May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This was something totally unexpected and wonderful! I was approached in early November to do a tour poster for Simple Minded – THE best Simple Minds tribute band in the entire universe! I was very, very excited…but very, very nervous too! All the art I had ever done so far was for me, really. “For…
I was thinking it needed lyrics in…whatya think?
A couple of pictures VT took of Kenny Hyslop during a Minds gig at the Edinburgh Odeon in 1981. I know his time with them was brief, lasting just on a year, but it’s him we hear on Promised You A Miracle…and he has a fab style…and was pretty dishy too! And backsatge after, the…
I awoke with a very gammy shoulder today and have been in a lot of pain. Not really been able to move it or do much. Today has been a right-off. A general feeling of “meh”. It has been marked as a “duvet day” – a day for just lulling about, feeling sorry for yourself,…
Things were winding up in several ways. I seemed to have had my run with the Minds art…well, at least Jim’s attention with it. Such a mercurial man. I think I quickly bored him. Maybe I got a little too heavily invested? I’m sure I am very guilty of that. It was the most amazing…
Some great Virgina Turbett pictures of Iggy Pop this time.
Just a snippet of Mitch…
Generated by Spotify themselves to reflect my most played tracks. Absolutely NO surprises to see Boys From Brazil on top! The curious thing though is…no Wonderful In Young Life?!
(Images are of various bits of interactivity on the SM Facebook page. Click the images to enlarge and view.) February started out OK, from memory. The weather was still mild at times. Of course there were some hot days through January and into the early part of Feb, but there were good spells of relief…
I’ll win you round, Sir! Lol. I wish I could play it in front of you and just…tell you all the things I love about it. One day…(I wish!) The reply in reference to Never Let Me Down. One of the Bowie albums I like least.