May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A big old eight-page spread inside the new edition of Classic Pop magazine – as well as a full page…if somewhat disappointingly back-handed…review of Walk Between Worlds. Classic Pop hits some stores today…particularly Tesco supermarkets are meant to have stock. It is already available as a digital edition for £3.99 as opposed to the £6.99…
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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…
I don’t normally do speed reading…but for the next 24 hours or so…time feels of the essence! Glasgow looms large and the amount of travel I’ll be doing tomorrow will give me small pockets of time for prep (can’t say no more…those who know will know what I’m on about…all will be revealed in due…
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I’ll pretend it’s Bristol again…only 37 years earlier. I WISH! (Okay…I’d have been just about to turn 10….maybe not!) #JustAsFeistyAt10 #ThatPreviousHashtagWasSooooWrong
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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Have you ever seen anything more beautiful? (Or wasted…) Is this what Hutch meant by “elegantly wasted”? And, yes, I only managed 120 screengrabs…NOT ALL OF THEM ARE JIM! (Okay…maybe 100 of them are) ???? *cradles self in ‘too much beauty’ painful foetal position ball* (it’s been a while…well…since the Turbett pictures landed anyway)
Nothing THAT rare, that’s for sure! And those acetates are FARKING expensive when they pop up on eBay. Yes! I have looked…but waaay out of my price range for ANY serious contention. Not sure I would ever have anything he’d want…but if I do…well…perhaps I’d part with it for…certain…”favours”….????? Dang! I don’t have anything THAT…
Oh, I shouldn’t be so bitchy and snarky…but when someone on SMO asked whether Mel Gaynor was still “on board”…my mind thought of Jim’s reply to someone several weeks back and…I quickly put this montage together.
I am now quite a regular listener to Billy Sloan’s show each week on BBC Radio Scotland. This week was a fascinating show, with him asking the big names of music, sport and politics what their favourite gig of all time was. At the 1 hour, 36 minute mark, you can hear Sir’s choice…won’t spoil…