May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I never thought I’d find her. I thought she was gone. Every fan of Simple Minds had seen her work – whether they were aware of it or not. Some of the most iconic images taken of the band during their early days are her work. This one below (the image ON the bus, not…
Off topic… but honestly… what the hell else is there to talk about in the world of SM? Maybe that’s why Jim is so damn quiet? Pffft. Nah. He’s just fucking bored to death with us. Fine, Sir! We can take a hint… if you hint at it by throwing bricks directly at it. Lol…
Celebrating by sharing a selection of photos of the man with the most beautiful smile and laugh I have ever seen. Geez, I am gone on this bloke ssoooo much. Lol Photos used by very kind permission of Virginia Turbett. As I keep telling you peeps, you see a drop in the ocean of the…
Time to have a new display of Virginia Turbett photos… The theme? Edinburgh, 1981 – outdoors and Odeon soundcheck.
You know when I do these “shrine art” pieces, I sometimes add a random number to the post because I really have no idea how many of these I’ve done. Come September, I’d have been making these (not to this level of quality, mind!) for five years. And given for quite a bit of those…
A few of my very favourite Virginia Turbett photos currently on display in my bedroom…
A new release by Hanging Around Books sees images taken in 1978 by Laurie Evans feature in the book. I feel ssooo bad as I made the horrendous assumption that Laurie is a man! My apologies, Laurie. I’ve been waiting a while on this one as I had contacted Laurie some time back from seeing…
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He is just too beautiful… I miss all my photos from Virginia. My shrine. I know how absolutely pathetic I sound! I’m not going to apologise. Hate me all you like, Sir… but I love you ? This was the only way I had available to me to copyright protect it and share. My iPad…
My collection of Virginia Turbett prints of Simple Minds grows slowly yet strongly. A new batch arrived last week and I wanted to show what is in it without comprising the copyright of Virginia’s images. This is still just a small taster, and probably now the last you will see. The prints are of stunning…