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Articles tagged "mick jones" NewsOld chums Mick Jones and Tony James finally form a band togetherby Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][1.Apr.08] :. AUSTIN, Texas - It’s a terrible name for a bar, and actually a pretty subpar bar all around. But the place called Friends proved to be a fitting venue for Carbon/Silicon’s main showcase...  Music ReviewCarbon/Silicon: The Last Postby John Bergstrom[5.Dec.07] :. The world was hardly holding its breath for a Mick Jones/Tony James reunion. Maybe it should have been. Music FeatureHere’s the News, and All of It Is Good: An Interview with Mick Jonesby Michael Franco[3.Dec.07] :. The ex-Clash artist returns with a new outlook and a new means of spreading his music, but the rebelliousness remains. Jones talks to PopMatters about his new project Carbon/Silicon. Re:PrintEXCLUSIVE Podcasts: Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummerby Sarah Zupko[12.Jun.07] :. EXCLUSIVE Podcasts: Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer Following in the footsteps of PopMatters’ exclusive five-part series of excerpts from the new Joe Strummer... Mixed MediaThe Clash: Combat Rock, ‘80sby PopMatters Staff[24.May.07] :. All this week PopMatters is offering exclusive excerpts from the new Chris Salewicz biography of Joe Strummer, published this week in the U.S. by Faber & Faber. Thursday [5/24]:...  Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer FeaturePart 4: Anger Was Cooler [1982-1984]by Chris Salewicz[24.May.07] :. "(Joe) seemed this sad, lonely figure, confused with life, Hank Williams playing on his ghetto blaster in the background. I felt sorry for him." -- Mark Cooper, Record Mirror Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer The Clash: London Calling and Sandinista!by PopMatters Staff[23.May.07] :. All this week PopMatters is offering exclusive excerpts from the new Chris Salewicz biography of Joe Strummer, published this week in the U.S. by Faber & Faber. Wednesday [5/23]:... Part 3: Red Hand of Fate [1979]by Chris Salewicz[23.May.07] :. Johnny Greene and a roadie... found a rehearsal room... (it) was at the rear of a garage, the kind of premises you might see in American gangster films as heists are planned... Here, hunkered together with no visible means of financial support, the Clash would rigorously write and rehearse the new songs that would emerge as London Calling, which time would judge one of the finest rock 'n' roll albums ever made... The Clash: 1976-1978by PopMatters Staff[22.May.07] :. All this week PopMatters is offering exclusive excerpts from the new Chris Salewicz biography of Joe Strummer, published this week in the U.S. by Faber & Faber. Tuesday [5/22]:... Part 2: Under Heavy Manners [1976-1977]by Chris Salewicz[22.May.07] :. "... people like Joe Strummer... were like the punk intelligentsia, they were the thinkers... (Joe) knew all the cultural and literary references, all the revolutionary references, and he put it all into context... there's a lot more ideas (sic) in one of Joe's rhyming couplets than there are in some people's entire albums..." -- Don Williams Part 1: Straight to Heaven [2002]by Chris Salewicz[21.May.07] :. "...I learned that fame is an illusion and everything about it is just a joke. I'm far more dangerous now, because I don't care at all." -- Joe Strummer Rude Boy (1979)by Whitney Strub[28.Jul.06] :. Rude Boy does little more than remind us of the Clash's greatness; as such, it's a cinematic failure but a musical necessity. |
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