Happy Birthday To Me, Happy Birthday To Meeee
More to be revealed on this later, but for now… THIS MAN IS A FUCKING ADONIS!!! IMMA GONNA DIE! (I may be some time…)
More to be revealed on this later, but for now… THIS MAN IS A FUCKING ADONIS!!! IMMA GONNA DIE! (I may be some time…)
Today, much like every other day, I should be studying. But today I feel a particular sense of melancholy and foreboding. I *should* feel on a high, because last night Simple Minds actually, FINALLY, debuted on ‘Later…with Jools Holland.’ They were incredible. Vision Thing sounded AMAZING. I actually shouted out when they finished “THAT’S THE…
There is a Q and A with Jim that it’s appeared on The Guardian website today. A good set of questions that takes him away from having to give all the usual stock answers. I love these kinds of things as they actually do provide a different perspective, and as an ardent and dedicated fan…
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The feeling I am getting from some ratings and reviews of the album is that it’s somewhat…”predictable”. That’s the overriding feeling I get from Wyndham Wallace’s assessment of it – esp. from his on Natural and Human Traffic. As with most f the fans (myself included) – he draws on Solstice Kiss as the true…
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The promotional hob-nobbing that Jim and Charlie (and at times the rest of the band too) have done over the past couple of weeks to plug Direction Of The Heart has been pretty unreal. I don’t recall such a swell of promotional schmoozing like this for Walk Between Worlds. There are firsts on the cards…
I know! I should be concentrating on all things Direction Of The Heart right now. And trust me, my brain has not tuned out of the album, yet. Nearly all the songs from the album are jostling for position as the latest earworm. They are all on constant rotation in my head, playing non stop!…
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Photos from today. I wanted to point out to Jim my hat. Birdy bought it for me for Christmas and I haven’t really worn it. It’s too big for my head (I know!) and so I had the genius idea of putting a bunch of the badges Samantha sent me around it to try and…
I enjoyed this short interview Jim had with Jacqui Neal, and her use of the term “hopeful melancholy” – that’s the phrase! Wow! The interview is short and sweet. Enjoy!
The clock ticked past midnight. I was feeling quite tired. I forced myself to stay awake as I really didn’t want to miss the opportunity to give Direction Of The Heart a listen upon its release. I had waited long enough and through not being privy to being allowed to review it prior to release,…
Though probably not actually the expat Johnny-come-latelys among us) …. here’s the Mister chatting to Paul Cashmere of Noise11.com (video interview within post)