by Chris Harris There is a link to 5 other blogs I have written about The Clash at the bottom of the blog. The Clash didn’t just make the bet music since the Beatles. They made rules. Rules about what a band could be, what it could refuse, and what it didn’t have to do … Continue reading Should I Stay or Should I Go: The Clash, Levi’s Ad, and the Day the Aura Cracked?
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The Clash’s Unwritten Rule: Every Great Song Has a Villain
By Chris Harris There is a link to 5 other blogs I have written about The Clash at the bottom of the blog. There’s a reason The Clash feel different to almost every band that gets filed under punk, new wave, rock etc. Yes, they had politics by the bucketful. Yes, they had swagger, they … Continue reading The Clash’s Unwritten Rule: Every Great Song Has a Villain
Popular Idioms and Phrases and Why We Say “You Wait Ages for a Bus, and Then Two Come at Once”
by Chris Harris The Historical Roots of a Familiar Expression The phrase “You wait ages for a bus, and then two come at once” goes back to the lived realities of twentieth century British cities. Public transport in places like London, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham was notoriously irregular during the post-war decades. You may remember … Continue reading Popular Idioms and Phrases and Why We Say “You Wait Ages for a Bus, and Then Two Come at Once”
The Rights of Fans. 