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Clash guitarist Mick Jones has become a 'guerrilla librarian'

July 24, 2009 - 8:03am — Blake

The Clash's lead guitarist Mick Jones has swapped the noisy world of punk rock for a quiet life as a librarian.
The lead guitarist, who was a prominent figure in the punk rock movement of the seventies and eighties, opened his Rock-n-Roll Public Library in London yesterday.

Based in an office near Portobello Road, west London, close to where Jones formed The Clash with Joe Stummer in 1976, the "guerrilla library" will include 10,000 items from the guitarist's private collection.

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July 24, 2009 - 10:40am — Chuck

wisdom

Aren't there already a lot of libraries for retirees?

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July 24, 2009 - 5:45pm — Anonymous

librarians a private collection

cool....Don't know many people who can start their own library with 10000 personal items of interest to others.

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July 25, 2009 - 12:18am — GrayArcadian

Thanks Mick,

You know, every year, my husband gets those kids in his class who swear up and down they don't need school because they're going to be rock stars...and every year I have a list for him at the beginning of the school year of rock stars with teaching careers, grad degrees and other very study-intensive backgrounds. I haven't added a librarian before!

The idea of that library being quiet though is bloody laughable.

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July 27, 2009 - 7:09pm — Anonymous

Mick Jones Librarian

Something interesting for posterity . Far better than Tony Blair's boring old speeches, biography and his ...
guitar.

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July 29, 2009 - 5:10pm — Anonymous

Here's a look inside:

Here's a look inside: http://tinyurl.com/m65f7u
It actually looks pretty bad ass.

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