Cool Britannia

Mick Jones opened the exhibit, “Rock & Roll Public Library” in West Lonodn on July 14 and was keen to discuss the potential reunion of The Libertines.

Jones would love to produce another album by the cult band if the band does indeed choose to reunite. The Clash guitarist produced 2002’s “Up The Bracket” and 2004’s “The Libertines.” Following the break up he produced Babyshambles’ “Down in Albion” as well.

“I haven’t heard anything from them, but I hope they do [get back together]. I love them. If it’s meant to be it’s meant to be, and if it’s written then it’s written. I hope it happens,” Jones told The Quietus.

Jones was premiering his exhibition that features thousands of items belonging to the guitarist since he was a child. Many rooms are full of Clash memorabilia. He invites bands to come use the space for recording.

“You’ll come in, and as part of the exhibition they’ll be actually recording and you’ll be able to walk into the control room and hang out while bands are recording,” he explained.

You can see the exhibition from July 18 to August 23 underneath the Westway at 2 Acklam Road.

Stone Roses’ Ian Brown admitted he does not give his children allowance.

Brown told The Quietus, “My kids… have started selling posters of me on eBay. They get me to sign them and then sell them online for £10. It saves me having to give them [pocket] money!”

The secret was out when the Manchester native was at the Mick Jones’s Rock N Roll Public Library earlier in the week. Brown commented that he was impressed by the the Clash guitarist’s collection of memorabilia and said he has “loads of Roses stuff at home” and should do a similar exhibition.

The Cribs’ Gary Jarman recently underwent an operation to remove nodules from his vocal chords.

The singer and bassist e-mailed The Cribs’ mailing list to inform everyone the operation was a success and “a massive weight off my mind.” He went on to explain that he has had problems with his vocal chords since 2005.

“You may have noticed that my once youthful sounding cherub-like voice from the first album has, over the course of three records, degenerated into the grizzled, bitter old man voice of today. Well, no more! I am currently mute, unable to speak for the next couple of weeks, and on a heady mixture of Vicodin and Throat Coat tea.”

Aside from a health update, Garman wrote that Adam Green and Lissy Trullie will support The Cribs on the UK tour that starts in September.

You can see The Cribs:

Norwich UEA (September 24)
Cambridge Junction (25)
Liverpool Academy (26)
Hull University (28)
Glasgow Barrowlands (29)
Newcastle University (30)
Manchester Apollo (October 2)
Lincoln Engine Shed (3)
Leeds Academy (4)
Exeter Lemon Grove (6)
Southampton Guildhall (7)
Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms (8)
Bristol Anson Rooms (10)
London HMV Forum (15)
Birmingham O2 Academy (December 2)
London O2 Brixton Academy (3)
Doncaster Dome (5)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange (6)