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Tuesday, 7 July 2009
I forgive you: The Clash's drummer makes peace with the man who sacked him
In the late 1970s, a drummer called Topper Headon joined The Clash, the most exciting rock’n'roll band in the world. There followed five years of non-stop playing, partying and drug-taking…but by 1982, Headon’s heroin addiction was out of control, and Clash leader Joe Strummer was forced to sack him. Then things got really bad. Today, reflective and sober, he tells Mark Lucas his remarkable story.
Full story at 'The Sunday Independent' via 'Strummerville'.
Full story at 'The Sunday Independent' via 'Strummerville'.
Self-help ‘makes you feel worse’ says study
Canadian researchers found those with low self-esteem actually felt worse after repeating positive statements about themselves. They said phrases such as “I am a lovable person” only helped people with high self-esteem.(Full story at the 'BBC' via 'Renegade Futurist'.)
RIP Allen Klein (1931 – 2009)
Allen Klein poses with Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at a fictitious “contract signing”, 1969.(Via 'Jahsonic')
Richard Hell by TimN (pencil, felt tip, gold pen on lined paper) drawn sometime in the early 80's!!!
(Click on image to enlarge)You're Gonna Wake Up One Morning And Know What Side Of The Bed You've Been Lying On...
Seditionaries"You're gonna wake up one morning and know what side of the bed you've been lying on!" with a list of "hates" on the left, including "Television (Not the group)/Mick Jagger/The Playboy Club/Fellini" and other dead culture, pompous rockers and repressive institutions. On the right were the "loves," including "Jamaican Rude Boys/Archieshepp/Iggy Pop/Walt Whitman" and mysteriously, "Kutie Jones and his SEX PISTOLS."
Monday, 6 July 2009
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