May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
UPDATE: A second part has been posted below. A bit of a different one for MMM this week. One I wasn’t expecting to post in all honesty. I saw this posted late last night and thought it worthy of a link. Neil Saint of Retropopic Radio talks to Derek Forbes, Kenny Hyslop and Jim Kerr…
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Yesterday was a very special day for my uni study journey. It was the first time I had been to a face-to-face tutorial. There was an opportunity to attend one last year when this current module I’m on was under way – but, if you may remember (not sure I mentioned it), it was taking…
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This week it’s a rather tenuous Fanatical Friday. Magazine have been one of my more recent discoveries, and as a consequence of being a Simple Minds fan and through Jim extolling the virtues of the band during my years of SM fandom. The first thing I noticed was this little visual nod that Jim gave…
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If you’re wondering why it’s a bit quiet around here (and well, why would you?) – you can check out a post on my University and Unicorns blog… or not. It’s up to you. The blog name links to the post of you click it. Ta muchly.
Oooh…a little bite. A “stop-start” moment. When they were still a part of the “also rans” in my musical fandom. It took another five years from there to flourish into full bloom. Where is it now? I’m not sure. In other news – it was mine and the Other Half’s 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday….
This was my first experience of seeing a play at the Tron Theatre. I really don’t know why it had taken me this long to get around to seeing a performance there. The venue had escaped my attention for the most part, I confess. I have to give kudos to Facebook’s algorithm because it came…
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I’m at a crossroads right now. I feel as though I am neglecting this blog. I’m not sure what to do with it at the moment. I’m currently stuck in a rut with how to take the blog forward. It’s been a labour of love for over eight years. It has gone through several changes…
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This photo has been the spark of something that I hope will serve me well. I can’t get away from this fact that Jim continues to be a spark of ideas, an impetus…a muse to me. The latest assignment for uni (yes! Uni talk…but for a change, it’s relevant to the theme of the blog)…
How? How did he know to write this post today? How did he know that these have been the things swimming around in my head the past few days? That I have been filled with copious amounts of self-doubt (yet again!) over how I am going to write a really good piece of prose for…
Deep in study as usual at the moment (more on that at University and Unicorns – I’d appreciate it if you’re that way inclined, to read my latest post there titled ‘The Creative Spark’), but taking the day off as I am seeing Hamish Hawk at St Luke’s tonight. Really excited for this gig. Cannae…