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Antonino

Antonino D’Ambrosio is the author the upcoming “A Heartbeat and A Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears” (Basic/Nation Books, 2009) and “Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer” (Avalon Press). A feature documentary film based on “Let Fury Have the Hour,” executive produced by Tim Robbins and directed by D’Ambrosio, is currently in production. His latest short film “No Free Lunch” stars comedian Lewis Black.
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    Antonino’s Tuesday Music

    Hailing not 40 miles from my parents of hometown of Coli Al Volturno, Italia is the Naples based Spaccanapli (Divided Naples).  The best way for me to tell you about them is just to have you listen. Fresh from Nacional…

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    Punk/Rai/Jazz/Rock

    Rachid Taha is an important musician on the international rock scene beginning in the early 1980s. Rachid Taha was born in 1958 in Oran, Algeria. His music is influenced by many different styles such as Raï, techno, rock and punk.…

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    Wiring the Lush Life

    “I just saw a billboard on Houston street, it says ‘where have all the junkies gone?’” Clocking Some Time With Richard Price

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    Basque Nationalist Rock/Punk

    Fermin Muguruza is the prime mover behind Kortatu and Negu Gorriak, two of the fiercest rocking punk-rooted bands you probably never heard, Fermín Muguruza is almost certainly the single most important catalyst in the development of the radical, Basque language…

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    The Only Band That Mattered

    The author remembers his time with Joe Strummer and reflects on the band’s definitive new book, The Clash.

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    The Only Band that Mattered

    Antonino D’Ambrosio remembers his time with Joe Strummer and reflects on the great band’s definitive new book THE CLASH “I wanted to be Pete Townsend, the bloke who throws his arms and jumps up and down.” Paul Simonon