People often get the name of this blog wrong, especially on Twitter where I use the handle nowthissound. It makes me sad. Not because I feel it means the blog is not well-received but because it means people don’t know the source material. One of the reasons I call Joe Strummer the patron saint of this blog is because I took the name from the Clash. “This is Radio Clash” to be exact.
Though the biggest reason Joe is the patron saint is his life-long belief in the power of music and his joy in finding new and weird music and sharing it around. From his BBC radio series to his encouragement to “Go out and buy something weird today!” Joe kept an ear out for new sounds. The results could be heard from his early days with the 101ers, through the Clash and right on into the last Mescaleros album.
It’s that musical ideal, that desire to go out and find something great, no matter where it comes from, that I hope comes through on Now This Sound Is Brave. As the man sang, the stars go in, the stars go out, and punk rock’s what it’s all about.
I dig it. You know I do. But It is just “Radio Clash.” (Not “this is”…sorry, I gotta have that.) And I have an awesome 12” of about 6 versions of it that you need to hear. In the mean time, rock on sista!
I do need to hear it! Though I’m going to have to argue with you on this one. There’s “Radio Clash” and “This is Radio Clash”. Vis Wikipedia. The titling is also borne out here.
Either way, you get eternal props for having always known where the blog name came from.