May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The title track this week! Absolutely adore the German 12″ Mix as well! And will FOREVER love my reply from Jim re: my favourite exact point of the song. Still one of the most awesome things he said it me…even if he was taking the mick a little :-))
To promote my new Etsy shop, I am giving away this beautiful Jim Kerr mug to one lucky person! To enter, just like, comment, retweet or otherwise make yourself known with your favourite Simple Minds song. Entry closes 11.59pm GMT (that’s one minute before midnight) July 8th! Winner announced on Jim’s birthday (July 9th). Good…
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And…while we’re on the subject of Europe! I’m voting remain! Imagine the nightmare of travelling to one of those Proms gigs if we Brexit?! (I face the visa thing having an Australian passport anyway…but you Brits don’t!) But that is not my only reason for my remain vote…
I WANT TO CRY! Jim & Charlie are doing NOTP gigs in Luxembourg and ALL OVER GERMANY prior to Christmas. If I tried to organize going to one…my whole 2017 gig budget would be well and truly blown (and then some)!! Oh, well… *sigh* Here are the dates. Click the picture for further details…
Even if I do say myself…WOW!!! Am I REALLY doing these?! Sorry! I know this is a Minds (Kerr shrine) blog…but…just!!!
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Well, here is the rehashed Hunter And The Hunted piece I have been working on today. OMG!!! Ssooo much of this is mine!! My actual damn proper bloody work!! Yes, the other took work too…but there is sssoo much more work in this! So much more “me”! I love it! I shared it on the…
I had a brain wave today! I have always been scared to share my Hunter And The Hunted art piece as I just took the “Kyoto in the snow” scene from a pic on the web…and then edited the picture of Jim on the cover of Melody Maker, with him standing side profile in front…
This, as predicted, having now taken in the full study of the lyrics and working on the art piece for it has now been in my head for days. It was even the first song played on shuffle mode this morning as I listened to the boys when going (or trying to go!) to sleep.