LET THE FURY HAVE THE HOUR by ANTONINO D'AMBROSIO (Joe Strummer bio)

[AP]

Thought some people might be interested in this:

Nation Books has just published "Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock
Politics of Joe Strummer" by Antonino D'Ambrosio.

LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR
The first serious examination of the extraordinary life of Joe
Strummer, the legendary lead singer of the Clash.

“Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety
pin, and a pair of bondage trousers,” writes Billy Bragg, and
documentarian/activist D’Ambrosio proves it with this gathering of
skillfully selected articles and essays on Clash front man Joe Strummer
(1952-2002), from the likes of Lester Bangs, Chuck D, Greil Marcus and
D’Ambrosio himself.
--From Publisher's Weekly review, 11/8/04

"Joe was speaking about things he saw in his life-the things right in
front of his face that no one wanted to talk about-and taking his
message around the world...Public Enemy is an American group but we
address the same issues-political, social, musical-on an international
level. I learned the importance of that from Joe Strummer."
--From the preface by Chuck D

Let the Fury Have the Hour collects articles, interviews, essays, and
reviews that chronicle Strummer's life both as a musician and a
political activist. Included are original essays and interviews by
Antonino D'Ambrosio, alongside contributions from Peter Silverton,
Billy Bragg, Ann Scanlon, Lester Bangs, Sylvie Simmons, Charlie
Bertsch, Greil Marcus, Amy Phillips, Joel, Schalit, and others.

Antonino D'Ambrosio is a writer, filmmaker, photographer and musician.
He is the founder and director of La Lutta New Media Collective, a
media activism and documentary film production group based in New York
City. His writing has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Monthly
Review, Color Lines, the New Labor Forum and other publications.

LET THE FURY HAVE THE HOUR by ANTONINO D'AMBROSIO
DECEMBER 2004, $16.95, 368 PAGES, ISBN 1-56025-625-7
To purchase "Let Fury Have the Hour On-line," please visit Nation Books.

To set-up an interview, speaking engagement or public appearance,
please contact Ina Howard at / 212-209-5448 / [e-mail]

For information about upcoming events, radio/press interviews, please
visit http://www.nationbooks.com and http://www.letfuryhavethehour.com

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[PleadTheFirst]

1. Wow ... thanks for the heads up!

This is a must-buy for me.

And oddly enough, "Clampdown" was playing on my iTunes when I opened this thread to read it.

Miss you, Joe.

[McKenzie]

2. "I'm So Bored With the U.S.A."

nice one! a must buy.

Yankee soldier
He wanna shoot some skag
He met it in Cambodia
But now he can't afford a bag

Yankee dollar talk
To the dictators of the world
In fact it's giving orders
An' they can't afford to miss a word

I'm so bored with the U...S...A...
But what can I do?

Yankee detectives
Are always on the TV
'Cos killers in America
Work seven days a week

Never mind the stars and stripes
Let's print the Watergate Tapes
I'll salute the New Wave
And I hope nobody escapes

I'm so bored with the U...S...A...
But what can I do?

Move up Starsky
For the C.I.A.
Suck on Kojak
For the USA

[AP]

5. Damn, those lyrics are funny.

[electricmonk]

3. In the middle of that right now

Just got passed the Lester Bangs segment. Joe was an amazing artist. While reading it I get alternately depressed and inspired.

[gorrister]

4. thanks for posting this

"The Clash" are one of my heroes.

[Kenneth ken]

6. kick for Jimmy Jazz n/t