Laser Disc Play
It’s on and…looking good! Singularly the most expensive bit of Minds memorabilia I’ve bought (£75!) On second thoughts…maybe the Themes set was more expensive. Think that might have been £95. It was a big outlay anyway!
Category: rock
New Acquisitions – Inc. Glittering Prize Laser Disc!!!
OH MY GOOD LORD! On the rarity scale of Simple Minds memorabilia…fewer things could be more highly prized (a GLITTERING PRIZE indeed!) than the Glittering Prize compilation on laser disc. Just…wow! Was almost as much as a house mortgage…but hey ho! The Good News From The Next World vinyl is STILL shrink wrapped and unplayed! …
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The American – Interference Mix
Just about my most favourite Simple Minds remix of them all!
Come To Me – Bjork
Today’s ear worm…
Out Of My League…
Never in it in the first place *le sigh* (Ignore me. I’ve descended into “wallow” mode again. Lovely picture though. That is definitely how one does “aesthetically pleasing”. It’s not even Thursday yet…)
Humanistic – Kawala
Had never heard about this until Sir brought it up in this morning’s post. I see people in the comments referring to it on Discogs, etc. Well…I couldn’t help myself. One vinyl copy from Discogs already purchased this morning…but I looked at eBay too and there is a four track CD single as well! I…
Tweekly FM Stats – August 1st
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Simple Minds – Lightning
Because I tend to listen to a Minds mix on Spotify in bed at night, I may not hear a particular song for several weeks (shuffle mode never really moves away much from a set number of songs it plays…never really seems like a true randomised algorithm). A case in point: this morning, 7am. I…
Sycophancy Nancy…
I just had to. Nigel Tufnel helped me turn it up to eleven 😉
Why I Love…Factory
A fabulous synth intro from Mick, then a fabulous classic rock riff from Charlie. And then….like the crashing elevator within the chorus, in comes Jim with such stilted and stark lyrics…getting straight to the point of it! It’s bleak. It’s dystopia! Industrial. Gritty. In a pea-soup fog. It’s a Lowry painting. It’s Fritz Lang’s Metropolis….