‘I’m So Bored’: How The Clash grew to love the USA
Essential influences…
From The Vault Archives: 04/2026
The 1975 album Lou Reed wasn’t allowed to revisit: “It’s complicated”
“I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t love it.”
The 1993 Nirvana song that makes Kurt Cobain’s daughter cry: “Feeling inadequate”
A stripped-back classic.
The 1967 Beatles inspired by George Harrison’s mind-altering LSD trip: “Written in a childlike manner”
Written in “a childlike manner”.
July 31st, 1967: The manic day Mick Jagger was released from prison in the morning, interviewed by a Jesuit Priest in the evening
Prisons, stately homes, and a leading bishop…