dead, I’m marki
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With Mick Jones, once of The Clash, guesting with Alabama 3 at SXSW it just seemed like a good time to remind ourselves just how great the music of The Clash is. So here's a fave song, "London Calling."s
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...also known as Joe Strummer (i.e., The Clash) ... who, unfortunately, exited the planet four years ago today. The Clash were a hugely influential band for me in my musically formative years. London Calling was, and still is, a phenomenal album, a classic ... I know my life would not be the same had I never been exposed to it. Just wanted to put it out in the mogos: Thanks, and RIP Joe!
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Alarm noted in my Ian Hunter post that the clip was from the show Fridays. Great show. I remember back being a senior in high school when the Clash were on. One of my firends and I got a whole bunch of people to gether to watch that night. We were probably the only two people in our high school who even knew who the Clash were at that point. It goes without saying that my other friends jus...
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I stopped the car, got out, walked back, opened the trunk, started to sing along, and only then did my conscious mind recognize what I'd been listening to.I... live by the river!
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