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Podcast: Two Minutes Fifty-Nine
Episode: Episode 24: Safe Home, Sinéad
Description:
I planned to get back to talking Clash after a brief time off. Specifically, to dive into the band’s Cost of Living EP, released in May 1979 to coincide with the UK general election that brought Margaret Thatcher to power.Â
Instead, I was blindsided by the untimely death of Sinéad O’Connor the day before I sat down to record this episode. So, my plans changed. I don’t really know how to describe this episode other than as an homage to her. First and foremost, to her creativity. Genuine creativity that went so far beyond chord pr...