May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This arrived in the post yesterday. Thought I should finally have a copy, seeing as it was this picture that set off the whole “art” thing. I’m sorry for initially stealing your picture, Tom Sheehan…but it is awesome! And I don’t use it now. Oh, the Brucey Bonuses contained inside!! Gordon Bennett this man is…
I love this version – have done from the first time I heard it. I like it more than the “straight out” cover of it. Haters gonna hate! BITE ME!
I really wanted to make something hyper real and “poppy”. Colourful…neon…electric. A buzz to the synapses – kind of what Minds music gives to me! I’m loving working with these bright colours at the moment. Colours I couldn’t really achieve working by hand…not without layers and layers of work! Well, this took a few layers…
Congratuations to Dennie Rijnsewijn on Facebook. You are our winner! Thank you to all who entered.
Was watching the Rockpalast gig from Cologne, 1982, earlier. Celebrate came on and I was already thinking “here we go!”…then the lovely thigh-rubbing action I had forgotten about happened. Grrr! Haven’t made a gif for a long while, but I had to make this clip of Jim in full sweaty, thigh-rubbing glory. Nom nom nom!!!
Birds, abstracts….abstract humans, possibly….but NOT anyone specific…that’s what I’m learning. I always want to try and draw on a really crap day…thinking itR… Source: Meh!
My last couple of interactions with Sir have been on the topic of walking (well, the first really wasn’t…but it led to that). Today’s interaction was lovely and had Jim discussing birdsong with me (one of my favourite subjects…well, birds are in general!). It’s a shame the article he linked to was from 2003…but there…
I know that as a Simple Minds fan, I put a lot of emphasis on this blog on Mr Kerr (a girl can’t help it!), but for September…I’ll be turning some of the spotlight on Mr Shiny Fangs himself! The irrepressible Charles Burchill, esq. So, through this month you will (hopefully!) see much more of…
Starting with that cross-stick snare beat from Brian and killer Dan bass line – it has a groove! Possibly one of my most favourite Mick synth pieces. There’s a level of maturity to it. Then those sharp little wails from Charlie’s guitar while that fantastic little riff plays just under those wails. Then Jim…not afraid…