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    That Was Radio Clash
    That Was Radio Clash
    That Was Radio Clash
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    That Was Radio Clash

    By Charles de Lint

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    Short story. That Was Radio Clash first appeared in Taverns of the Dead, ed. by Kealan Patrick Burke (Cemetery Dance 2005), and was most recently reprinted in The Very Best of Charles de Lint, Tachyon, 2010. Written as a memorial to The Clash’s Joe Strummer, de Lint's love of music shines in this story. Set in 2002, guitarist Sarah Blue meets mysterious trumpeter Eddie Ramone in a bar and is given a chance to return to a pivotal moment in her life to correct one of her deepest regrets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles de Lint
    Release dateApr 4, 2012
    ISBN9780920623091
    That Was Radio Clash
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    Charles de Lint

    Charles de Lint and his wife, the artist MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His evocative novels, including Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, and The Onion Girl, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical fiction in the manner of storytellers like John Crowley, Jonathan Carroll, Alice Hoffman, Ray Bradbury, and Isabel Allende.

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      This very well might be my favorite piece that I've read by de Lint.

      It's a memorial tribute to Joe Strummer - which doesn't hurt. But it's also a sweet and meaningful story about making the most of second chances - and about the joy of music.

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    That Was Radio Clash - Charles de Lint

    That Was Radio Clash

    A short story by

    Charles de Lint

    Smashwords edition

    Copyright 2005 by Charles de Lint

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    For Joe Strummer, R.I.P.

    That Was Radio Clash

    December 23, 2002

    Why so down? the bartender asked the girl with the dark blue hair.

    She looked up, surprised, maybe, that anyone had even noticed.

    At night, the Rhatigan was one of the last decent live jazz clubs in town. The kind of place where you didn't necessarily know the players, but one thing the music always did was swing. There was none of your smooth jazz or other ambient crap here.

    But during the day, it was like any other low-end bar, a third full of serious drinkers and no one that looked like her.

    Joe Strummer died yesterday, she said.

    Alphonse is a good guy. He used to play the keys until an unpaid debt resulted in some serious damage to his melody hand. He can still play, but where he used to soar, now he just walks along on the everyday side of genius with the rest of us. And while maybe he can't express the way things feel with his music anymore, the heart that made him one of the most generous players you could sit in with is still beating inside that

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