May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This is so dark, yet so sexy. I’ve been listening a BBC 4 Radio play adaptation of Tess of the d’Urbervilles and it reminds me of a scene out of it. I’ve been reading interviews with Jim of late in which he says there’s beauty in fear. In addition to that I’d say there is…
Suddenly had Bowie’s version of All The Young Dudes playing in my head this afternoon – thinking about Jim waxing lyrical of his love for Mott The Hoople. Obviously he was in good company, as David gifted them All The Young Dudes as a way of imploring them not to break up. (He had initially…
Another piece of memorabilia recently gained from eBay trawls was this. I’ve seen several photos from … I’m guessing the same photoshoot – before, but never this particular photo. And it’s a genuine vintage promotional photographic print. In stellar condition it was too! I’m very happy with this. Yes I am! The photographer is Paul…
Wow! Just wow! I picked this clipping up for £2 off eBay over the weekend. Holy shit! Jim Kerr…you are just fucking divine…inspiration! You have such power in your words – WITH your words. A wordsmith. A weaver. A dreamer. A prophet. A masterpiece. A new kind of glory. Divinity! (Click the images for full…
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Why this blog has the domain address of “priptonaweird.co.uk” is because – one: It was primarily started to be more of a dedicated site to Jim, but would encompass and embrace all things Simple Minds. I never had any intention to make it some “super serious – uber fan” blog. It started as fun. 100%…
But next week we’ll be back with Love Song in profile as the Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call 40th Anniversary celebration continues. In the meantime, I’d like to share a few earworms that are currently buzzing around my noggin. He was my love before I became “Kerrsed”. I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I…
Long overdue to have got myself a copy to scan and share this article. Damn pissed that the long coveted photo of them on the sinking Titanic is – one: cropped and two: crap quality. I love that other photo of them taken when they had one of their TOTP appearances. Jim with a tambourine…
Read full post “Simple Minds Feature – Classic Pop Magazine – Issue Two – January, 2013” »
Always a great excuse to share what is probably the best set of photos I’ve ever had with ANY band member, past or present. Happy Birthday, Mick! You amazing, talented, gorgeous man! Hope you have the most wonderful day. I decided to show the rarely seen third photo today. I usually don’t show it because…