May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It’s the beginning. A rare use of keyboards for the period for SM, and percussive cross-stick snare beat. I find it a mysterious song. Is it already a “Criminal World” and we’re seeking escape? Or is the world “criminal” because we desire answers, light, love? And the trouble you seek from wanting these creates that…
Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
Poetry!
This really is just HOW CRUEL life can be. This man gets to see a 5×5 gig with NO CONCEPT as to what it actually is…and why he didn’t hear Don’t You! If I could ever swap with anybody for a place at a 5×5 gig, it would be him…as he OBVIOUSLY did not deserve…
The OH sent me a link to the BBC News site of them marking the death of artist Sir Howard Hodgkin. I had never heard of Sir Howard, sadly, but in the article it was touched upon how he grappled with painting and that he never found it an enjoyable experience. “People have often said…
It’s up on Etsy. I know…but…I have to try, right? (Glutton for punishment) Click the image to be taken to the Etsy page…
Only one month to go before the Acoustic Tour kicks off in Europe, with the first cab off the rank being Essen in Germany. Lucky sods! Tickets are still available for selected gigs. Check out simpleminds.com for all tour details.
Such a beautiful song…have been wanting to do something with it all these months…
Another pic from the past I had never seen before. I’d say given by the look of him it was taken circa 1982. Beauty personified. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Simple Minds Latin America (@simpleminds.ar)
Someone in my Facebook timeline shared a clip of Bowie performing Boys Keep Swinging on The Kenny Everett Television Show – but the best bit was cut off! So here is the full clip. Something to chase away the Monday blues 🙂 “You know, I was in the war…but I didn’t see YOU there. I…
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