May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
VisitColchester (Colchester Tourism – run by Colchester Borough Council) are giving away a pair of gold tickets to one lucky fan. Just click on the image below to be taken to the competition page to enter. All you have to do is answer a “simple” question. Entries close at 23:59 BST on Thursday, 9th August…
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Because…it was Saturday’s highlight…and felt as special as this version from 2012 seems. Beautiful! ??
I could start with the whole personal account with the logistics of getting to the gig, etc…but it is actually too horrendous to go over it all. Put it this way…all the trepidation I was feeling about going was being made manifest. So…let’s skip all that. I met up with Ally Scott and her husband…
THIS IS *MY* BLOG! I am free to express whatever I like on here. If it upsets you…you can choose NOT to read it. You can choose NOT to visit my blog…funnily enough. As free as you are to tell me to “get a grip, for fuck sake”…I am free to ignore your recommendation completely….
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I feel sick. Nauseous. Like I do with anything that just fills me with fear and trepidation. Job interviews…dealing with government departments…”adulting”, basically. Today feels like I need to “adult”. It doesn’t feel like a time for letting my hair down and having some fun. It feels like…I am going to my death. It feels…
In other news – YES! I won a pair of weekend camping tickets to the Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons on Aug 16th-19th. I entered the comp because John Grant is on the bill and I am desperate to see him again. I didn’t know at the time I entered that he would…
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I posted this as a comment on SMO…then took it away minutes later. I dunno… Hell, what’s the point any more? I feel… scared. And FUCK I AM SO SICK OF FEELING SCARED! *cries* He used to make me feel braver than I ever thought I could feel…
Cherisse in Granada, guitar shopping with Charlie Burchill. Enjoy!
BBC Radio Scotland “Classic Albums” host Davie Scott talks us through New Gold Dream, with input from Jim Kerr, Bruce Findlay, and “rent-a-gob”, Paul Morley (among others). And…there’s not even a single mention of the bath…even though Jim’s lyrics are discussed quite heavily. (Yep…the old Prip is slowly returning…ever happy to ogle) And you KNOW…
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An excerpt from an interview with Steven van Zandt (Little Steven) in the latest Total Guitar magazine. A certain Mr Kerr gets a namecheck when van Zandt brings up South Africa and Artists Against Apartheid music collective.