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Joe Strummer was a co-founding member, and singer, of The Clash. I always forget that when I play this song for people. I sit around for a good couple of minutes hemming and hawing over which band he was in. No matter what I say, people are surprised, ’cause this isn’t a Clash song. This isn’t even really a Joe Strummer song, as it sort of sticks out at the beginning of his album.

What matters is that this is an awesome song, full of the kind of spirit that makes you wanna jump up and spin your lady around amid a big group of people, in some distant town where all the leaves are turning orange and you know everyones name and no one is afraid to get wasted and dance like an idiot. Akron/Family’s “Ed Is A Portal” (maybe I’ll post it tomorrow) is a good companion piece to this, though where as Johnny Appleseed has lyrics that are full of poignant messages of equality and preservation, Ed is a Portal is just nonsensical fun.

Site News: In the comments yesterday, Pace left a comment saying that he bought The Olivia Tremor Control’s Black Foliage Volume 1 (I assume) based on my recommendation of The Sylvan Screen. This is awesome and just the kind of reaction I could hope for.

Twitter user @dberlind hopes for “buy album” links and I figure I’ll figure out how to easily work those into posts from now on. I didn’t figure people liked those, that site owners just added them in the hopes of making revenue, so I didn’t bother. Guess I will!

New Twitter Followers: I’m using Twollo to automatically find people like, well, you, probably, if you’re reading this. It’s a service that automatically follows people who are discussing certain topics, so I’m having it add people who are mentioning “music” or “mp3″ in their Twitters. I am not trying to spam anyone, nor am I selling anything, I just figured it would be cool to test it out and see if anyone hears any music they like. The response I’m getting from Twitter users is great. Thanks!