Joe Strummer Day 2019 – Celebrating 10 Years on CJAM FM

Sunday December 22nd will mark the 10th annual Joe Strummer Day to Confront Poverty in Windsor/Detroit on the Jamming One! Honoring the life of the former Clash front man with 24 hours of music from Joe Strummer, as well as interviews, reports and calls to action surrounding poverty and homelessness in Windsor/Detroit. Full schedule below.

Midnight-2am: Kick-off with Brady

Join station manager Brady as he kicks off our 10^th annual Joe Strummer Day with Strummer music, a glimpse into the next 24 hours of programming and an interview with former station manager and creator of Joe Strummer Day, Vern Smith

2am-3am: Strummer Variety Hour with Taya

Join host Taya as she gets the late night started with a fun selection of Strummer’s music

3-5am: Mick Jones Special with Joe

“Best Show Ever” host Joe McGregor looks into the music of Joe Strummer’s long time collaborator and bandmate Mick Jones.

5-7am: Joe Strummer Live with Brady & Carley

Brady (host of “Music from Planet Earth”) and Carley (host of “Everything’s No Good”) take listeners through Joe Strummer’s live performances, highlighting significant moments and concerts from his time with The Clash, the Latino Rockabilly War, his brief stint with The Pogues, and The Mescaleros

7-8am: No Thank You with Micaela & Melissa

In a special edition of “No Thank You,” Micaela and Melissa discuss actions taken towards dealing with poverty in Windsor, as well as women’s issues as they relate to poverty

8-10am: Covers Calling with Thomas

Join host Thomas as he plays London Calling and The Clash back-to-back, but instead of original versions, these songs are all covers of some of the most well-known Clash albums

10-11am: Handi-Link with Cam

In a special edition of “Handi-Link,” Cam interviews the Mayor of Sarnia to talk about provincial disability employment challenges and a representative from Avalon employment about disability employment overseas. Cam also got in touch with St. Andrew’s Church about Operation Christmas Child and the Disabilities Cultural Centre to discuss poverty and its link to the exploitation of disabled children

11am-1pm: Midday Roundup with Carley

Join Carley as she reflects back on the first half of Joe Strummer Day 2019, discussing the interview and special programming, as well as playing some music and giving a sneak peak at what’s to come for the rest of the JSD 10^th anniversary

1-1:30pm: No Scrubs with Joey & Cam

Listen in as UWindsor nursing students Joey and Cam discuss the social determinants of health and how health and economic status are related

1:30-2pm: Special Rebroadcast: Homelessness & Poverty Roundtable

As part of the 10 year anniversary of Joe Strummer Day on CJAM FM, we are rebroadcasting some significant material from the past. Recorded in 2010, Vern Smith interviews Dr. Jamie Crawley from the Nursing Department at the University of Windsor, who views poverty and homelessness from a health perspective, and Liz Atkinson who at the time was the Chair of the health committee on homelessness Windsor as well as the Chair of the Homeless Coalition of Windsor/Essex. We are re-airing this material because many of the problems and issues facing Windsor and Detroit that are discussed still exist and have not been addressed almost 10 years later.

2-4pm: Revolution Rock Celebrates London Calling’s 40^th Anniversary

This special episode of Revolution Rock will discuss The Clash’s 1979 album London Calling which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.  London Calling changed all preconceived notions of what punk was.  Although The Clash came from the UK punk scene, London Calling reflected the band’s interest in different styles of music such as reggae, ska, rockabilly, jazz and pop.  This episode will feature songs from London Calling along with demos from the vanilla tapes that proceeded this album, live recordings and more.  

4-4:30pm: Windsor’s 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Master Plan

Station Manager Brady Holek has a conversation with Debbie Cercone, Executive Director of Housing and Children’s Services for the City of Windsor. They discuss the Citys 10 year Housing and Homelessness Master Plan, where things stand compared to the 2014 plan, and the City of Windsor’s plans for the future.

4:30-5pm: Interview with the Green Bean Café

“Everything’s No Good” host Carley interviews Caleb of the Green Bean Café about their annual free Holiday dinner for the community and its long-standing tradition

5pm-6pm: Strummer Influences

Joe Strummer has been an influence to many musicians and activists even years after his death, but in this special, host Ben looks into the influences of The Clash front man himself to see what inspired his own music

6pm-8pm: Positive Amplitude

Join Mr. T. for some of his favourite Strummer tunes as well as interviews with the vice president of Street Medicine Detroit and the director of community engagement at Carriage Town Ministries to talk about poverty in the Detroit area

8-10pm: 10^th Anniversary Interview Compilation

To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of CJAM’s Joe Strummer Day, hear some of the best interviews from Joe Strummer Days over the past decade related to poverty in the Windsor/Detroit area, and Joe Strummer himself. Listen to archived material that features live musician performances from the past, as well as interviews with bandmates and friends of Joe Strummer Tymon Dogg and Anthony “Ant” Davie.

10pm-midnight: Joe Strummer Day Closer with Emily

Program director Emily wraps up the 10^th annual Joe Strummer day with some songs, recaps, and highlights of the past 24 hours