While music television and radio were dominated by the sounds of Technotronic, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Soul II Soul, Milli Vanilli, The B-52s and The The among others – and I was exiting The U2 Phase and settling into my now life-long Hip Hop Phase – a band from Washington, D.C. packaged up the output from [...]
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As with earlier 100best selections, The Clash need no introduction. I’d wager for many music fans – or just about anyone that relates to music for that matter – Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and one of the rollcall of drummers introduced them to punk whether they knew it or not, whether they then [...]
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“Spanish Bombs” from their third iconic album London Calling, is not my favorite by The Clash, but it is the one that lingers in my head after listening to it. Not just because the chorus is so catchy, but I always think, ‘I should learn about the Spanish Civil War …’, ’cause I have no [...]
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Last month, when tha dawgg and I visited Rough Trade East, I was intrigued by an album with a cool cover. Of course I passed it up like a dumbass and regretted it almost immediately. I picked it up a couple weeks ago and it’s even better than the cover made it look. The album [...]
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If the Zany Charts seem extra zany and jumbly today it’s because, to us in the know, it’s Bean’s birthday! Let’s celebrate with the song that was all the rage in the year she was born. When she first saw the light of day, it’s very likely she might have heard the incredible, poppy sounds [...]
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