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Re: [bomp] the FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
is that you, jeffy jeffs?
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From: nancyneon@aol.com
To: bomp@router.xnet2.com
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:37 PM
Subject: [bomp] the FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN
BILLY AND I SAW THE STRUMMER DOCUMENTARY AT IFC ?WHILE IN NYC FOR THE
CAVESTOMP. ALTHOUGH THE CLASH EVOLVED FROM THE BUZZSAW PUNK OF THE 1ST ALBUM
TOO FAST FOR ME,JULIAN TEMPLE'
S FILM REMINDED ME OF THE INITIAL IMPACT THE CLASH HAD. ALTHOUGH THAT "only
band that matter" GOT ME SOME NASTY LOOKS AT CB'S CIRCA 1980,STRUMMER WAS
THINKING GLOBALLY LONG BEFORE IT CAME INTO FASHION. AND THOUGH THAT "he who
fuck nun later join the church" LINE OF HIb?BECAME A SELF-FULFILLING
PROPHECY...STRUMMER BECAME A ROCK STAR ALBEIT A NEW BREED OF ROCK STAR. IT'S
VERY COOL THE WAY TEMPLE USES STRUMMER'S RADIO BROADCASTS AND CAMPFIRE
MEETINGS? TO SMOOTH TRANSITION . I DEFINITELY CAME AWAY FEELING I KNEW
STRUMMER A LOT BETTER THAN BY LISTENING TO HIS RECORDS ONLY. AND WHILE THE
LAST ALBUM I HAD BY THE CLASH WAS COMBAT ROCK,THE FILM HAD ME IN TEARS AT THE
END. AND I HAD A SENSE THAT I MISSED SOMETHING BY NOT FOLLOWING STRUMMER'S
POST CLASH WORK. CHEERS,NANCY NEON
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