Cut the Crap is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk
band the Clash. Released in November 1985, it followed a turbulent
period for the band, after the dismissal of co-founder, lead guitarist
and principal songwriter Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon by lead
vocalist Joe Strummer (pictured) and bassist Paul Simonon. They were
replaced by the unknowns Vince White, Nick Sheppard, and Pete Howard,
as manager Bernie Rhodes fought for control over songwriting and musical
direction during tense recording sessions, and Simonon refused to take
part in any activity involving Rhodes. The album's final production, as
engineered by Rhodes, relied heavily on synthetic drum sounds and
sampling, and was widely derided. Upon its release, Strummer disowned
the album, split the band, and moved to Spain. Some critics have found
merit in Strummer's songwriting and vocal performance, especially on the
single "This Is England", although the album is still generally regarded
as the band's worst.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_the_Crap>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1894:
First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of
Port Arthur, the Japanese Second Army began a massacre of the city's
soldiers and civilians.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_%28China%29>
1950:
Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada; the subsequent
trial catapulted future prime minister John Diefenbaker into the
political limelight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canoe_River_train_crash>
1964:
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Staten Island and
Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension
bridge in the world at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge>
2009:
An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108
miners.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Heilongjiang_mine_explosion>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
well-boat:
(nautical) a fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or
well.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-boat>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We think we write definitively of those parts of our nature that
are dead and therefore beyond change, but that which writes is still
changing — still in doubt. Even a monotonously undeviating path of
self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble
towards my grave confused and hurt and hungry.
--Quentin Crisp
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quentin_Crisp>