Clash Kids !!
Hello everyone on this middle day of the week. Some really interesting stories to share today from The Clash news wires (makes it sound really official, it’s more a case of me scouting about). Happy 60th Birthday Bruce Springsteen (honestly!)
First off a really heartwarming story which has a decided Clash flavour on two counts. From the London Evening Standard is a story about Joanne Scott and her battle with cancer. Joanne Scott moved from New Zealand to the UK as a young woman and befriended Shane MacGowan. She was involved in clothing design for both The Clash and The Pogues. When she was diagnosed her lifeline was daughter Tara and The Clash connection continues. Tara works for the WI Shoreditch Sisters founded by Joe Strummer’s daughter Jazz. It’s a great story and a great Clash connection rings through it.
Staying with Clash ‘offspring’ theme you may be aware that Paul Simonon’s two sons are both involved in fashion/male modeling. Hardly my area of expertise so give me slack as I offer my very pedestrian critique of the image below. Erm….get a bass guitar! In all seriousness Louis states he plans to start a record label -- I hope that’s the case. For the time being they look like extras from an Adam and The Ants video, but who am I to argue with Galliano? I thought he was an astronomer before now. (self-deprecation intended). Da Diddley qua qua….
Paul's boys
I agree these are fairly obtuse stories to be getting on with so here’s another. The curator of the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds has a story to tell also. It seems that Jim Garretts is an old school Clash fanatic going back to the earliest days which is why I recommend his story is worth a quick read. If you’ve been to Leeds you’ll understand that things such as this make Yorkshire the 2nd best place in the world.
What would tonight’s post be without an angular Clash related video to share also. I think the one below fits the bill as the The School of Rock (which I wrote about a few weeks ago) held their Clash night. Come on now…it’s pretty good and these are young kids.
I did it -- a whole post revolving around Clash Kids!! Talk to you soon ~ Tim
it always amazes me how big influence The Clash and Joe still has in the world! I mean, kids this age, in the video, their parents were probably too young to ever have seen The Clash live.. but still…
it´s amazing! and they did a damn good job too!
Thanks for sharing that uplifting story, Tim. Really special. I love what you come up with!
It’s beautiful to see Jazz hasn’t lost any of the old man’s instincts for helping and taking it all in too. I see also that Lauren Jones is on the Shoreditch committee.
What a beautiful way to keep the fires burning—I love what these girls are doing. It’s really inspiring. Having a famous parent does not necessarily make you self-centered and frivolous. Too bad I can’t join The Sisters for those Tuesday meetings; it all sounds so chick-ish and fun!
I ran into (Mick’s) Lauren Jones last year and went along to see her group ‘Sailor No Youth’ play a gig – they were very good indeed and Lauren was a charmer. I think they’re called something else though now.
No surprise that Lauren’s a charmer — considering her Dad. (I don’t know her Mum so I can’t say anything about her).
The clip of her and her Dad from Carbon Casino singing “Hitsville U.K.” is brilliant. She is such a chip off the Mick block, and quite a stunner too.