Joe Strummer on "Hell's Ditch" sessions

[DzM]

So I stumbled across a Joe Strummer interview from 1999. Interesting stuff:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/joestrummer.html

In it Joe is asked about what he's been up to in the 90's:<blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Q: For most of the '90's, you were outside of the public spotlight. What were you up to?

JS: Well, there's a nice hammock in my yard, made from Guyanese mountain goat wool. (laughs) I am a lazy sod though- let's put that down front. And I also did a lot of weird things. I was always involved in things that never came out, like a jinx dare I say it. Like for example, I took eight monthes to do a score for a film called When Pigs Fly. There's talk of releasing the score (now). I did it all, front to back for the whole picture. The film couldn't get any distribution- they showed it at festivals here and there but nothing happened. Probably had one or two showings in its life. But there's talk now that they wanna put the score out. It's a lost body of my work, if I may use such a phrase! That probably took a year to come out of my head and that never came out.

Then I did two years on the road with the Pogues and I produced a Pogues album, which we'll call 'five monthes of nail-biting terror and bliss.' Then I done a track for a Jack Kerouac record (Kicks Joy Darkness). It's so bitty that I can't (remember). I'm going to have to get my head together and put a list down because it's like this little bit and that little bit. Even up to now with the South Park's Chef Aid ("It's A Rockin' World"). That is my ultimate! I have reached the top, now I can coast! (laughs) I was a cartoon on South Park. Yes! Me and Isaac Hayes, buddy. The rest of you guys, lick your hearts out! You'll never make that rarified plateau. Give up now! (laughs)</blockquote></blockquote>