Comments on: The metaphorical cat is away, so…..

By: Carolina

Carolina — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:42:00 +0000

the words seem to fit this image more than the other work I’ve see from you. I actually think thats great. I feel this image works nlceiy of the one wit you sitting on the grass. If this is the direction you’re heading in with your work, can I just say OMG LOVE . I think this shot is interesting because of the ambiguity of the person. I William thinks of this as a girl, but this could also be a man. Really the only evidence to this being a woman is the long hair, and lets face it I’m catching up to that length day by day. I have to agree with William in that spiritual should be a word as well. So screw 3 words give yourself a 4th or 5th or an artist statement . Good Job!

By: severin

severin — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:40:11 +0000

I well remember the day I bought The Clash’s second album. I listened to the first three tracks and was interrupted by a knock at the door. My mate had also bought a copy and, after playing it,he literally ran down the road to my house. Not to play it to me. He was hoping I would buy it off him because he hated it so much.

By: panthersan

panthersan — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:53:34 +0000

quite right too.

Will try to get hold of a copy of that film too. It sounds more of a tour DVD than a full-on documentary about the difficulties of being a punk band under an oppressive regime, but if it’s anywhere near as good as the excellent “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” then it will be well worth watching

By: pairubu

pairubu — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:13:09 +0000

Glad you liked it. I’ve nominated a few of their songs but felt they deserved a bit more exposure.

By: pairubu

pairubu — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:11:05 +0000

I agree, it’s the first album that does it for me. The later stuff does grow on you though.

By: panthersan

panthersan — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:11:14 +0000

Enjoyed that a lot, will definitely investigate further………….cheers Pairubu !

By: Tempusfugit

Tempusfugit — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:56:17 +0000

Great stuff all round. Prefer the early raucous shouty Joyside (isn’t that an integral feature of punk music?) to later more orderly stuff – are those harmonies I hear?

Vera is nice, but Cui is something else. Significant music, indeed.

By: Hoshino Sakura

Hoshino Sakura — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:11:41 +0000

NO ! ! ! because when you mention the weather in your mails you always say it is raining ! ! !

By: pairubu

pairubu — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:27:12 +0000

The Clash’s big mistake,IMHO, was getting Pearlman in to produce their second album. This didn’t play at all well with “purists” ( i.e. “nerks”) like me in the same way that the Damned getting Nick Mason in for their second didn’t also.
It smacked of a retrograde step. Of course it worked, got them a whole new audience and paved the way for global superstardom, money and all the Mars Bars they could eat.

For me the “essence du punque” was the poking a bony finger and laughing at anything that smacked of “establishment” or, as we called it back then “Grandadism”.

By: pairubu

pairubu — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:21:17 +0000

To be expected. You should have a free hour or two in about 15 years time.