After briefly recapping last weekend’s outstanding Mavericks show at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, I go on a bit of an extended digression on the importance of local music venues and how they capture the spirit of the Clash and independent music. Now, more than ever, it’s important to help local independent music clubs stay alive and prosper after having suffered so much during COVID, so I thought I would highlight a few of our favorites: FitzGerald’s Nightclub in Berwyn, Illinois, Thalia Hall in Chicago, Metro Chicago (a legendary alternative music club if there ever was one), and City Winery. And I forgot to mention Space in Evanston, but that’s a great club too!

From there, I wonder aloud whether a band could write a song called “White Riot” today without it getting co-opted by the worst people in the world, talk about the 40th anniversary of Joe Strummer running the London Marathon (and finishing in a respectable 4 hours 13 minutes), and remind folks that Paul Simonon and Galen Ayers have a new album coming out next month under the name Galen and Paul.

Anyway, please give this week’s show a listen and share your thoughts in the comments below. And remember, as Joe always said, “Without people, you’re nothing.”