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Friday, Feb 7 2014, 6AM
Good morning and happy Friday. It's International Clash Day!! "London Calling" is an apocalyptic song, talking about the many ways the world could end, Talking about it, news junkie Joe Strummer explained in 1988 to Melody Maker: "I read about ten news reports in one day calling down all variety of plagues on us."
"This sound does not subscribe to the international sound." Read the lyrics to "This Is Radio Clash": www.lyricsfreak.com
Here's the official biography of The Clash at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: www.rockhall.com
The Ramones' famous chant, "Hey, Ho, Let's Go!" is a big part of this song. They wanted their own chant after hearing "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers, which had the chant "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y, Night.": www.songfacts.com
Blondie will receive the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards: www.blondie.net The Clash have also won this award.
Clash Magazine featured a Sex Pistols appreciation in 2012: www.clashmusic.com
The Damned, formed in 1976, is still touring: www.officialdamned.com
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Buzzcocks were one of the "brainier" Punk bands to emerge from England's first wave. As Pete Shelley told The Quietus, "Both me and Howard Devoto did humanities at Bolton Institute of Technology [where they also received honorary doctorates in July 2009]. I was doing philosophy and comparative European literature when Buzzcocks started. As Steve Diggle says, we were punks with library cards.": www.artistfacts.com
Read an allmusic review of "Chairs Missing": www.allmusic.com
Siouxsie and The Banshees were featured in a KEXP documentary---"Portraits of Post-Punk": kexp.org
See "a punk-rock history with pictures": www.punk77.co.uk
Here's a KEXP review revue of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers' "Back In Your Life": blog.kexp.org
The jury is out on whether Joe Strummer ran the Paris Marathon. However, here's an actual picture of him running the 1983 London Marathon. His time was reputed to be 4 hours and 13 minutes: rundontrun.wordpress.com
"Suck on Kojak for the U.S.A." The Clash talked about heroin use, American support of dictatorships, and Starsky and Hutch, among other things: www.azlyrics.com
The Clash's "career opportunities" began in the summer of 1976, supporting the Sex Pistols: www.nme.com
"I Fought the Law" was originally recorded in 1959 by Sonny Curtis and the Crickets, covered by the Bobby Fuller Four in 1964, and covered by The Clash in the 70's.
Here's a Rockabilly Hall of Fame presentation on The Bobby Fuller Four: www.rockabillyhall.com
This song, written by Junior Murvin and Lee 'Scratch" Perry, is a reggae classic by The Clash: www.allmusic.com
Junior Murvin died in December, 2013. He was between the ages of 64 and 67: www.theguardian.com
“'Tuff Gong,' the name of Bob Marley's recording label, was a nickname Bob earned for himself in the Kingston ghetto of Trenchtown (so named because it was built over an old drainage trench) for being exactly the wrong guy to screw with. Ever." Read more interesting facts about Bob Marley: www.patheos.com
Read a KEXP review revue of Television"s "Marquee Moon": blog.kexp.org
Here's video of The Clash performing "Police on My Back": www.dailymotion.com
In 2012, 10 years after Joe Strummer's death, Spin Magazine talked about "Joe Strummer's complex legacy": www.spin.com
Here's a Licklibrary video about how to play "Tommy Gun" by The Clash: www.licklibrary.com
Read a "Cultural Lesson of 2013: How the Talking Heads remain in light": arts.nationalpost.com
Read a biography of Elvis Costello by the Pope of Pop: www.elviscostello.info
Chalkhills is the XTC resource on the web: chalkhills.org
Read the powerful lyrics of "Washington Bullets": www.joestrummer.org
Here's a biography of Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros: www.sing365.com
This song pays tribute to the "rude boys" who challenged the authority of their elders: www.allmusic.com
This song was written by Paul Simonon about his hometown of Brixton: www.songfacts.com
"If you were 12 in 1979, the Specials were easy peasy lemon squeezy the greatest band on the planet." Read more in this 2009 article: www.thespecials.com
John Peel's headstone features the words "Teenage dreams so hard to beat": www.dailymail.co.uk
Listen to a live in-studio performance at KEXP by Gang of Four: www.kexp.org
Here's a "blogarhythm" essay on Joy Division: tomajackson.blogspot.com
Make your own list of "the 18 best Clash songs" before you read this Paste Magazine blog: www.pastemagazine.com
"The simple yet devastating refrain “Did you stand by me? / No not at all” are worthy of the most desperate laments of Sam Cooke or Otis Redding." Here's Stereogum's list of "The 10 Best Clash Songs": www.stereogum.com
This song warns against the seductive patriotism that lures young people into the armed forces: www.allmusic.com
Watch Fred Armisen interview The Clash as his punk alter ego, Ian Rubbish: www.uproxx.com
Singer Jaz Coleman " fled to Iceland in 1982 believing that the apocalypse was imminent. He has since lived in Leipzig, Cairo, Tahiti, Budapest, Switzerland and New Zealand. He claims to hold four passports." Read more fascinating facts: www.killingjoke.com
Dead Kennedys were featured in a 10-part KEXP documentary series (which included The Clash)---"Punk Evolution": kexp.org
Go hear The English Beat when they perform at the Showbox at the Market on Friday, February 21st, 2014.
See video of The Clash performing "Rock the Casbah": vimeo.com
Watch The Clash perform "Should I Stay..." at 1983's US Festival: www.spin.com
Here's a Pitchfork review of The Clash's "Live at Shea Stadium": pitchfork.com
"When The Clash played Shea, it was punk at its peak": www.today.com
"Straight to Hell" focuses on Vietnamese children who were fathered by and then abandoned by American soldiers. Here are the lyrics: www.sing365.com
The KEXP blog today features a video roundup of Clash performances: blog.kexp.org
Mick Jones founded Big Audio Dynamite after The Clash: www.facebook.com
Learn the story behind Bob Marley's "Redemption Song": www.americansongwriter.com
Metronomy will perform at Easy Street Records tomorrow, February 8th, 2014, at 1:00 p.m.
Metronomy is returning to Seattle this summer. Details about venue, date, and time will follow.
Metronomy's Joe Mount thinks he "has two more albums left in me": www.nme.com
Here's a youtube video of Mint Royale's "Show Me": www.youtube.com
The Mellors named themselves after Joe Strummer's real last name.
White Denim were featured on KEXP's Music That Matters Podcast Vol. 390, hosted by Cheryl. You can listen to the podcast on our blog: blog.kexp.org