Jail Guitar Doors

August 29, 2007 10:51 AM

Jail Guitar Doors is an independent initiative set up by Billy Bragg with the aim of providing musical equipment for the use of inmates serving time in Her Majesty’s prisons. With Mick Jones and in memory of Joe Strummer. It seems to be working. Here's an interview, a Guardian article, and the original.
posted by Alec (18 comments total)

"This machine kills time." Brilliant!
posted by hamfisted at 10:54 AM on August 29, 2007

Three of my biggest musical heroes in one post. Wonderful!
posted by Mayor Curley at 11:06 AM on August 29, 2007

Aaaaand the MySpace site.

Go Billy!
posted by maudlin at 11:08 AM on August 29, 2007

1: I recently performed that song at a local club's Clash tribute night.

2: I've sold/repaired/delivered guitars and harmonicas for the Federal Medical prison previously mentioned onMefi.
posted by sourwookie at 11:30 AM on August 29, 2007

So like is this whole "Brilliant!" thing an injoke, or do people really think every fucking post on youtube/gamespot/metafilter is "Brilliant!"

Like, some girl can fall into a cobra pit, and the third comment will be "Brilliant!"
posted by four panels at 11:56 AM on August 29, 2007

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,060,000 from flickr.com for "brilliant!"

I'd really like to call for a "Brilliant!" moratorium.
posted by four panels at 11:59 AM on August 29, 2007

Did nobody watch the Fast Show?

Anyhow, good on Bill. I'm seeing him play weekend after next, nearly 23 years after I first saw him live. Woo!
posted by i_cola at 12:12 PM on August 29, 2007

billy bragg is a badass.
posted by dismas at 12:16 PM on August 29, 2007

If it helps, four panels, your contributions to this thread have been decidedly unbrilliant. I'd even go so far as to declare them "Utterly Useless!"

This is a very cool idea! I wonder if it would fly in the U.S., though, or if it would be decried as "coddling prisoners" or some such bullshit.
posted by Atom Eyes at 12:53 PM on August 29, 2007

Budding rock stars take note: Billy Bragg has lived life right.
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! at 1:06 PM on August 29, 2007

Brilliant! Give prisoners guitars, and the striking prison workers can go home.
posted by honest knave at 2:16 PM on August 29, 2007

Yes, someone it attempting it in the U.S.
posted by newdaddy at 3:09 PM on August 29, 2007

Results 1 - 10 of about 1,060,000 from flickr.com for "brilliant!"

Whish is relevant to Metafilter.... how exactly?

Oh, and: Brilliant!
posted by signal at 3:25 PM on August 29, 2007

Brilliant! For those of you who genuinely don't know.
posted by Richard Daly at 3:35 PM on August 29, 2007

What a wonderful idea. Thanks for posting, I've always had a lot of respect for Billy Bragg.
posted by Sailormom at 7:04 PM on August 29, 2007

[Flickr] found 1,329 results for photos matching billy and bragg (including my set, though I'm glad I didn't have to go to jail to see him.)
posted by jdfalk at 8:31 PM on August 29, 2007

Hey everyone. Those are great photos jdfalk. He's one snappy dresser. I've only seen BB once, at the Vancouver Folk Festival. Needless to say, brilliant. A.
posted by Alec at 9:39 PM on August 29, 2007

four panels yes you know. brilliant god bless joe strummer
posted by baker dave at 2:17 AM on August 30, 2007