Hello! *Melts*
Just what the doctor *optician* ordered! More details at SMO FB… Oh, he is just ssoooo….[insert EVERY superlative in the human language]
Month: May 2018
Taps Aff For Tomorrow’s Biggest Weekend!
Here’s Jim in brief conversation with Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 this morning, discussing tomorrow’s Biggest Weekend gig in which they’ll be performing at Scone Palace in Perth. Get them “taps aff”! (A girl can dream…)
One Year On…
My favouritest photo ever taken. The best day. Dreams can come true. Never really believed it until then…
The Funtime Countdown! All Aboard!
It’s just THREE DAYS away now. Oh…and he would HAVE to bring up Iggy, then drop in a mention of cockfighting and I was just SSSOOO itching to say something! Lol. But…well, I resisted. At least I’d never say it on SMO! Here on the blog is a different matter! I mean, seriously…Jim Kerr mentions…
Bowie And Eno In Classic Rock
Two short pieces on David Bowie and Brian Eno in this month’s Classic Rock magazine. The Bowie piece talks to Ava Cherry (I never knew she was so young when they met!) and talks about their time together and Bowie’s musical influences of the period, producing the sound for Young Americans and legacy piece Golden…
Repetition Is A Form Of Change
I always think my digital art has a “sameness” to it. I want it to have a style, a mark…not the “Priptona” mark I use…but a visual “signature” that when someone views it (without said “Priptona” mark in place) says “Yes, Larelle/Priptona’s done that one.” But equally I worry it veers on repetition and/or sameness….
But Is It Any Good?
I am loving this song SSSOOOO much right now, I felt compelled to try something out for it. I kind of got what I had in my mind visually to work…sorta…I dunno. Can’t tell. Everything looks so amazing fully formed in my head, and then I try to replicate what’s there and it rarely matches…
Tweekly FM Stats – May 22nd
Oh, looks who’s at the top again. Uh-oh! https://twitter.com/priptonaweird/status/998971798225072130?s=21
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert – Wembley Stadium, 1988
A Classic Pop feature looking back at the Mandela 70th Birthday concert. When music can make a real difference. Contributions from head organiser Jerry Dammers with Jim Kerr, Jazzie B, and Tony Hollingsworth.
Remember The Bees
I feel guilty. I have such happy memories of 12 months ago. My second Acoustic gig. My first meeting with Jim! The day was so very special…and then the dreadful news filtering through to me on the coach journey home that night from Liverpool of what happened in neighbouring Manchester. Today is for the bees…