Category: rock
Priceless Prints
I wasn’t too wrong with my projection of how many SM/Jim Kerr prints of Virginia’s I’d end up with. I think we’re going to end up near something like 140-150. Nearly there. This one’s a sort of Kerrsday nostalgia trip… Throwback Kerrsday, if you will.
“RockField – The Studio On The Farm” Documentary To Air On BBC Channels!
The documentary on the famous Monmouthshire recording studio is set to air simultaneously on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four on Saturday, July 18th at 9pm BST. Below is a trailer on the documentary – with a tiny snippet of Jim discussing Simple Minds’ meeting with David Bowie and Iggy Pop while the band were…
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Happy Canada Day
? Tom Sheehan Inside Melody Maker magazine – November 27th, 1982.
Something Is Missing…
Had to be done today… “Outside it’s hot – the first of July”
Bye Bye 2020 – 50th Birthday Bash And The Year Of Gigs.
In exactly 4 months time, I’ll be turning 50. This was meant to be my big celebratory year. You only turn a half-century once, right? (Thankfully!) So…I decided that this would be the actual LAST HURRAH! The big final bash of a mass of Simple Minds gigs. I go to places around Europe and then…
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Geez – Well If Chrissie Can Make Him Bored…
What hope the rest of us mere mortals?! I shudder to think at the boredom I induce! ??????
Minds Music Monday – All Tomorrow’s Parties – Greatest Ever Cover?
The more I listen to it, the more I think it might just be. If not, then a very close second to Street Hassle. So…what is it about Simple Minds covering Lou Reed songs that makes them so wonderful? Jim’s worship of Lou? Does it give an extra sense of “duty”? Does he just…care more?…
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A Change Of…Terms?
Where do I start? Well, I start by saying – the blog ends up being my safe place for a moan…a gripe…a whinge. Mostly because I know Jim doesn’t want to hear it. I appreciate that. Well, I kind of expressed, briefly, in the comments about the use of the phrase “longterm” – like how…
A Chemical Reaction
Ever heard of Galaxians? Nope, me neither until Field Music’s David Brewis mentioned them on the Field Music Instagram account on Friday. A new album of theirs (Galaxians) had been released and he was recommending it for your weekend listening pleasure. He said “our Leeds compadres Galaxians (he actually tagged their Insta a/c) have a…