Circling back briefly to last weeks discussion on Joe Strummers support for trans rights, I mention Joyce Carol Oates recent tweets on the subject, including her observations that (a) privacy conce

One of those top nights of the year And I see everyones here Oh, took me a long time to get it But when its taken time Think and dont forget it Diggin the New, from Rock Art and the X-Ray Style (

On this weeks podcast, I talk about International Clash Day, an annual celebration of the Only Band that Matters that takes place on February 7 each year. Seattle radio station KEXP began Internation

On this weeks rambling podcast, I start, somewhat unintentionally, with where I left off last week, talking about yet another artist we lost too soon: Tom Verlaine of Television, who died on January

I took a different, more somber approach to this weeks show, inspired in part by the track Silver and Gold from the final Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros album, Streetcore, which was posthumously r

Because we recently celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday in the US, it seems like a good time to highlight the Clashs commitment to fight racism in the UK and around the world. But first, s

On this weeks episode, I talk about the origin of the name Two Minutes Fifty-Nine, a lyric from the song Hitsville UK from the Sandinista! album: They say true talent will always emerge in time Wh

For me, I suppose, the easy answer is, why not? The Clash has been my favorite band since I first put needle to vinyl on the US version of their self-titled debut album in 1980. I have every album the