Ongoing History Daily: The Clash = Terrorism?
Harraj Mann, 24, of Hartlepool, Teeside in Northeast England, took a taxi from his home to the airport and boarded a flight to Heathrow in London. In the taxi, he took up the
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Ongoing History Daily: The Clash reunion that never was
The Clash never really properly broke up. After releasing an album called Cut the Crap in 1985, they just sort of faded away, evaporated, without so much as a press release. For the
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Hear the isolated vocals for all the songs on the Clash’s London Calling album
I’ve always been fascinated with The Clash’s best album, especially with the expression Joe Strummer in his vocals through songs like the title track and “Brand New Cadillac.” Laughing Squid posted isolated vocals
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Using music as a weapon
[Second week of spring break. A brand new show next week! – AC] Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed upon humanity. It provides so much joy, comfort, inspiration,
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Ongoing History Daily: Life after music
So what do you do when your music career is finally over? Here are some examples.
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Ongoing History Daily: Some random music factoids
Here are three bits of information you can use to impress your friends and win bar bets. One of the most popular Beastie Boys songs of all time is “Sabotage” from the Ill
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Twenty years ago today, we lost Joe Strummer. Here was his cause of death.
Twenty years ago today–December 22, 2002–former Clash frontman and all-round punk icon Joe Strummer took his dog for a walk in Quantock Hills, Somerset, England. When he returned to the house, he walked
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 967: 20 short stories about Joe Strummer
When Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002, no one could believe it. First of all, the guy was only 50. Second, here was someone who ran marathons. Third, he’d been a strict
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Ongoing History Daily: The missed Clash reunion
The end of the Clash began late in the summer of 1983 when Joe Strummer fired Mick Jones. Joe was pretty old-school with his take on music while Mick was all about moving
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Ongoing History Daily: Was this the inspiration for “Rock the Casbah?”
One of the greatest Clash songs of all time is “Rock the Casbah” from the band’s 1982 album, Combat Rock. Topper Headon, the drummer, is the guy who came up with the piano
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Ongoing History Daily: Dead wax
If you’re into vinyl records, here’s something that you might want to investigate. You know that space near the centre of the record between where the songs end and the paper label starts?
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