Figurehead Not What He Seems
Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
Everyone has a price, even old punks. Then again, at least it’s a funny ad, kind of :
Meanwhile, in other corporate-punk news, the repackaging, re-flogging of a few dozen original songs by The Clash continues, with gusto :
This Monday sees a tri-partite Clash release: the illustrated autobiography The Clash (selling for £30), the live compilation DVD Revolution Rock (£12.99), and the CD Live at Shea Stadium (£11.99).
By the end of last year, posthumous releases included two double-CD best-ofs, two single CD singles collections (both called The Singles), an expanded B-sides compilation, two triple-CD box-set overviews, an A- and B-sides singles box set, an extravagantly extended 25th Anniversary special edition of London Calling, a programme of remastered CD reissues of the band’s entire album back catalogue (including the compilations), a singles video collection, and a DVD reprising and expanding upon that.
