May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Seeing as it’s summer solstice this week, it seemed obvious to have this week’s Minds Music Monday be the seeming fan standout track from Direction Of The Heart – Solstice Kiss. Perhaps you could enjoy listening to it while having taken out a re-mortgage on your property to afford a glass of Macallan Rare Oak…
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I didn’t have time to show these yesterday. Also I didn’t really want to add a second post that would trump the MMM post so I waited to post these today. I received these two beauties from Virginia yesterday. The man Jim is talking to is Jeremy Lascelles – related to the royal family (George…
I just watched this and man, was I giggling. He doesn’t seem so sure on the old bike there. Lol. I’m sure he’s had easier rides… ???? It’s a short clip but I just love this kind of stuff surfacing. Jim “double denim” Kerr, circa 1986.
Today Jim has posted about, understandably, still reeling from John Giblin’s passing. The weather in Tao at present seems to be fitting the tone. My friend, Michelle, is currently over there, so I’ve had a somewhat vested interest in keeping an eye on the weather out there. Good weather is set to return in time…
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I try and have this blog separate from the uni stuff but…today I submitted my final assignment for this academic year so I now have FOUR MONTHS away from study. I’m not sure what I am going to do with myself because I have pretty much been in continuous study for the past 18 months,…
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Some very sad news from Camp SM to report this morning. John Giblin has passed away. Reports were coming in last night from a couple of sources of his passing, and like others, I held off relaying the news until confirmation of the news was compounded. This appears to have happened overnight. A different touch…
I’m up early this morning, in readiness for the final stint of study and assignment work. Uni breaks up for the summer officially on Thursday. I didn’t expect to have any headspace for this week’s MMM but I have a few minutes up my sleeve while I down my first morning coffee. On pondering what…
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These two photos were sent to me yesterday. They’re from one of the nights in early January, 1985 in which Bono joined the Minds on stage. Ooh, and I have just taken in that it just happens to be Kerrsday so there we go! Sadly the photographer is unknown and these are photos I have…
If you know me, you know my love for Life In Oils. All of that heavy breathing and panting from Jim at the start of it is just sssooo bloody sexy! This mix has been nicely done. They haven’t overcooked it and the adding of the drums has really lifted it. In my DREAMS stuff…
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UPDATE: A second part has been posted below. A bit of a different one for MMM this week. One I wasn’t expecting to post in all honesty. I saw this posted late last night and thought it worthy of a link. Neil Saint of Retropopic Radio talks to Derek Forbes, Kenny Hyslop and Jim Kerr…
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