I tip my stormtropper helmet to the guys at Walyou.com, who compiled a list of the coolest 14 Star Wars shirts they found on the Internet. (And to Whitney at Popcandy for finding their link.)

What were you doing May 14, 1982? Standing in line at a record store to buy Combat Rock by The Clash would be the best possible answer.

"On the surface of things, Combat Rock appears to be a retreat from the sprawling stylistic explorations of London Calling and Sandinista!," writes the reviewer on Allmusic.com. "The pounding arena rock of Should I Stay or Should I Go makes the Clash sound like an arena rock band, and much of the album boasts a muscular, heavy sound courtesy of producer Glyn Johns. But things aren't quite that simple."

No, nothing was ever simple with the Clash. Originally intending to produce a double-album, the Clash initially titled this work-in-progress Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg. Eventually it'd be pared down to 12 tracks within 46 minutes.

The album went Top 10 in the UK and US, eventually achieving double-platinum status.

Rolling Stone gave it four out of five stars, saying in part:

This record is a declaration of real-life emergency, a provocative, demanding document of classic punk anger, reflective questioning and nerve-wracking frustration. It is written in songwriter-guitarists Joe Strummer and Mick Jones' now-familiar rock Esperanto, ranging from the locomotive disco steam of 'Overpowered by Funk' and the frisky Bo Diddley strut of 'Car Jamming' to the mutant-cabaret sway of the LP's chilling coda, 'Death Is the Star.' And like every Clash record from 1977's 'White Riot' on, it carries the magnum force of the group's convictions in the bold rhythmic punch of bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Topper Headon and the guitar-army bash of Strummer and Jones. Yet Combat Rock's overwhelming sense of impending doom suggests the Clash still have no pat answer to the age-old musical question: after sounding the alarm, what more can a rock & roll band do?" ... Read more

Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist best know to the '80s generation as a member of the The Blues Brothers, died Sunday at age 70. On tour in Tokyo, the respected musician died in his sleep, according to the Associated Press.

"Today I lost my best friend, the World has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live," friend and fellow Blues Brothers musician Steve Cropper wrote on Twitter. Cropper was on tour with Dunn at the time of his death.

In the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, Dunn gave us one of the more memorable lines: "We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline."

Even '80s fans should know that Dunn's reputation soared far past his work on film and stage with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Dunn is credited with helping to create the Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s and contributed to classics such as In the Midnight Hour, Hold On I'm Coming and Sitting on the Dock of the Bay.

Dunn received a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2007.

"Duck Dunn was the backbone of the Stax/Volt era," Aykroyd said in a statement. "He was and will remain universally loved by all that knew him. His talent, knowledge and warmth, and especially his humor will be greatly missed." ... Read more

Summer movies are what make our worlds go 'round. But could you ever narrow the genius down to a single year? SFGate.com has done exactly that and maintains the best summer movie season was in ... 1980.

Really? 1980? Go here to see a gallery of the 14 movies they hold up as evidence. Or just read the list right here:

• Friday the 13th
• Fame
• The Empire Strikes Back
• The Shining
• Urban Cowboy
• The Blue Lagoon
• The Blues Brothers
• Airplane!
• My Bodyguard
• Used Cars
• Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
• Caddyshack
• Xanadu
• Smokey and the Bandit II

Okay, let's figure this out. Here's my ruling:

GREAT FLICKS: Empire, Blues Brothers, My Bodygard, Airplane, Caddyshack, The Shining

I'LL WATCH IT IF IT'S ON TV: Used Cars, Fame, Urban Cowboy

ONLY GOOD AS URBAN LEGEND: Cheech and Chong, The Blue Lagoon, Friday the 13th, Xanadu

YOU'RE KIDDING, RIGHT?: Smokey and the Bandit II

Let me know if you see it differently. ... Read more