Briefly...

• A U.S. release date of November 2 has been announced for the documentary Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten.

• Billboard.com is reporting that Robert Smith has started work on a DVD documentary to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of The Cure's first album, Three Imaginary Boys. Click here for the story.

• Also from Billboard.com, this October, Virgin Records will release a special 30th anniversary edition of The Sex Pistols' debut album, Never Mind The Bollocks ... Here's the Sex Pistols. The story is here.

• This interview with X's John Doe ran today in The Providence Journal (projo.com) .
  

• The July/August issue of American Photo included a feature on rock star photographers, and included photographs by, among others, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, and Michael Stipe.