May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
To all those who have visited this blog in 2023 and for those of you who are regular visitors, thank you for your continued support. May you all have a wonderful Christmas with love from Priptona’s Simple Minds Space. Fa – la, la, la, la. La la la la la. Fa – la, la, la,…
Yep! It’s official! My most played artist of 2023 was…no surprises here really if you’ve been taking note of the content on my blog for the past several months…. Mr Hamish Hawk! Well…who’d have thunk it? Top track of his for me was seemingly Bridget St John. It reveals a changing of the tide. For…
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Last year I decided to rekindle my former personal blog which used to be called ‘Antipodean – The Right Side Up’. That title seemed dated as I wanted the blog to be more about the now and my new life in Scotland and my university studies, so with the revamp I decided on giving it…
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I had spent the day trying to quell my endless wave of nerves. A friend had sent me some Rescue Remedy pastilles and liquid droppers. I tried both through the day in the hope they’d help. Did they? Perhaps a tiny bit. I’m unsure. The weather was dry and I thought about going into the…
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Tonight Jim and Charlie join Tim Burgess on Absolute Radio to play the original 1982 studio album version of New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) as part of Tim’s Listening Party. You can catch it at 10pm GMT (Sunday 5 November 2023). Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel being the most apt song one can listen to on…
Read full post “New Gold Dream on Tim’s Listening Party Tonight and A Anniversary” »
I spent the day at the Glasgow Caledonian University partaking in a study day, which was really good. Having just met up with the OH to do a wee spot of shopping in the Buchanan Galleries, I spotted Alex from Hamish Hawk’s band walk past me. Well, I at least thought it was Alex. I…
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Jim talks to Ken Bruce on Greatest Hits Radio. YouTube clip viewable. Click post to view…
Last Wednesday, our Minds fan and local radio legend, Ronnie McGhie, had non other than Billy Sloan on his show for Pulse 98.4. It was two hours of pure live music-loving blethering as only two chatty Glaswegian men could. I dare say both men are “professional gasbags”. Lol. What was so evident is how much…
And, I really won’t bring it up any further now, BUT….I made this…because I feel a bit giddy. I got my latest assignment result. And, seriously….I’m much more happy about the feedback that has come with it. It’s just wonderful. I cried. But, the mark is reflective of how wonderful the feedback is. So, I…
I won’t be doing any more of these posts. Not for a while anyway. And by “these posts” – I mean discussing my study – here. What I *will* be posting here, I don’t know. I’ll ponder further in a moment. Yesterday I submitted assignment number five for the year. The dreaded ‘reflective student progress’…