May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It was another first for me last night. Not seeing The Lemon Twigs themselves. I’ve seen them on two previous occasions. Once at the fantastic Green Man festival in the Brecon Beacons in 2018 and then in the winter of 2019 at the Roundhouse. I had also bought a ticket to see them at St…
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I just watched this and man, was I giggling. He doesn’t seem so sure on the old bike there. Lol. I’m sure he’s had easier rides… ???? It’s a short clip but I just love this kind of stuff surfacing. Jim “double denim” Kerr, circa 1986.
Firstly, I have to talk about the experience of getting to the gig. Until recently, the Exhibition train station by the area of the Clyde where the Hydro and Armadillo are based has been closed for … refurbishment, I think? Anyway, I haven’t been able to make use of it and have been going to…
It was around 1995. I’m not exactly sure when. Most likely around the time the band released their ARIA No. 1 album, Hi Fi Way. I didn’t get a copy of it straight away but my best mate, Steven, was RAVING about them. The band I’m talking about is one of Australia’s most successful bands…
Today Jim has posted about, understandably, still reeling from John Giblin’s passing. The weather in Tao at present seems to be fitting the tone. My friend, Michelle, is currently over there, so I’ve had a somewhat vested interest in keeping an eye on the weather out there. Good weather is set to return in time…
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I try and have this blog separate from the uni stuff but…today I submitted my final assignment for this academic year so I now have FOUR MONTHS away from study. I’m not sure what I am going to do with myself because I have pretty much been in continuous study for the past 18 months,…
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Some very sad news from Camp SM to report this morning. John Giblin has passed away. Reports were coming in last night from a couple of sources of his passing, and like others, I held off relaying the news until confirmation of the news was compounded. This appears to have happened overnight. A different touch…
I’m up early this morning, in readiness for the final stint of study and assignment work. Uni breaks up for the summer officially on Thursday. I didn’t expect to have any headspace for this week’s MMM but I have a few minutes up my sleeve while I down my first morning coffee. On pondering what…
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I’m in the final stages of getting my assignment ready for uni so I can’t afford much time away from concentrating on that. Having said that, it is imperative to allow some break time and not just have yourself constantly deep in study mode. I first heard Brooke Combe thanks to Billy Sloan playing her…
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These two photos were sent to me yesterday. They’re from one of the nights in early January, 1985 in which Bono joined the Minds on stage. Ooh, and I have just taken in that it just happens to be Kerrsday so there we go! Sadly the photographer is unknown and these are photos I have…