May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
No details on date or location, either. But if I was to hazard a guess, I’d say 1980, Europe – most likely Germany, but it’s all guesswork. Anyway, we get the quirk of two half photos in one frame. Any other theories on it welcome.
More sad news today with the passing of one of Italy’s best – actually, the world’s best (to paraphrase someone who had worked with him in the past and held him in great esteem). You will be greatly missed. RIP Franco Battiato
The Simple Minds family lost one of its own today. News came to the fanbase of the passing of a Dutch fan, Yvonne. We were Facebook friends and had briefly spoken at times. We had spoken of the chance to meet some day. I had sent her one of my art pieces a few years…
You can’t escape it. The thing that hits you when your first hear this song is Charlie’s pedal affected riff that makes it sound for all the world like a cow has entered the recording studio to add a repetitive “mooooo” to the music. It’s a bit of an “in joke” in amongst the Simple…
These photos showed up in my Facebook memories today. Taken at my sister’s wedding on December 17th, 1988 – I only just turned 18 several weeks prior. I shared them on FB last year because I had just taken decent scans of them, them having languished in a drawer for years. I brought them back…
As highlighted on Cherisse’s social media accounts as well as the Simple Minds social media accounts, Cherisse took part in Drumathon Live last night. The Drumathon is a 264 hour non-stop drumming session, featuring drummers from all different bands from all around the globe. It’s all for charity, raising funds for the NHS and mental…
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With just under a week to go before the release of the new Field Music offering, Flat White Moon, the Brewis brothers look back through their musical output over the past 16 years with Uncut magazine.
I went into the city today and walked about Glasgow Green. As we (the OH was with me) walked down to the Green from Queen Street Station, I took photos of things that caught my eye or piqued my interest. My favourite photo I took today is this one below. It was taken while standing…
I had to turn it into something artistic…
This city builds bridges not walls ??? You can check out the website I mentioned by visiting disappearing-glasgow.com