May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I know it’s Kerrsday and I will no doubt post SOMETHING of the gorgeous Mr Kerr at some point today but…how beautiful are Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn looking in this photo?! O M G! And…what is it with me and guys looking pensive/quizzical with furrowed brows? Lol. I mean…I just want to DO THINGS…
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This new “The Bowie Years” box set of Iggy Pop is looking really good. Considering how much I love Iggy, I have diddly squat of his music as a solid format right now. I think I’ll change that soon…
It has been the most glorious spring day today here in Glasgow. Full max ‘taps aff’ weather. Sunny and 22 degrees Celsius! Today was a mix of getting exercise and getting the messages at St Rollox. The walk took us along Sighthill Cemetery – which is a beautiful place! A few assorted pics below.
From inside the latest Mojo magazine – a big old Talking Heads write-up with extracts from Chris Frantz’s new memoir.
I was in quite a rant mode yesterday morning. But, hey, he’s right. Actually. Quite a bit – not totally. But yeah, no one IS the boss of him. He can do what the fuck he likes. But something would be nice. But, hey ho. Whatevers. The thing that is surprising me most with my…
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Is I am guessing is the answer (re: title of the post). Well, I guess Jim is now also focusing on his tome and … I dunno. I really feel like it’s that petty fucking “no one’s the boss of me” BS at play or some shit. I dunno what it is…but I had the…
Lol. Well, a slight exaggeration there. But it was on this day 35 years ago, that Simple Minds scored their (as til now) only U.S. Number 1 when Don’t You (Forget About Me) topped the charts there. To celebrate at the time, Jim got drunk in France, ordering champangne for everyone in the hotel bar….
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Because it’s the time of lockdown and I am looking for things to do – and because…I dunno – it’s just a way to respond to Jim’s playlists with stuff that I can choose, etc. Anyway, here goes another playlist. The names in brackets at the end of each explanation to the song choice is…
Well, I have to say, there was an incredible amount of interactivity from Mr Kerr today on Facebook! It was lovely, albeit not really anything for me personally. Perhaps my own grief was hitting me a lot harder than I imagined? Because…I’m just dealing with it now. Trying not to have it feel like “rejection”….