May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The latest Guitarist magazine has an interview with Charlie inside it. Also, for a pro guitar magazine you’d think they’d be able to tell the difference between Charlie and Johnny Marr and yet….a photo of Marr with Jim at the Mandela concert is labelled as Jim with Charlie. Oops! I haven’t read the article yet,…
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As you might have been able to tell from a few of the new Christmas themed banners that have appeared on the blog, I am trying to give it a bit of a spruce and a rejig. It’s going to be the slow end of the year. Jim’s gone quiet now. There’s been time for…
Priptona Art images celebrating St Andrew’s Day viewable in the post. Click to see…
I think I’ve come to understand one of the main reasons why I love Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call so much. Firstly, musically, it just progresses so beautifully. There is that undercurrent connective theme of travel, linked by the musical stamps of Derek Forbes’s fabulous bass lines, Mick MacNeil’s synth riffs and melodies and those…
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Monday started REAL early. My Easyjet flight to Luton was departing at 9.50am and they were recommending arrival to the airport two hours before departure time. I set my alarm for 4.50am so I could get the 6.45am train to Queen Street. I was awake at 3.30am! Not only that, I had (excuse the graphic…
Today the official David Bowie social media said that the Jean Genie is 50 years old today. And tomorrow, the band who named themselves after a line from the song “He’s so simple-minded he can’t drive his module” (aka Simple Minds) will be 45 years old! Happy Anniversary to two of the best things in…
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I love a podcast and recently I have been going through quite a heavy spell of podcast listening. There are some long regulars like The Archers – I know! Had you told me when I first moved to the UK and learned about The Archers that I’d start listening to it several years later and…
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So, I was working on my assignment for uni on Tuesday, conscious that time was ticking to get the essay written so I could hand the assignment in on time by Thursday afternoon’s deadline. I kept on lapsing in and out of the work, just to help to ultimately keep engaged with it and get…
Oh, something to be happy about! Yay! Still struggling to get my essay together for uni – just refining, editing, wanting to present it well, etc. Other things aside of that too still niggling away too. Never mind! The assignment IS the priority for now. It’s due midday Thursday and I have more incentive than…
I am 825 words into a ROUGH draft 1200 essay that’s due on Thursday morning. I’m not feeling confident about this one. I’m not sure I have actually felt confident over any of them! (I’m trying to keep my score of 80 for my eTMA – ie: end-of-module Tutor Marked Assignment – in the forefront…