May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The results of the Classic Pop Readers Poll is in and printed in the latest edition of the magazine. And, well, in the eyes of all Simple Minds fans they are top of the tree…not just in 2018, but eternally. In the “Group of the Year” category, Simple Minds came in at 3rd place. Nothing…
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A bunch of bonus tracks and B Sides come with it including: from the Cry sessions, Lead The Blind, For What It’s Worth, The Garden, New Sunrise and Where Is The Max? (Never heard of this song before): From Black And White 050505, Bird On A Wire, Too Much Television and Mighty Joe Moon: With…
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A batch of Simple Minds connected new releases today. Phunk Investigation and their multitude of mixes of Four Letter Word (which I am going to assume having listened to the lyrics a couple of times is actually the rather genteel “love” – perhaps I am being naive? At one point Jim admits to being “addicted…
Because you have to. Because life is an endurance test. Because the pockets of good make the mountains of shit just about manageable. Resilience. Perseverance. Strength. Tenacity. Possibly not the things Oscar Wilde was thinking of when this (not quite verbatim) quote was linked to him. But I can think he meant this kind of…
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A man in a long-sleeve plain cotton collared shirt. It is an aesthetic I love and by God, there are few men who pull it off better than this absolute Adonis. Yep…the collared shirt aesthetic and the 1981 Kerr aesthetic are converging and hitting me something rotten right now. So this post is basically an…
This dress is bloody gorgeous. Proper vintage from the 1960s. I have dreamed of having a piece of vintage clothing for the longest time and when I found this dress – and it fitted me – I died! I *had* to have it! I have owned it for a year, and have never worn it…
An article in Mojo magazine about David Bowie’s brief musical evolutionary period with The Lower Third via interview and book extracts with the band’s drummer, Phil Lancaster. The book sounds like it could be an interesting read, actually. I still find the story of David endlessly fascinating. I no doubt forever will. “It’s too late…
I brushed upon this series when I posted about Jim’s post about The Leopard abridged audio adaptation on BBC Radio 4. I’ve listened to this series since its first episode. It’s amazing – but this week’s episode was beyond magnificent. It was just beautiful, the story of Ivy, Oscar and Arthur. Amazing storytelling…amazing scripts…wonderful acting….
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Certain research has had me looking at very early SM stuff over the weekend and so let’s share a rare baby – I think this is about the best quality version on YT.