May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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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I feel as if I have had a lot of time to reflect on the past 12 months. It’s been time for reflection, particularly in my relationship to being a Simple Minds fan. Recently I uncovered a copy of a letter I had sent to Jim dating back from the end of 2016. There was…
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Billy chats to Jim and Charlie about next year’s Global World Tour and the making of New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey, among other things in what was an hour long middle section in Billy’s show that aired on Saturday, 30 September 2023. I have taken out the music so it’s just straight chat….
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This is a LONG review – not just of Catherine’s gig but of the following 24 hours we had in London. Music, art and food! Strap yourselves in!
Just a quick reminder that the yellow and black spatter coloured 12″ vinyl release of the Solstice Kiss single is officially out in the record shops tomorrow. I pre-ordered mine some time back so will most likely not see it until Monday (as I won’t be here for its delivery if it arrives either tomorrow…
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My blog? Don’t ask! Please just bear with me a while as I try and sort it out. Yes…it is going through a complete shake-up now. I guess after 8 years of it looking like it does, it was inevitable it had to go through an overhaul. That brings out the absolute worst kind of…
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My blog is up for renewal in a few days and I am trying to get a new system sorted with it. I’m sorting out a new storage host and this might mean a little bit of sketchy availability of the blog in the interim. I’m trying to minimise the effects of the transition as…
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And the most astonishing places you find them in. If you go to my University & Unicorns blog (direct link to the post can be clicked to HERE) you can read all about exactly where I found this treasure trove of old music magazines and the potential wealth of Simple Minds content to be unearthed…
While my ideas for this blog seem to be a well that’s drying up, in the meantime it feels as if my blog is being ‘mined’ for ideas and inspiration for the SM social media – which is a bloody nice thing if so. I honestly don’t mind. The things may as well be of…
Today. Usually my mind would turn to what should or could be the topic of the next ‘Minds Music Monday’ post on a Sunday but not yesterday. Nor the previous Sunday, either. In fact, I’m not sure when the last time I eagerly contemplated a MMM post was? Most likely the Spaceface one. That’s rather…
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