May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Barely 3 months into my new-found mega fandom, Simple Minds released Big Music. What an opportune time I took to arrive into the fandom. First song I heard from the album was Blindfolded – and WOW! What a guitar hook, Mr Burchill! As we are ever waiting patiently for new material (let’s hope it is…
You can see why when I got a reply from him saying his jeans got ripped every night, my interest was PARTICULARLY piqued! Wonder if he STILL goes “commando”? ???? ???? And yes, Charlie…we know all too well what “Sweet Jane” is…you pair of DIRTY BOYS!
I think it must have been all the excitement of Sir resurfacing getting the better of me. This morning I had a dream he was “seen” – out in public. A bit of video footage, some pictures…and he was…wearing the Hokusai scarf I bought him! At first I wasn’t sure, because I never got to…
Cardiff, Sunday, December 6th, 2009. A lovely, song heavy pre-Christmas gig in the Welsh capital. Grand! Enjoy!
A copy of Glittering Prize on MiniDisc and a promo copy of a Cry Album sampler, featuring an interview with Mr Kerr. Nothing else now until the new album is released.
And with just some tentative new album news. Any day now! …
All things Simple Minds…some 12 inch singles and a Greek copy of New Gold Dream. Interesting that Flukes Atlantis Mix of Theme For Great Cities comes with that DJs leaflet thing. Quirky bonus!
From Manchester last weekend. Man, these guys are AWESOME!