May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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…
Talking about political activism in the 1980s and the Minds part in it. This…washing away of its relevance now. “It’s all been said.” That may be so, Jim. But…no one’s learning! So we need to keep fighting the good fight! Please! Don’t just wash it away with “it’s all been said”. Well…don’t bloody bother writing…
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Today I booked a Lufthansa flight home. From newest home to first home… Glasgow to Frankfurt Frankfurt to Hong Kong Hong Kong to Sydney A total of around 28 hours travel time with 22 and a half hours of flying time. I leave on December 8th – which is now cancelling my trip to Germany…
Well…it started with Sophia Deboick in the New European magazine in April, 2018 greasing the wheels of me FINALLY taking a dive into Roxy Music and then my little talk with Jim about starting to get into them and him just reiterating the importance of Roxy and Bryan Ferry on Simple Minds and him (“No…
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Full details at Argos on Twitter. Closing time for entries is 17:00, Friday, November 29th. (I might be a little bit pre-occupied right at that point in time!) Good luck! Argos are giving away tickets to see Simple Minds in London next April! Simply recreate @Argos_Online's Christmas advert, featuring 'Don't You (Forget About Me)', however…
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I read a piece from The Guardian yesterday as to why author Karl Whitney believed that Glasgow is the best city in Britain for the popular music-lover. He talked about the vibrancy of the scene, the number of venues the city has, a number of them more intimate music/pubs, some offering a fully vegan menu….
After the radio show, Jamie East informed us of a full, unedited version of the interview would be available to watch online. Here we are… Enjoy!
Jim and Charlie will be on Virgin Radio UK at 9pm GMT tonight (Sunday, Nov. 17). Tune in for the patter. Jim and his bloody “la la las” – and there I am extolling the virtues of his amazing songwriting. Lol
I saw this shared on Facebook a few days ago and I can’t stop playing it…and I’m counting doon the days. Only 12 of them tae go noo. WE’RE MOVING TO SCOTLAND! (And then I fuck off to Germany for two Stranglers gigs! ???)