Really, since the Clash released that London Calling album/song, it has been ambrosia for every hack headline writer from LIverpool to Kuala Lampur. Enough already! It isn't even a great song (and yes, I did attend the legendary Clash shows at Bond's). My favorite Clash number is Safe European Home, followed closely by that evocative masterpiece This Is England. But the lads did some great work when they weren't posing and preening. May Joe Strummer rest-in-piece; his teeth ought to be in the Cadbury's Hall of Fame.
Anyway, that's my thought for today, and this is your Locker Room Off-Top post for the weekend. Usually, the Locker Room is for Off-Off-Topic, but it would be perverse, on the eve of Wimbledon, to try to keep discussion of The Championships off the boards. So feel free to use it to discuss all things Wimbledon, weigh-in on the Clash if you like. . .anything goes, and probably will. I'll be back shortly with a few more posts, including another, different sort of evocation of England.
The London Calling (Not!) posts over the next few days will be the place to discuss the run-up to Wimbledon, and I have some exciting news about the Wimbledon Crisis Center posts. Rosangel, who is on the ground at London and will be attending Wimbledon, will be posting them daily, starting Monday. The WCC posts will be the place to do your match-calling. I will be in Los Angeles for a few days next week, but posting some and staying in touch before I leave for London on July 1.
Back later. . .