May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
But, don’t they always say “never meet your heroes”? And, well…there is so much more to it than that for me. And I would never want to have that feeling of being “just another fan”. But how could I be anything else? There are hordes of us! I’m just another face in the crowd. To…
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Again, he later tempered his reply (having edited it several times again) to Conte about his grievance (that we kind of share, by the way). One part of it though…”Minds shows are about precision”. Really? Minds grew out of punk…post punk…PUB ROCK…the very thing that you say you are not (in terms of comparing it…
That he bloody got wrong! Fool! Lol ??
Anyone care to guess here why I might not have expressed my grievance to the set list being a little short and stage time lacking, just a little, to Sir personally? That was EXACTLY the reply I feared. I love you, Sir…but you are a bitch! Lol And he started off so nicely, and bit…
“I can remember – standing by the wall” – Heroes, David Bowie A fantastic photo booklet by journalist Ronnie Gurr – published independently by Hanging Around Books. On a limited run of 250. As soon as I was made aware of its existence (by Sir Kerr, no less! Having seen the pictures from the book…
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I feel my ONE piece of fair and constructive criticism (if indeed a wish for the set list to have a few more songs and to wish for the stage time to be just a little longer than it is can actually be DEEMED a criticism?!) has been taken out of context, misconstrued, turned into…
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There are YouTube clips being shared of songs from the opening night, and as with the Hackney gig, the song to start the show off is New Gold Dream – this song now belongs to Cherisse Osei. Her opening drums and percussion on this are absolutely amazing. Jaw droppingly brilliant! Cherisse, you have well and…
Having mentioned it in a post the other day about Sir ACTUALLY IN rehearsals – how remiss of me it was NOT to link to Cherisse’s tour diary clip on YouTube. Sorted.
My wonderful friend John shared this with me just a while ago. Thank you, John….just the pick-me-up I needed. Why wait for a Kerrsday Thursday (come Thursday I will be otherwise engaged in something very important and very secret…already said too much, no doubt) when a photo looks this good?! What a beautifully divine creature…
If the post from Jim is anything to go by, the first night was seemingly a success. He said of the night, “In fact it couldn’t have run smoother last night. Very nice venue, wonderful audience, the perfect acoustic set list…” That may be…but it seemed a bit short to many of us not there…
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