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Just discovered this. A movie blog from the godlike one - the man who makes radio’s only genuinely unmissable show.
With the Tyneside Cinema opening again on Thursday it’s gearing up to be quite the movie week.
Ever since reading this Sacred Facts post, while I was still in Nicaragua, I have been desparate to see The Future is Unwritten - the Joe Strummer biopic.
Finally Love Film - came up trumps and it was delivered to my doorstep.
It proved to be well worth waiting for.
The best part? The World Service bits from Joe’s own show that link it all together. What a presence. What a voice. What great taste.
Today I went out and purchased the CD.
With 25 tracks it’s a good start, but surely there’s a market for the show to be aired again. Maybe to a podcast audience?
It’d be a welcome addition to my Ipod and a great soundtrack to my morning Number One bus trips through Heaton.
So, Mr Sambrook, who do we bully to get this podded?
* The pic is one of my own. It’s a particularly colourful rendition of Sandino, the inspiration behind Nicaragua’s Sandinistas (who The Clash were to name an album after). One of the high points of the film for me was seeing Strummer and the boys sporting Sandinista style scarves, complete with the iconic Sandino image. The shot was taken in Leon, Nicaragua. More Sandino pics here.
