May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
While the Antipodes is going nuts for some band or other hailing from Glasgow, it was time for me to put my gladrags on (well, suitable garb, at least) and head to Glasgow’s East End to the iconic Barras for what promised to be a (if not THE) highlight of 2024 and watch the New…
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Despite how, in many ways my fandom feels like it is in decline… I don’t want to say too much. I am, for the most part, trying to stay away from it all – as, at times, it can be too painful. Akin to the loss of a loved one. This morning I had a…
On the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ first UK Number 1 charting album, Sparkle In The Rain, being released. I felt it was probably time I should reveal some details on ‘The Project’ I have been alluding to over recent weeks. I have been quiet about it until now for fear I would put the…
The title of this post sung out like New Warm Skin. UPDATE: There’s a part two! Anyway… needed to purge. Contains swearing!
I have been having some strange dreams of late. A few nights back I had a dream that I was with a friend. This friend I have never met in person and, of course, it was the music of Simple Minds that brought us together. I really admire this person greatly. She has such self-belief…
New to the “Jim Kerr Theatrical Ensemble” is new keyboardist Erik Ljunggren. Officially announced on SMHQ social media last week, after much churning of the rumour mill about Berenice Scott and the “is she out, is she still in” conjecture amongst the fanbase. There really is a small cognoscenti that always seems to be privy…
To all those who have visited this blog in 2023 and for those of you who are regular visitors, thank you for your continued support. May you all have a wonderful Christmas with love from Priptona’s Simple Minds Space. Fa – la, la, la, la. La la la la la. Fa – la, la, la,…
Currently I’m recovering from having a big old dose of lurgy. I’m not even sure it wasn’t a dose of Covid. I haven’t felt this sick since the last time (and first time) I had Covid in June 2022. That aside, but perhaps relevant as it may have caused my mind to fester on this…
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Yep! It’s official! My most played artist of 2023 was…no surprises here really if you’ve been taking note of the content on my blog for the past several months…. Mr Hamish Hawk! Well…who’d have thunk it? Top track of his for me was seemingly Bridget St John. It reveals a changing of the tide. For…
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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…