More saddened than outraged, the news of Joe (The Clash) Strummer's death is hard to take. In college, I played London Calling on my record player until the record gave out. Literally. The CD may last longer, but I will never forget the first time I heard that album - and how The Clash shaped my taste in music forever. The punk movement was always about politics and class warfare. No one understood that better than Strummer. One of my favorite songs is Death or Glory - sometimes you get both.