May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I don’t discuss any individual fans contributions at all, but I do discuss certain elements in the book – so if you want a full surprise of what’s inside for your Christmas Day, or own reading enjoyment… DON’T WATCH THE VIDEO! And below will be my own entry in the book, so… Well, I shared…
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Oh, geez. I really stirred things up on SMOG last night. I really didn’t think it would be commented on in such volume. I thought maybe a few of us would still be waiting for the book to arrive. Not as many people as that would still be waiting for it. But lo… Then Ronnie…
“They’ll be coming” – not exactly the three little words most people will get filled with an overriding sense of joy and the HUGEST avalanche of relief from but…you know…I think we’ve established I’m not “most people”. Lol But those words on Friday? That’s how they made me feel. I wasn’t going to go into…
Ah…you know what I was saying in my video(s) yesterday about being mildly gutted if my fan bit is not in the book…well… Seemingly those who are in it have been receiving emails about it being confirmed that YES – they ARE in the book and that they can see their piece in the book…
“He don’t say much. He’s bored with the fans.“ – it’s how it feels anyway. And if I hear one more “he’s a busy man” excuse, I’ll scream! Because…HE IS ALWAYS BUSY! He is Jim fucking Kerr – apart from me using “fucking” just now – “busy” is his middle name – for want of…
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The price. Probably the content too. But the price! You know…if it didn’t feel as though the good stuff over the past few years was all but dead, then maybe I’d have felt able…willing… But now it all does feel in the past. I’ve spent a lot of this lockdown in mourning. Mourning some of…
How does one define how ‘long’ the longterm is? I ponder because in Jim’s post today he talks about the “Book Of Brilliant Things” or whatever it’s going to end up being called. The fan-based SM compendium. “….we are looking to create something to which all longterm Simple Minds fans will hopefully want to contribute…
The dream of conversation with Jim.
To some supposed Simple Minds “fans”… the “real” ones?