May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I arrived in Liverpool at 3.20pm. I felt I didn’t have too much time on my hands to explore, so took a slow meander to reccie the venue. I did it at Glasgow too. I just like to walk around the whole outer of a venue and…well, find where the stage door is. I did…
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WOW! What a gig to start on! Where to begin?! The Anchoress! A short set, but beautiful! I made a very loud, audible whoop when she introduced her song, Bury Me. It’s my favourite on the album and I was so hoping she’d do it. I was just happy :-)) Doesn’t Kill You and PS:…
Yesterday’s London juant was a good one. The weather started out quite appallingly. I got lost when I arrived in London (I really don’t do well with traversing London on my own!)…but once I got my bearings and made ot to my first “port of call”, it turned into a lovely night. First off the…
An extract from a rather catty review by Hannah Francis of The Age (Melbourne’s daily newspaper). I am sorry, Ms Francis, but I think you will find that Catherine Anne Davies and Sarah Brown are two of the most incredible vocalists going round. Perhaps you are merely jealous you are a two-bit reviewer for a…
Got my hands on a copy of Classic Pop magazine, at last. Sarah with an accordion? Can she play? ! I’m still waiting for Jim’s debut solo glockenspiel tour. Lol.
AWell, for starters, I was happy to be home away from the scorching weather! What happened in the final couple of months when I was in Oz, made me realise why I hadn’t been there in the summer for 17 years! My trips home had always been in the autumn/winter. I had been back a…
I posted this on the SMO Facebook visitor wall, so I may as well add it here too. ________________________________________________________ Jim…I just need to write again about Speed Your Love To Me on the Acoustic vinyl.It is the most beautiful, tender, sweet, gorgeous thing I’ve heard since…well, Spirited Away, probably. And like Spirited Away, I just…
Having involved myself with a great simultaneous live “listen to” on the Simple Minds International Facebook group…I thought I’d share my thoughts on the album, track by track. Now, if you are a reader of my blog and/or know me from the Simple Mimds fanbase, you probably know that if I don’t like something, I…
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Oh, I’m sure I can be objective enough for this! Lol On a personal level, this had been my first Minds gig in over a year, and only my third in total…so to say it was highly anticipated is an understatement! On my mind constantly was the health of my pet cat, Chrissy, who had…
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Originally shared on Twitter… Rather harsh on Sparkle towards the end – and to SM themselves – a bit prematurely…but it is IMPOSSIBLE to deny this magic and aura New Gold Dream pocesses. More and more I believe the title of the album sees Jim as an oricle, because it is FAR TOO APT a…