May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
In expanding my gig-going horizons, I take a red-eye coach journey overnight towards the end of July to see Caezar. Just announced on their Facebook page (see below) is new album, Time. It will be available to buy in physical form from July 20 – a week before their gig at Oran Mor…but it is…
The first snippet is dated Dec 6th, 1980. More tour dates for SM…it’s starting to wear Brian McGee out already… Next – a review of their gig at Tiffany’s on March 1st, 1981 (printed in March 14th edition of NME). Brian’s final gig with them in Glasgow. Why they get labeled as being “pretentious” with…
Wow…Ian Cranna hit the nail on the head, or what?! Will you look at that! And, some near 40 years on…they are the mainstays. It is an amazing review, really. Very constructive. Not sycophantic. He did highlight shortcomings…but, wow! Oh, to have been there at that time. Just so absolutely fucking exciting. I wish, I…
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Nothing happening for me this weekend as far as gigs are concerned…but I get the feeling a certain someone MAY just be going to this gig tomorrow night…seeing how much he loves the man and all. And…there’s a little gap in the schedule until the gigs kick off again NEXT weekend (nine days to go…
Oh, shit a proverbial brick! Look who was at the Hydro with Arcade Fire tonight! https://twitter.com/blinkclyro/status/985978392964161538?s=21 Bloody hell!
It was 41 years ago today (an Easter Monday evening) that a newly formed punk outfit called Johnny And The Self Abusers took the the stage at Doune Castle in Glasgow. This motley crew of Weegie misfits comprised within them one James Kerr, esquire…otherwise known to all and sundry as Jim, and one Charles Burchill,…
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A bridge version split somewhere between the demo that can be sampled on Silver Box and what gets recorded for the Sister Feelings Call album…this is the only known live recording of SM performing Careful In Career. A song that I feel is vastly underrated within the SM canon. A pity it is so under-appreciated…
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Four star review of the SM gig at Barras. This Earth That You Walk Upon was DEFINITELY a big lighlight for me. I’d give Manchester an extra star for the full five! It was sublime!
Not that I’m counting or anything…
It was a restless night. Woke up around 3.30am…my first listen to Walk Between Worlds took place during semi-consciousness inside the EasyHotel… I really wanted a coffee! But my fave drink from Costa is the chai latte…so I had a large one! The mug is SSOO big, it needs “Trump handles”. Lol Fopp was quick…
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