May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The latest Long Live Vinyl magazine has a feature and interview with Malcolm Garrett. I actually let outa little squeal of delight when I saw his name on the cover. I’m still reading through it. I just took a short break to post the article here. Of course he talks about SM and New Gold…
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After Thursday’s affair at The Stranglers gig, I was thankful to know that I’d be seated at the Stewart Copeland gig. From my memory of how the side seats looked when I was there for the Manic Street Preachers/The Anchoress Meltdown gig last June, the seats appeared like they’d give you a pretty good view….
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It was quite a hike from Luton to Bristol. First a trip to London, then on from there to Bristol. I arrived at 3.45pm and met up with a friend shortly after. We had a bite to eat at the Boston Tea Party at the top of Park Street. A nice place. Looks deceptively small…
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A song you like by an artist no longer living – For Nico and Lou.
I worked on this earlier this evening. When I need to just….unwind…relax…get meditative, the art does it. The digital art does it. Jim does it. Focussing on him. Exemplifying his beauty. I know! I am solid gone. But today I don’t care. He is the best medicine I know. I can’t express how calming and…
A song by a band you wish were still together – I don’t really wish JATSA to still be together…but choosing Dead Vandals allowed me to cheat.
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The past few days have been quite a bit of a topsy turvy affair. I was hoping to do reviews of both The Stranglers and Stewart Copeland gigs that I went to over these past few days today. One might be a little awkward to do too much of a review for, sadly. The other…
A song that you think everybody should listen to – Of the Simple Minds canon, Careful In Career seems a particularly overlooked and undervalued piece. It’s amazingly atmospheric and moody and Jim’s vocal is just…the best thing. Ever.
People be jumping the gun re: Life In A Day 40th anniversary. Lots of celebrating today…but there is an official Zoom press release from the time on the Dream Giver Redux site showing the release date to be April 13th…so I will be holding my horses until then. BUT…in preparation for it, you can read…