May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
CUTLER’S CULT On Saturday afternoon I went to Edinburgh, suffering the Fringe hoards to see a new kind of show being performed by Hamish Hawk. A true performance piece titled Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 0. I’m still struggling to pin down a succinct definition of what it was other than just the…
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I keep getting caught by the nostalgia bug lately. At the moment I’m leaning into it. Last night it was quite the mixed bag of stuff. Firstly, I watched the latest episode of In Your Room – the monthly video chat that Th3 Minds have. This month I was very excited to see that they’d…
Next Thursday sees the 44th anniversary of the release of ‘The American’ as the first single produced by Simple Minds under then new record label, Virgin Records. Coincidentally, it’s the eve of the start of the U.S. leg of the band’s continuing Global Tour – which for this part of the tour appears to be…
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Seeing this today got my hackles up. I mean, seriously?! This is getting petty beyond a joke. I mean, it has been bad enough of late that the rotation of band members has been so …. frequent … that it’s hard to keep a “current band line-up” image current. I can see why for these…
This is a very interesting idea and quite the opportunity to sit along side the three former Simple Minds members and asks questions and generally get to ‘hang out’ (virtually) for an hour or so. It has the potential to be cringe in all honesty. Zoom isn’t the best place for flowing conversation, you know?…
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It has been a very, very busy week. Birdy and Sue came to stay. We went to Derek’s night at St Luke’s together, the next day there was a tour of the Barrowland Ballroom, Friday was lunch with Birdy and Michelle and yesterday I attended the opening of the Rebels and Renegades exhibition at the…
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Derek Forbes is out on the road in November, touring around, signing copies of his fabulous memoir – A Very Simple Mind On Tour, as well performing a live set with his backing band The Dark at various venues throughout the northern parts of the country. The dates and ticket information are as follows: Direct…
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Forty two years ago yesterday, Simple Minds played a gig at the Musicians Club in Sydney to a lively and enthusiastic crowd. As one would imagine for a gig in the Australian summer, the venue was steamin’ like a sauna. The small auditorium filled with sweaty young things. Thanks to recent photographic sharing and memories…
Morrissey on Pop Quiz. BUT LOOK WHO ELSE IN ON – DEREK FORBES! (YouTube links in post.)
Last song before bed – BUT WHAT A SONG!!! :-)) #SimpleMinds