May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This Mars Bar gig is broken up in parts on YouTube, so for this weekend, I will post songs from the gig in stages. We start with a very rare one indeed. Never made it to a studio recording and this is the only version of it (I know of anyway) out there. Caught In…
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I’m not in the best place at the moment (just…super, super emotional at the mo, and making bad judgement calls) …and it revealed itself to me today (most) in missing out on the opportunity for double entendre/innuendo… Where I said “(I WISH I got it for my birthday)” sssooo SHOULD have been followed with “and…
Meanwhile at SMHQ…
When you FINALLY put two and two together… This interview is at the same time as the “trouser shot”…the Stefan De Batselier pics. Oh, sweet baby Jesus! My favourite interview footage just got a bit more special…
Mandatory play every Halloween…
On closer inspection, despite how the date on the still footage states (Oct 25th); it is in fact August 25th…and therefore a Saturday. Not listened to this one myself, as yet, but will do tonight. From the opening track, it sounds a goodun. Enjoy!
Oh, you lucky thing, Miss Henderson… And I can only assume the Muriel in question is Muriel Gray? Again… Oh, but Jaine…I read those early passages of the Adam Sweeting book, and I sssooo wanted to be her! And…he even says in his post “I was developing a crush”. Man alive! How I wish! Lucky…
I really, really want to thank him for sharing this book. It is utterly FASCINATING! But I just dare not. “Operation Stay Away” hasn’t even lasted two days! It got off to a false start in the first place from him sharing this and talking about birds (though ultimately the post was about Elbow). I’m…
Yep…because I don’t actually live and breathe Simple Minds…and Jim Kerr is just a construct in my imagination… This version of Wasteland was chosen for the original “Simple Minds” end line… (see latest Lyric Of The Day for subtle reference, and check simpleminds.org for the background to the song)
And…fuck he’s making it hard! It’s a phenomenal write-up…and the thing I actually love most about him…despite all the silly ogling. I think I am genuinely in love with this man… Oh, how I want to reply. To say SOMETHING…if nothing more than “Wow!” and “Thank you!” You know…all that thought-provoking stuff that would have…