May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Not as in the Aussie greeting, but as in “Gee Day”…the day for me to travel up to Glasgow once again. I set out in a few hours and arrive at Glasgow Central station at 5.01pm. First port of call will be the Jury’s Inn on Jamaica Street…then a quick call to the HMV in…
I don’t normally do speed reading…but for the next 24 hours or so…time feels of the essence! Glasgow looms large and the amount of travel I’ll be doing tomorrow will give me small pockets of time for prep (can’t say no more…those who know will know what I’m on about…all will be revealed in due…
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The latest review for WBW from Uncut. Cannot wait to hear In Dreams. NO ONE’S TALKING ABOUT IT! This is the first review I’ve seen that mentions it.
I’ll pretend it’s Bristol again…only 37 years earlier. I WISH! (Okay…I’d have been just about to turn 10….maybe not!) #JustAsFeistyAt10 #ThatPreviousHashtagWasSooooWrong
Firstly…Jim’s post late last night/early this morning re: the first Simple Minds gig on this day in 1978. I posted on the SMO FB visitor wall saying about making a “pilgrimage” there…to stand on the “hallowed turf”. I looked up Satellite City to see the main site was once Green’s Playhouse and then later the…
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When I had the Etsy shop, and I was wanting to sell these and try to make a living for myself…this kind of pilfering and pinching bothered me greatly. But now…I am just happy to see people appreciating them and liking the work enough to want to use it for their profile and cover pics….
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It has been around the FB fan groups for a few days, but I was waiting to get a good copy of it, rather than a photo from from the magazine. A bloody good review…if albeit with a little cynical nudge…
Missed sharing the countdown clock update for the week… The next several weeks are going to be ssooooooooo flipping exciting!!!
And as I was retiring for bed last night (well, technically early this morning – as it was posted at midnight on the dot!) a post landed on the Simple Minds FB page… Of course there is no recording that exists of that first gig, that I am aware of anyway, but here’s a version…
I think I have seen bits of this footage before…but not this particular clip. Odd kinda version of King Is White…it’s a bit…”busy”… but hey…boy be looking good (queue endless waggling of eyebrows).