Your Friday Clash Song: Drop Your Bombs Between The Minarets …
In honor of Pres. Obama’s announcement yesterday that the Administration is scaling back the endless “war on terror” … a special version of “Rock The...
Read MoreIn honor of Pres. Obama’s announcement yesterday that the Administration is scaling back the endless “war on terror” … a special version of “Rock The...
Read MoreA low-rider-y version of “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” from the unreleased Rat Patrol From Fort Bragg mix, which eventually became Combat Rock (1982). I like this...
Read MoreIn many circles, people were beyond ready to hear “Get Lucky.” It seemed to be a Voltron of awesome — the Frenchmen back for the first time in years,...
Read MoreI’ve listened to this 8 times and still haven’t come to a conclusion on this track…wait…that’s not true. I’ve listened to this 8...
Read MoreApropos of a recent post on my regular blog on the “war on terror,” “The Call Up,” from Sandinista! (1980), the Clash’s funk-inspired antiwar anthem: All the...
Read MoreOne of the best to come out of the 1970s punk scene, Siouxsie Sioux and Steven Severin’s creation Siouxsie and The Banshees is one of my all time favorite 80s...
Read MoreAs I mentioned last week, the Clash, from the very beginning, were more than just a punk act, embracing a number of diverse musical styles including reggae. The...
Read More[Dear TWiB readers: This is a feature I’ve been doing over at my place, The Corner Tavern, most Fridays for the past couple of years. After Imani asked me to join...
Read MoreHello TWiB and welcome to the weekly cross-post of I Should Have Been A Blogger‘s weekly features, Tunes For Tuesday. Why “Tunes for Tuesday”?...
Read More(This Week in Blackness) – The internet has been absolutely buzzing about the latest single from Beyonce called “Bow Down”. There has been an equal...
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