24.1.07

Strummer.


It's strange how the world works. I would have never picked J. Strummer as one of my fashion icons. I like the Clash as much as the next guy, and appreciate his political stance but he's never been a huge guiding light in my life...until I came across this mural in the East Village. I realised at this moment that my hair and sun-glass choice (which haven't changed since the early 90's) is completely derivative of him or perhaps the guy he copied it off. My Kasbah was rocked.

4 comments:

Gavin Heaton said...

It is uncanny!

Stanley Johnson said...

Hate to name drop, but many many years ago I managed to scam my way backstage at a Clash gig.

Joe had a seriously slicked greaser style hairdo. I couldn't resist giving him a pat on the head (don't ask me why).

Uuugghh!

There must have been a whole tin of pommade in his hair! I reckon it probably took him at least three washes to get it out.

Hopefully your hair hygiene is a little better.

Anonymous said...

great site mate. its got a great mix of NY and Sydney, the only two cities i really care about. pity they are so far away from each other.

Sebastian Goldspink said...

Thanks guys. Good on you STan for getting B/S at the Clash gig.