May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Firstly, John. “Who’s John?”, I hear you ask? Well, he was this lovely elderly gentleman I met just outside Ashfield station yesterday. I had just arrived at the ramp that leads down to Platform 1 of Ashfield station and John was approaching from the opposite side. He made a gesture to let me pass. I…
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Cyrano De Bergerac was amazing! More on that to come. There has been pre-sale tickets released for the added Simple Minds PSG gig with all proceeds going to UNICEF for Children in Ukraine. We’re in! And…there are just some odds and sods to talk about as well. And … there’s this! A taxi driver? Really,…
Yesterday was a day I had been anticipating for the past two and a half years. No rush! Lol. But yesterday it finally happened. A trip – on the 90 bus – to Toryglen. Not just to zoom on by on the way to Braehead. No, no! But to get off the bus and take…
Words to come soon. Enjoy the photos for now…
I didn’t bother to mention this on the blog earlier in the week. I don’t know why? A general air of disappointment, I guess. Kismet. It can be great, but it can suck too. A absolutely love this city and I am sssooo, so happy to be living here, but….hand on heart, I guess I…
As it currently stands… The view from The Bridge…
I wish I could have finished my post from yesterday before the announcement of European mainland tour reschedules as I truly lost my train of thought as soon as I saw that. And my post was leading somewhere, even though it diverged off into one of my usual tangents. I wanted to share this picture….
Okay, that makes the acronym of ‘HUNT’ – but hey, it’s Friday and I am in a jovial mood! The Minds will be performing exclusively for Radio 2 as part of the “Piano Room” sessions at Maida Vale studios in London. That’s bloody exciting within itself! (I will share the link to BBC Sounds after…
To make up for the Brian’s non-involvement in the Themes For Great Cities book, here is three parts of an interview for the RMN podcast. Enjoy!
It’s a belated Happy 38th Anniversary to Sparkle In The Rain. The anniversary was actually yesterday and there was celebration at Casa Read by way of this beauty getting a play on the old turntable. A favourite track? Well, during yesterday’s airing of the album, Waterfront was sounding particularly good. And it was one of…