May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
What in the Gregory Peck?!! There is a Top 100 Musician Biographies category on Amazon and MY BOOK is currently sitting at number fifty-two on this list. Yesterday it was at 91 and this morning I thought I’d have a look to see if it had moved position. It wasn’t at 91 and I thought…
It is official! My book on the entire Simple Minds music back catalogue is available for pre-order at Amazon and Waterstones in the UK, now! It’s due for release on 30 September 2026 but I am sure that if you’re able to pre-order that would help immeasurably. It still doesn’t feel real and maybe it…
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Erm…. Just, check the link… CLICK HERE It’s still a surprise to me. Honestly. If I never do a single other thing with my entire life, at least I did this one thing. Happy Australia Day (aka Invasion Day) folks. I hope you all have your wallets ready come the end of September!
There really aren’t very many artists or bands from the distant past that I would sell a kidney to see. I know there is a HUGE desire amongst music fans to see Rush (these days only Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson since Neil Peart’s passing several years ago) on tour this year. Tickets are going…
You may have noticed a new addition to my list of gigs for 2026. One just added today. It’s all come about very unexpectedly. You see, recently when I have been awoken in the early hours and struggle to get back to sleep, I’ve been reaching for Spotify to play me some music. In doing…
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I don’t want to think anymore about certain things. But my subconscious won’t let me rest. Again, I had dreams last night that meant I was dreaming of ‘Simple Minds’ in the broader context and my dream involved a former member of the band discussing with me the current member of the band. I came…
I can’t believe it’s the 10 anniversary of David Bowie’s passing tomorrow. I want to say that the decade since has been absolutely fucking crap, but it isn’t entirely true. Many good things, many wonderful things on a personal level have happened. More universally, within the world of politics especially – it has been ridiculous….
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Today I finally completed reading Our Secrets are the Same. Still those final chapters brought forth ire and consternation within me. But I think I am finally getting better at shedding it as quickly as it comes. It does me no good to hold onto it, letting it fester and gnaw away at me. I…
YOUTUBE CHANNELS Last night as I was thinking about what I was going to say for this second part of my ‘Best of 2025’ I realised that although I don’t watch television and I have only seen ONE new release film in 2025, what I DO watch is YouTube content. It is one of my…
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I think I am going to find this a hard thing to do! So I think I’ll get the easier stuff out the way first. Thinking about all of the arts and culture there are things that I don’t partake in much, if at all. I don’t watch television, so it’s going to be hard…
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