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Attn. : Joe Strummer/Clash fans

rritortorritorto Posts: 35
edited January 2010 in Other Music
WHYY-FM (91FM) in Philadelphia will air the eight part series, Joe Strummer : London Calling, this Saturday night, and for the following seven Saturday nights at 9pm.

Strummer acts as DJ, and music from the Clash is also highlighted during the series.
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  • Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    This is great to know. Will they be streaming this online?
  • rritortorritorto Posts: 35
    yep-they have a live stream @whyy.org
  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,349
    Thanks for the head's up!
    It's nice to be nice to the nice.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    If you haven't seen Julien Temple's movie "Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten" ... you must ... he used quite a few clips from this series in the movie. It's quite stirring actually.


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    Joe Strummer, the legendary gravel-voiced punk-poet from The Clash, loved to listen to music on the radio. Even as he toured the world with "the only band that matters," he still had a dream to one day spin records for the BBC World Service, where he heard the latest UK hits over the shortwave band as a teenager in Africa.

    He finally got his wish in 1999, when BBC World Service premiered Joe Strummer's London Calling. Between then and 2002, Strummer hosted a series of programs with a simple format - one man and his eclectic record collection. His globe spanning playlists included many of the rock, reggae and folk artists that inspired the Clash, plus many surprises.

    These radio broadcasts inspired many listeners around the world, including film director Julien Temple, who prominently features these programs in his new documentary, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten.

    "Joe was the ultimate communicator," says Temple. "He made his global audience feel they knew him on a uniquely personal level?intimate, irreverent and inspirational at the same time."

    Joe Strummer's London Calling is now available for broadcast on radio stations throughout the USA as eight one-hour episodes. Distribution will begin in July 2008, timely for the US DVD of Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten on Sony BMG Legacy Recordings.

    The 14 original half-hour episodes have been edited for broadcast in the US as 8 one-hour programs. Interview clips featuring Joe Strummer, himself, his former Clash bandmates, Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine / Audioslave), film-maker Julien Temple and others have been added to create two new 30-minute introduction and epilogue features. Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers) hosts these new segments and also introduces Joe before each of his original programs.
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Won't start a new thread, but ... 7 years ago today, we lost a true gem.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10tP5HIpaA
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • qontheboardqontheboard Posts: 785
    Missing Joe alot. :cry:
  • small_my_tablesmall_my_table Posts: 90
    Damn i wish i'd seen this in November...
    RIP Joe
    This is not for you...
    Speaking as a child of the nineties
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Wow, it's been 7 years already. I still miss Joe.
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