May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Since I booked the gigs last night, I had in my head that I had 8 SM gigs booked for next year, convinced I had (without really thinking in those terms to begin with) fallen one short of this magical 9 figure I’d fallen upon these past couple of years. But…obviously I was neglecting to…
Sydney – Melbourne – Bimbadgen
The Sweat In Bullet video….honestly…when it gets to this point, I’m like “Whip me. Just fucking whip me with that mic cord. Just do it. Break the skin. Just frigging hurt me!” He’s delicious… Man, I need help! (Been a long time since I spoke like this on the blog. I can feel a dark…
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Not always. Not often at all, really. It just brings home to me the years missed. And…Jim felt like the glue that bonded the fanbase together. We talk with each other THROUGH him, so to speak. I miss that part of the interactivity soo much! That he was the catalyst. I see little point in…
Jim talks extensively about his memories of a recording career spanning 40 years as Simple Minds frontman and lyricist and touches on his working partnership with Charlie Burchill, Live Aid and the Free Mandela concert in the summer of 1988, plus the first Simple Minds concert in Satellite City, Glasgow on January 17th, 1978.
Jim talks to Kat about Simple Minds’ 40 year recording career and next year’s arena tour of the UK, starting on April 14 in Cardiff.
Jim on Clyde 2 Breakfast Show with Ewen Cameron on Tuesday, October 29th, 2019. Jim talks about Simple Minds’ 40 year recording career, and also joins in on a Hydro ticket give-away!
Jim talking with BBC Radio Scotland presenter (and Deacon Blues frontman) Ricky Ross on the Sunday Soundtrack on October 13th.
This story is incredible and the corresponding podcast is one of the best produced podcasts I’ve heard. Part docu-drama, part narrative by journalist Helena Merriman, it tells the story of Joachim Rudolph, a defector and refugee that escapes from East Berlin in the early months of the enforcement and communist DDR crackdown on the Berlin…
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