Thanks so much for all you wrote, I don’t know where to begin. You’ve been so supportive from the earliest days and I appreciate it more than I can share from this vantage point – but the the thought that the blog has helped motivate or inspire any single person is more than the reward I’d ever have asked for. Keep reading and I’ll always take all the help I can get Pete. I read your message earlier today and it was a great one for a Monday ~~ I thank you again!

Tim

I did type a quite lengthy congratulatory post about a week ago, but forgot to ‘Submit Comment’ and accidentally closed the window on my browser…Never used to happen with old fashioned pen and paper, which would at least be posted, if not immediately, then slightly belatedly….

I can’t remember how I read that first page, but it may have had something to do with the fact we were almost neighbours many years ago here in Acton. I just wanted to say thanks for all the effort you and the Clash Blogette and even the Clash blog cat, have put into keeping http://www.theclashblog.com up and running. It’s given me the excuse to ‘get out more’ and has given me new purpose in life, away from the usual commercial/economic reasons….ie (Working For The) Clampdown…

The Clash were always about bringing people together and certainly Joe Strummer in later years would’ve wholeheartedly approved of your blog. It will continue to grow, because the constraints of shifting units are not your purpose, unlike Sony perhaps….

There are tens, if not hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of people all over the world whose lives were touched by the music and lyrics of a band which existed for much less than a decade. The Clash were a truly international band, reflected in their global lyrical themes of many of their songs. Universal would maybe be a better description. Always reaching beyond their immediate horizon, I know they were inspirational to so many here in the UK.

I’ve been really privileged to spend a little bit of time with Mick Jones, albeit slightly belatedly, but I don’t think even now he appreciates quite how wide spread the influence of his band still is. In recent years young people have just discovered The Clash, much in the same way I ‘discovered’ Jimi Hendrix for example. I was lucky enough to be there, not quite at the beginning, but early enough to realise how important ‘my band’ was. The message is just as important today.

The strapline for http://www.theclashblog.com really should be ‘Without people you’re nothing….” Joe would like that, I’m sure ! Thanks again !!

Pete,
Acton