May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This is the kind of content that was needed for Everything Is Possible. Just so, maybe, it felt a little less Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill centric. I still naively want to believe that when they started out, they were a creative unit, rather than Batman and Robin and whoever else they thought fitted in…
It is heavenly birthdays for both: One) for the man who probably was only ever overshadowed by some Glaswegian frontman or other for my musical affections (for many a year) – Mr David Robert Jones. He’d have been 77 today. Two) for Mr Elvis Aaron Presley who would have been turning 99 today had he…
Again, it will be of no surprise to anyone to see Hamish Hawk’s Angel Numbers in my Top 5 Albums of 2023. It was by far my most played album of the year. Both it and Hamish’s previous album, Heavy Elevator, have been on pretty solid rotation all through 2023. The penmanship in his songwriting…
I’ve just watched the documentary on ‘Simple Minds’ – Everything Is Possible and here are my initial thoughts and findings. Firstly, as I feared, it was essentially the Jim and Charlie story. The absence of other early members of the band really left a hole in the thing. I felt it did in any case….
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Currently I’m recovering from having a big old dose of lurgy. I’m not even sure it wasn’t a dose of Covid. I haven’t felt this sick since the last time (and first time) I had Covid in June 2022. That aside, but perhaps relevant as it may have caused my mind to fester on this…
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Yep! It’s official! My most played artist of 2023 was…no surprises here really if you’ve been taking note of the content on my blog for the past several months…. Mr Hamish Hawk! Well…who’d have thunk it? Top track of his for me was seemingly Bridget St John. It reveals a changing of the tide. For…
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Set your reminders because just a few days before the airing of Everything Is Possible, Mr Kerr will be on the radio, waxing lyrical about Mr Morrison. (Can I just say right here right now that Mr Kerr ALWAYS looked better in leather troosers than Mr Morrison.) See the details below… Jim Kerr on Jim…
The boys are on the promo trail for the Everything Is Possible documentary it seems. I’m still worried it is going to primarily be the Jim and Charlie story but I am really hoping not. I mean, come on guys! Please don’t sell it off as just you two! I know I’ve changed my mind…
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As I look at the calendar on my desk I see that the screening of Everything Is Possible on Paramount+ UK is just TWO WEEKS away! And, yes, I am a little excited at the prospect of seeing it. I do hope it’ll be a great watch. At 75 minutes, I’m a little worried that…
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Well, it’s now official. ‘Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible’ (aka The Jim and Charlie Story) has just been plugged for the first time on SM social media. From what I read it’s a 75 minute documentary with interviews of various celebs sharing their love of the Minds, intermingled with the story of the Kerr/Burchill bedrock….
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