May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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.
Winners of the SM Blue Monday art giveaway are as follows: Facebook: Dave Kramer Michaela Jo Helen Titterington Blog: Stuart H Twitter: Hans Honkyhosen Congrats everyone. I’ll be in touch with all privately shortly.
With just a couple of days to go until Blue Monday (this upcoming Monday, January 21st) – there’s just a little time left to go to enter the giveaway. All you have to do is tell me your fave Simple Minds song, and you could win a print of your fave song. Freshly off the…
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It’s a strange thing, research. You can be looking for one thing and will unearth something else entirely! Take a song like Here Comes The Fool, for example. It makes its first known live appearance shortly after the release of Life In A Day and is played at gigs in the summer. Here Comes The…