May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
BBC Radio 3 “Music Matters” programme talks to Ged Grimes about Dundee, its culture, city life and gaming industry, The Bard’s Tale and keeping alive the use of the Gaelic language for future generations.
Whilst flicking through the latest edition of Electronic Sound magazine, I was intrigued to see this short review of an anthology issue by a band called Berlin Blondes. It was the cover artwork that initially caught my eye. Then I see the word “Glasgow” and my interest gets FULLY piqued! It was a brief life…
It was bonfire night, 1980, and Jim recalls it like it’s 2016! (Coincidentally…my first ever visit to Glasgow was that night – Bonfire night, 2016…I had a bankside view of the Clyde from my hotel window and I could see fireworks going off all over from the view I had of the city there. It…
The uber talented Ged Grimes had, very recently, not only been making music and playing with Simple Minds, but he had been busily composing music for a “video” game (in this day and age, do we still call them “video” games?) called The Bard’s Tale. Sarah Brown interviewed (quizzed?) Ged on this event to do…
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The projection to a Glasgow of 1980, in a film made of the city in 1971. Given the fact that we are told in the film that the task ahead was quite…monumental…did they really think it would be done by 1980? I’m sure quite a bit was in place by 1980, but it seemed some…
From the personal front…I endured the hell on earth that is the red-eye overnight coach from London to Glasgow. It had been a VERY warm day in London, and I was dreading boarding a coach with no working air con. Thankfully, THERE WAS WORKING AIR CON! Praise be! At least that aspect of the journey…
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Arrived in Glasgow a couple of hours ago after taking the old “red-eye” from London. I. Am. Fucked! Lol But, I am here AND I can have a rest before tonight’s gig, so I’m happy. And…I’ve had doughnuts! That ALWAYS helps…
The next Caezar gig is imminent – happening tomorrow night, in fact. Tonight I start my travels up to Glasgow for the gig. Two coach journeys…some 10 hours of travel. Coach travel being the most cost-effective way of getting to Glasgow and back (unless you book a flight MONTHS in advance, or manage to get…
While the next gig on the agenda is mere days away in Aix, and the sense of trepidation for the impending trip builds manifold, the gigs following will see me at two Caezar gigs. Today on their Facebook page, Caezar talked about the playlist they’d like to compile to play pre-gig and threw it open…
I did wonder when I heard about this series Janice Long was doing for Radio 2 whether Jim would be involved. He seemed an obvious choice…and so here we are! As I had hoped, he is appearing on the show. Next Thursday, as it happens. I’ll be away in Aix-Les-Bains actually watching the guys that…
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