May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A rare dry night for Glasgow at this time of year. Fantastic. Nothing suits me more. I very easily get put off by attending gigs when the weather is shite. It had been pretty shite for the 48 hours leading up to it. Through Thursday night and into Friday it had been blowing a hoolie,…
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So, where do I start? TARA FB (AT LEAST FOR NOW ANYWAY) After the Cloth gig review, there were a couple of posts on the Simple Minds Facebook page that riled me. One was to do with “writing your own story” as implied by the text laid out accredited to Kerr. I think the title…
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As the weather gets more dreich and the nights get longer, I naturally begin to feel less inclined to venture out of the house, especially at night for gigs – as much as I love going to them. As it was, some weeks earlier I had decided to abandon going to one gig that I…
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It was a busy weekend. On Saturday morning Sue arrived and during the afternoon we headed into the city to go to the Mitchell Library for an event. It was called ‘Love Letters to a Murder.’ The main aspect of it was a ‘In Conversation’ talk between the author of a fictionalised account of the…
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I must state from the off that I was unaware of Goodnight Louisa until earlier this year. I first became aware of Louise McCraw (aka Goodnight Louisa) when she was part of Zoe Graham’s band at the album launch event for TENT back in March. Louise is making her own strides in music as a…
Read full post “Goodnight Louisa – Instore + Signing at Assai, Glasgow – 26/09/25” »
This was my first chance of seeing a full headline set from Zoe, having previously seen her in support slots for Echo and the Bunnymen and Lo Moon, as well as attending her in-store set and signing at Assai Records in Glasgow. As you may have seen from my list of upcoming gigs I was…
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Finally took an afternoon visit to Linlithgow yesterday, and what a lovely place it is! The express train from Glasgow Queen Street takes just around 30 mins to get there/back. The main purpose for going was to see the flotilla of narrow boats that was travelling down the canal from nearby Winchburgh (the borough of…
The initial travel plan for me was to get the CityLink 900 coach to and back from Edinburgh and then get the train to/back from North Berwick from/to Waverley. I booked the coach tickets via Megabus instead of booking via CityLink. I’d never had any problems booking with Megabus before but this time, although I…
Read full post “Hamish Hawk/Billy Nomates/Cloth – Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick 08/08/2025” »
I guess with it being what tries to pass these days as a Simple Minds blog, it is imperative that I acknowledge this auspicious date in the calendar. So, here goes… I’ll share what happened on Facebook today. Ta ra P.S. I do love an Irn Bru P.P.S Yes, this photo is still on my…
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I just wanted to make you guys aware that I am selling off some of my Simple Minds collection on eBay. I’m only posting to UK sellers I’m afraid. There is just too much hassle with posting things overseas. I’ll link to each item. You can see the listings below: Graffiti Soul original 2009 release…
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