Radio - Sunday, April 4th, 2021

Back in the summer of 2018, Quatro reached out to see if we would be interested in their book on the Clash. The Clash were one of my gateway bands into punk so I responded. A few days later this beautiful hard cover book on the Clash showed up and I started leafing through it. Beautiful photos. So then I set out to start reading it. But I was so into the subject matter that I wanted to read everything and not just the skim reading that most of us have resorted to in a social media era. A year later, Nick Smash was releasing his book on the Clash in Toronto so I thought it would be a good way to reach out to the author, Martin Popoff. He agreed and we met at the Rivoli. At the event I asked Martin if he would be interested in doing an interview and the book had already sold out so he thought it would be misleading to talk about a book that people couldn't get. A year later I thought, this book is so good and people should know that an author from Toronto wrote it and so I reached out again. He agreed after some convincing. So a few weeks back I spoke with Martin with a list of questions that I wrote up over the year of reading his book. I was lucky to get to ask them. To listen to this episode of Clash appreciation download here.

THE CLASH – If Music Could Talk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Janie Jones (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Remote Control (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS – Watching the Detectives (Warner Bros.)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police & Thieves (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Stay Free (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Train in Vain (CBS / Epic)
 MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police on My Back (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Somebody Got Murdered (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – The Sound of Sinners (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Lose this Skin (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Rebel Waltz (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Should I Stay or Should I Go (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Atom Tan (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Know Your Rights (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Dirty Punk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE DISHRAGS – London’s Burning (Supreme Echo)
DIRECT ACTION – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Schizophrenic)
SINISTERS – Clampdown (Dwell)
AKA – Career Opportunities
DEAD ENDING – Complete Control (Alternative Tentacles)

Please check out Martin's available writings at his website, like his new book on SWEET that he talked about in the interview.