Dec. 22's parting shot

Joe Strummer (aka John Graham Mellor) died on this day in 2002 at age 50. 

As always, a photo (from the other day) of Dr. Revolt's mural circa 2004 outside Niagara on Seventh Street and Avenue A. 

And now, enjoy this interview on CBS 2 with Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon from 1982...

 

Tuesday's parting shot

Today marks the 18th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death at the age of 50 ... the image here is a screengrab from the video of "Redemption Song" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros ... which features Dr. Revolt  in November 2003 creating the mural of the Clash frontman that remains to this date (after a few iterations) outside Niagara on Seventh Street and Avenue A...

 

Holiday Joe

The holidays have arrived at the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Seventh Street and Avenue A...



Thanks to Steven for the photos!

Wednesday's parting shot

Go straight to hell boys...



Seventh and A.

Dec. 22

Today marked the 16th anniversary of Joe Strummer's death ... no flowers or candles as of 10 p.m. at the mural outside Niagara, on Seventh Street and Avenue A, like in previous years (here ... and here, as an example). However, #JoeStrummer was trending on Twitter for awhile as many users paid tribute to the leader singer of the Clash.

... and a threesome of the Clash ...

Monday's parting shot

The Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Seventh Street and Avenue A got its holiday cheer on today (nine days earlier than last year!)... thanks to Robert Miner for the photo.

Joe to the world

Holiday decorations are up on the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Seventh Street at Avenue A...

Monday's parting shot

Photo from earlier today... the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on Seventh Street at Avenue A... dressed for the holiday season.

The A7 35th Anniversary Throwback Show is tomorrow night

A7 opened on the southeast corner of Avenue A and East Seventh Street in 1981... and over the next three years, some of the hardcore scene's most influential bands played on A7's small stage... tomorrow night (Thursday, March 24) at Niagara, the bar in the former A7 space, there's a 35th anniversary show featuring the following lineup (via Facebook):

7:00 Doors open
8:00 - 8:30 Killer Instinct
8:30 - 9:00 The N.Y.H.C. Chronicles Film (Excerpt screening)
9:00 - 9:30 Ultra Violence
9:45 - 10:15 Urban Waste
10:30 - 11:00 Antidote
11:15 - 12:15 The Undead
All Night D.J. Jimmy G.

And it's a free show.

The evening includes excerpts from the documentary "The New York Hardcore Chronicles" ... here's the trailer...

Candles for Joe Strummer

As of around 5 p.m., someone had left two candles at the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara, East Seventh Street and Avenue A.

Strummer, the lead vocalist of the Clash, died 13 years ago today.

Previously.

Today, I rescued the Niagara sidewalk sign

This morning, while walking along Avenue A near East Ninth Street, I noticed the Niagara sidewalk sign-board thing tossed in the bush in Tompkins Square Park.

At first glance, I thought someone had left especially large, stale bread (matzo?) for the pigeons (and later the rats).

Anyway, I took a photo and was going to try to be funny or something and say they have extended their happy hour, etc. I started to walk away, but it didn't seem cool to just leave it there. So I hopped the fence [etc. etc.] and returned it to the bar on Avenue A and Seventh Street. I rang the doorbell and ran.

Noted

Spotted on the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on East Seventh Street and Avenue A…



Photos by John Penley

Previously

Joe Strummer is sporting a new look on East 7th Street

Several readers alerted us to the Joe Strummer mural outside Niagara on East Seventh Street and Avenue A … where Dr. Revolt has touched up his mural … giving Joe Strummer a decidedly more Joe Strummer look, complete with new sunglasses, leather jacket, hairstyle...


[June 2014]

Please do not deface the Joe Strummer mural

Thank you

Previously

H/T The Long-Lost Intern of EV Grieve

Joe Strummer died on this day in 2002

The lead singer of the Clash would be 62.

And, as we have done before, a look at the mural outside Niagara on East Seventh Street and Avenue A … as it has been modified since the spring of 2003…

[Via ‏@NYbillbell]

[Bobby Williams]

[BW]

And as you may have read, scientists recently named a spiky, deep-sea snail after Strummer — Alviconcha strummeri.

Finally, the same person tagged the mural again…

Please do not deface the Joe Strummer mural

Thank you.



On 7th and A.

Previously

At the unveiling of the new Joe Strummer mural

[Photo by Shawn Chittle]

Last night, Niagara officially unveiled the new Joe Strummer mural on East Seventh Street...


[SC]


[Dave on 7th]

Mick Jones of the Clash was on hand... (as was Strummer friend Jim Jarmusch)...


[Photo by @GreggGreenwood]

Slum Goddess shot this video ... (she has more photos and video here)...



...and Shawn Chittle shot this video...



Welcome back.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Happening now: The Joe Strummer mural is returning! The Joe Strummer mural is returning!

The Joe Strummer mural will return

Joe Strummer gets a splash of Niagara

Joe Strummer gets a new look, skyline

More details on the 'unveiling and rebirth of the Joe Strummer mural'

As for the mural on the side of Niagara on East Seventh Street at Avenue A... here's how it was looking last evening around 5:30 or so...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Happening now: The Joe Strummer mural is returning! The Joe Strummer mural is returning!

Waiting for the rest of Joe Strummer

On Friday, workers removed the remaining sidewalk bridge and scaffolding from 132 E. Seventh St. at Avenue A ... where, you know, the 10-year-old Joe Strummer mural got blasted away... (We heard from Niagara insiders that the mural would return, we just didn't have the confirmation from ownership at the time.)

Well, workers repaired the crumbling wall where the Strummer mural lived...



By Saturday, the wall was being prepped...



And yesterday, as first noted, Dr. Revolt, the original artist, started work on the new mural.





According to a tweet from Malin, there will be a celebration party for the mural at Niagara on Thursday evening.

All photos by Bobby Williams.

Don't fuck with Joe

Workers erected a sidewalk shed around 112 Avenue A at East Seventh Street yesterday... look for the construction netting to go up today... DOB permits point to "facade repair" on the building.



And, hopefully, the Joe Strummer mural will come out of this unscathed...



Previously on EV Grieve:
Joe Strummer gets a splash of Niagara

Joe Strummer gets a new look, skyline

[Updated] Joe Strummer would have been 60 today