May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
“Further details about their highly anticipated concert at Bellahouston Park,” read the preamble on the Simple Minds Facebook page – with this poster. It said everything in one glimpse. I screamed – in horror! I’m sure this was announced as a further enticement to generate movement through low ticket sales. I have seen a number…
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It has been a very, very busy week. Birdy and Sue came to stay. We went to Derek’s night at St Luke’s together, the next day there was a tour of the Barrowland Ballroom, Friday was lunch with Birdy and Michelle and yesterday I attended the opening of the Rebels and Renegades exhibition at the…
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I felt as if I should have turned the major part of this week’s post into a review but decided against it and turn it into a more generalised post. Gig reviews are now starting to feel a little superfluous – especially as now my gigging days are growing a little more sparse. With that…
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Well, how’s THIS for some Minds Music Monday news? I know the conversations I’ve been having with Michelle lately that she had been wanting them to play here for some time. As for me, I’d have preferred Kelvingrove Bandstand – but they’d have had to have played several nights running. I know Michelle will be…
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This week has been a very good week, especially the latter half. On Wednesday the weather was pretty good so I decided to make the most of it and have a slightly early birthday day out. Em was out in the morning, needing to meet up with someone at Queen’s Park at 9.30am, so we…
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Firstly, many months ago I had booked a ticket to see John Grant at Barrowland Ballroom. A couple of weeks back I decided not to go. I haven’t really been able to get into his more recent albums. I find them starting to get a bit ‘samey.’ The same themes running through them and just…
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This blog is growing seriously stagnant. As well as that, with the book taking up much of my creative writing time I’ve hardly done any other writing. I need to actively get back on the saddle to get my mind thinking about the avenues of writing that I will be getting involved in – namely…
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Why go to one Hamish Hawk gig, when you can go to two? Well, that was my reckoning after having seen Mr Hawk and his band in Manchester the night before the release of the new album, A Firmer Hand. The gig was performed earlier in the evening, which suits an old fart like me…
I’m sorry, but this quote that has been posted on the SM FB page given by Jim about the use of Waterfront as the 2024 tour opener? I just had to express my feelings on this. So, the quote went: ”Feeling we needed to begin each and every show with an bang, Waterfront was designed…
I am bloody shattered! There’s been a lot of travel. Early days and restless nights. And I feel like I’m getting too old for this malarky – but I wouldn’t have swapped the past few days for the world! Thursday – Hamish Hawk First up was a trip down to Manchester to see Hamish Hawk…
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