Did anyone hear the Fresh Air interview with Carbon/Silicon, the new band Mick Jones and Tony James have going? I’d heard some songs over the last year, prior to this interview, and they were very direct and enjoyable. In the interview Jones and James are equally direct and enjoyable. No grand statements or judgments to make here, implied or otherwise. As the Clash fan that I’ll always be, it was cool hearing two old friends talk about the process of trying to make music as 50-year-old men. If you’re curious, you can check out the interview with Terry Gross here and the band’s website here. They regularly post new songs on their website – for free. Then you can also buy most of the songs on CD, because as one of them explains in the interview, walking down the street with a new album by a cool band made them feel a bit cooler when they were young and trying to find their way.
