The Clash | The Clash
Jun.21.2012
I’m currently wearing a tree costume from Mel Gibson’s Macbeth, this is my disguise as edge my way towards the gates of the East Works of The Factory of The Soccer Gods. This is where the gods assemble the great players of the beautiful game, the superstars, the prodigies, and enigmas, as well as...
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Dec.05.2011
“Great idea, Jon. I mean it’s not as if anyone’s going to Barbs tonight to see The Clash is it. They’ll all need something to do.”
“No, come on. Fuck this. It’s us against the world, right?”
“Apparently.” Dik mumbles, but then he gets a sudden devilish look on his face. “Jon’s right. Us against the...
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Dec.03.2011
The rehearsal is absolutely terrible, Nobody’s mind is on what they’re doing. We’re all time traveling forward to sharing a dressing room and then a stage with Joe Strummer and his pals. I forget the words and try to make up for it by playing chords that have no business being anywhere near a...
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Dec.01.2011
Birmingham, England - July 1978
“The Cla …. The Cla … The Cla…”
“You’ve got the clap?”
“What, again?”
“No … The Cla ….”
“You really should cut down on the fags.”
“No stamina these keyboard players. What do you expect though? They just stand there all night.”
“The fucking Clash!”
“Congratulations. A...
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Aug.26.2011
At that time I was rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist with a band called Rudi and the Rationals. Rudi and the Rationals were a conflict of egos, mainly between myself and wannabee poor boy, millionaire’s son Justin Wosnok.
We made a discordant tuneless mess of noise that we variously thought...
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May.22.2011
He gets the bus back down the M1, killing a half a bottle of vodka along the way, a headful of Clash on the old walkman. He gets off at Marble Arch and walks up past the park and into Notting Hill Gate. He stops at the bolthole just long enough to drop off his bag of freshly laundered gear - thanks...
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Apr.04.2011
When you ask writers what underpins the greatest books, they may talk about structure, style, character-building. The best of them identify the novelist’s emotional understanding of himself and his ability to translate it to the page. That’s what strikes readers – perhaps without their even knowing...
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Nov.16.2010
The National Book Awards will be announced at a dinner tomorrow night, to be live tweeted by the foundation that puts them on.
My congratulations go to all the nominees, but I'm rooting like crazy for Patti Smith in the nonfiction category, for her memoir, Just Kids. (It's about her and notorious-...
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