Joe Strummer - Redemption Song

[rochefort]

The thing I wanted most for Christmas was Redemption Song, the new Joe Strummer biography. 660 pages, with pics I hadn't seen before, lots of them of Mick Jones when he still had hair. I'd been looking forward to it since it came out in October

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[miraminx]

I have mixed feelings because in some cases it's fun and entertaining to find out more about the people behind the art/music. So, for example, I got a book about Big Star -- ironically enough, published only in the UK-- that I thoroughly enjoyed. But then, I already knew that Alex Chilton was basically an unpleasant person; and what I really liked about the book was that it was the story of the band, not a biography of Chilton, although it did tell the life story of the band members.

Is there a good book about The Clash that would be the equivalent-- something that would give some analysis (and in 600+ pages, how did the author resist the urge to tell you What It All Meant? Amazing)?

I'd rather be called someone's casual fuck than be called their 'lady'.

The way that some British men refer to their partners as "my missus", even when they're not actually bound in wedlock, rubs me the same, wrong way-- I think because it evokes "the little lady" a little too strongly for my taste.

You know, now I feel angry that I cried when Joe Strummer died-- on my birthday, too, which just adds insult to injury, or something. Arrggh.

Take your time about emailing-- my telling you about the new address wasn't meant to be a hint, but I realized too late that it might come across that way. x to you too!