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Month: July 2020

Outstanding Otto’s “Badge Of Honour”!

Now, I don’t normally name fellow SM fans commenting and sharing things on SM groups on my blog, especially when things are shared by fans on private groups – but the Simple Minds Official Group is a public group and Otto deserves a shoutout for such a brilliant thing. In my wildest dreams I’d have…

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New Gold Dream – Oxford Road Show, January 1983

I had previously seen them performing I Travel on this ORS episode, but hadn’t seen this performance of New Gold Dream before. It’s as the end credits roll so gets a bit cut off but still gold to see.

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In Other News – In Memory Of My Feelings – New Catherine Anne Davies/Bernard Butler Album

Now that we’ve gotten that crap “sycophancy Nancy” stuff out the way – drooling over 1982 Kerr aesthetic yet again! On with some proper business and serious music news. Bernard Butler and Catherine Anne Davies have collaborated on an album together called “In Memory Of My Feelings”. It had been in the bag for some…

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He Is The … Glittering Prize

What was I saying yesterday? Lol THERE IS NO HOPE FOR ME! Oh, look at him! Just LOOK AT HIM! Why do you have to be so goddamn fucking beautiful?! *cries into hands* https://youtu.be/iI67rgJ0wWI

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Gles Chu – You Dear Green Thing, You!

Currently reading Dear Green Place by Archie Hind – and loving it. These passages speaking to me just now as I read them (and what’s between the highlighted passages too).

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“Keep Your Heid” – Regaining Perspective – And Trying To Keep Emotions In Check…An Explanation

After having recorded over 2 and a half hours of video to try to explain where my head and heart was at – after a time of reflection and a dream – and a talk and correspondence with some wonderful folk came this. I recorded it late last night. I didn’t want to post it…

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Before Lostboy! There Was “Special School” Boy! Lol (Pro Synth Network with Mick MacNeil)

I need to explain this post header. Lol “The Man in the Sky”, Mick MacNeil, was being interviewed….well, more joined in in a live stream chat (with a loose interview in there) for this YouTube channel called the Pro Synth Network. Basically a weekly synth geek’s get together to discuss all things Synth and keyboard…

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Minds Music Monday – What Goes On – Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr

This week we have an imposter for MMM. Over the weekend I was “VJing” (for want of a better term) over on the SM fan group that I vaguely help out with from time to time. We do Playbacks (long before Tim Burgess came along with his lockdown inspired “listening parties”). Head honcho of the…

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Dream In The Dream Of Not Needing To Explain

Of what it all means… (apalogies for the whining cats)

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She Bangs The Drums – Badly…

Some of you might like to see how pathetic I am behind the kit? Well…if you want to waste 30 minutes of your life, you can watch this video! Enjoy! (Please be kind! Someone needs to be. My tutor told me to be kind to myself today, but it’s impossible. I suck!) The camera angle…

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