May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The Hokusai/Dali/Banksy fusion mural… Celtic The Musical – whaaa? They’ll seriously turn ANYTHING into a musical these days. Lol Dinner at The Flying Duck at the top of Renfield Street. A fully vegan eatery. The food was DELICIOUS! And very affordable! I had the “hog roll”…made with a pork style vegetable protein, of course. Served…
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Photos of arriving in the city, going to the HMV to secure a wristband for a friend, having a wander and a visit to Tantrum and the Kelvingrove. Who are these two jokers? 😉 Interesting shop names… The hallowed shop of doughnuts! OH YES! BANOFFEE BABY! LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE MARSHMALLOWS! Glasgow Pride!…
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I’m not sure I can put it all into words. I’ve had about 4 hours sleep and feel absolutely ratted! It was a whirlwind visit. Glasgow was wonderfully sunny for both days…but freezing. Had an amazing hot chocolate with the HUGEST marshmallow on top and the most BLISSFUL banoffee doughnut from Tantrum…OMG! A lovely visit…
OMG! Cannot wait until Friday! I’ll be bricking it…but…I can’t wait to see them (HIM) again 🙂
A lovely sunny day…..I’m missing!
Not as in the Aussie greeting, but as in “Gee Day”…the day for me to travel up to Glasgow once again. I set out in a few hours and arrive at Glasgow Central station at 5.01pm. First port of call will be the Jury’s Inn on Jamaica Street…then a quick call to the HMV in…
Firstly…Jim’s post late last night/early this morning re: the first Simple Minds gig on this day in 1978. I posted on the SMO FB visitor wall saying about making a “pilgrimage” there…to stand on the “hallowed turf”. I looked up Satellite City to see the main site was once Green’s Playhouse and then later the…
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And as I was retiring for bed last night (well, technically early this morning – as it was posted at midnight on the dot!) a post landed on the Simple Minds FB page… Of course there is no recording that exists of that first gig, that I am aware of anyway, but here’s a version…
A very special event at the HMV store in Argyle Street, Glasgow on February 2nd. Jim and Charlie will be signing copies of Walk Between Worlds. For those with an HMV Pure card, you had priority access to tickets. GUESS WHO GOT THEMSELVES AN HMV PURE CARD JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR?! *points thumbs…
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