Today only, you can download the Sandinista Project for free:
Joe Strummer of the Clash would have been 57 today. So today seems like a good day to give Clash fans a present.
It’s been two years. Does anyone remember The Sandinista Project?
In May 2007, Abe Bradshaw and the crazy geniuses at 2 Minutes 59 Records let me put out a borderline-insane track-by-track tribute to the Clash’s Sandinista!, with a different artist performing each of the album’s 36 songs. (You can read Abe’s version of the origin myth here.) We received mostly positive reviews from publications ranging from The New York Times to Pasadena Weekly, although someone told me that Robert Christgau hated it. More important, it was a great experience: I got to work with many of my favorite performers and create something.
The Sandinista Project is free for a day
H/T to BoingBoing for the link.
Update-ish comment: I tried to download the album, but it blew up at the 54M mark and the file was unusable. I may try again later, although the site may be BoingBoing-ed by then.
Comment by Nicholas — August 21, 2009 @ 12:45
Got the download to work later, using a different machine. So far, quite interesting (haven’t listened to all the tracks yet).
Comment by Nicholas — August 22, 2009 @ 10:26