May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I know that as a Simple Minds fan, I put a lot of emphasis on this blog on Mr Kerr (a girl can’t help it!), but for September…I’ll be turning some of the spotlight on Mr Shiny Fangs himself! The irrepressible Charles Burchill, esq. So, through this month you will (hopefully!) see much more of…
Starting with that cross-stick snare beat from Brian and killer Dan bass line – it has a groove! Possibly one of my most favourite Mick synth pieces. There’s a level of maturity to it. Then those sharp little wails from Charlie’s guitar while that fantastic little riff plays just under those wails. Then Jim…not afraid…
A lovely memento I got for myself on eBay last week. It’s a silly idea really, to buy things about a gig you never went to, but I loved the idea of having this pictures to look at and keep. They aren’t the best quality, for sure. Taken on a pokey 110 camera…but the intimacy…
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Well, it must have started early in the year. Jim posted a John Grant song on St Patrick’s Day. It was called Pale Green Ghosts, and it was awesome! I left a comment saying as much, and that I needed me some more John Grant, he then posted a link to another John Grant song…
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I hope I didn’t piss Sir off yesterday with my silly post…as the whole Stewart Lee post on SMO was taken down :-(( It was a fun piece, Sir! And you spent so much time refining it and refining it to then just delete it entirely? I hope it wasn’t because of my gentle ribbing?…
Today I spied a clip from Stewart Lee about his meeting with the band Faust and some twisted vegeance for an incident that was steeped in some urban legend that he heard somewhere or other (he supposedly “learned it from a booook”), about Johnny And The Self Abusers and some Faust records. You can watch…
Read full post “The Flinging Faust Tapes From The Flat Window!” »
It’s competition time again! How would you like to get your hands on this fantastic Simple Minds coffee mug? Let’s hear a favourite line from a Simple Minds song from you! It doesn’t have to be your favourite song….just a lyric that means something to you, stops and makes you think…or just gives you chills…