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Monday, November 14 2011

‘The Ballad of Mott The Hoople’ Is for Those Who Love Mott the Hoople With All Their Might

There’s something missing from this story; there’s an insularity about the film that renders it just a notch or two above pure reminiscence.


Friday, June 11 2010

Big Audio Dynamite: This Is Big Audio Dynamite (Legacy Edition)

Time has a way of circling back on popular music in a way that, two-and-a-half decades later, has left This Is Big Audio Dynamite feeling startlingly contemporary nearly as often as it registers as a product of 1985.


Tuesday, April 1 2008

Old chums Mick Jones and Tony James finally form a band together


Wednesday, December 5 2007

Carbon/Silicon: The Last Post

The world was hardly holding its breath for a Mick Jones/Tony James reunion. Maybe it should have been.


Monday, December 3 2007

Here’s the News, and All of It Is Good: An Interview with Mick Jones

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.


Thursday, May 24 2007

The Clash: Combat Rock, ‘80s


Redemption Song: Anger Was Cooler [1982-1984]

"(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


Wednesday, May 23 2007

The Clash: London Calling and Sandinista!


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