Happy 64th Birthday Charlie B!
Many happy returns, Mr Burchill. Hope you have a stellar day, whatever you’re up to.
Category: photo
Bloody Aussies And Their Impertinent Questions! Jim and Iva Oz TV Interview
Seems as if the wee Icehouse SM colab cover of Get It On is getting much more promo “back home” than it is here. Anyway, good that the little clip was put up on YouTube to see. The tour will be “wilder” than 1981? Lol. I highly doubt it! Given the kind of stuff they’d…
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Get It On – Icehouse and Simple Minds
Well well well – look what we have here! I guess that’s why Sarah went to Nice a few weeks back, to lay down her vocals for this. Gotta say, it ain’t bad! Nostalgia tripping to the max, hey boys? Even right down to that fab Roadrunner magazine photo. Click the image to take a…
A Kerrsday/Band Photo Special – Curtesy of John Gresham
These photos are AMAZING! Taken of the band during their inaugural tour of Australia in 1981. I just wanted to share these seeing as it’s Kerrsday and the colour photos feature mainly Jim on his own. The final two are my favourites. The colour one has such an atmosphere to it. They’re just stunning photos….
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Billy, Boaby and Bob The Dug – The Derek Forbes Waterstones Appearance
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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It’s People Like Famie… (This one’s for Jim)
That make me love living in Glasgow. This came my way through doing some research and short story reading for uni. I wanted to read about Glasgow and so after a search within the Granta archive of ‘Glasgow’, the first story that struck me was this one – from the author of Mayflies, Andrew O’Hagan….
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Minds Music Monday – Forever ‘Team Veldt’ – Happy Anniversary Real To Real Cacophony
It’s been a while since I did a post for MMM and I’m thinking about the anniversary of Real To Real Cacophony this week. It’s the 44th anniversary is this incredibly uniquely original gem of an album from Simple Minds. The only regret I have now when it comes to getting my SM tattoos is…
A Study Day – A ‘ Hawk’ – and An Early Birthday Present
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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Out Tomorrow – New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey
A reminder that tomorrow, 27 October, is the release date for New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey. It’s been almost 12 months since the band secreted themselves away into Paisley’s stunning abbey. The premise? To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of seminal album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) with a unique one-off live…
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Can Yer Ken It, Jim?
Jim talks to Ken Bruce on Greatest Hits Radio. YouTube clip viewable. Click post to view…