Category: rock
Jim And Charlie On With Steve Wright – Wednesday Afternoon (Charlie’s Birthday!)
An interesting way for Mr Burchill to spend his 60th birthday… Hanging out with an Aussie too ???
Practising What I Preach?
I’ve lost my way with this blog, partly due to … someone being much quieter this year, for one. And now my muse has escaped me. The past several weeks has been all change, on a personal note. I fly out to Sydney in two weeks time. We move to Glasgow on Friday. And if…
Still Just A Small Taster
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…
Jim (and Charlie – for a little bit) Speaks!
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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Going Home…
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…
Bryan Ferry – The Newest (and Biggest) Gig Wish Dream
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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Argos Advert Parody Competition – Win Tickets To See Simple Minds In London!
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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Weekly FM Stats – November 19th, 2019
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