Category: simple minds
Jim Kerr Interview On RTE Radio 1 With Ray D’Arcy
Recorded the only way I could think of doing to share it on YouTube. Sorry if it sounds tinny…but you can hear the conversation well enough, I hope. Makeshift little image in place as well. Enjoy.
Next Month?! Geez Louise!
A link to Jim’s post this morning about the European leg of the Acoustic Tour soon kicking off. Less than a week to go until the first gig in Essen, Germany. Alex Gains in his comment said “see you next month”. Well, I never even thought about being able to word it like that! It…
My Hols – Jim Kerr, The Sunday Times, April 2nd, 2017.
And the first article on the agenda on the “serious content” Simple Minds blog is titled…MY HOLS?! Seriously, The Sunday Times! Lol. Well, that’s what I get for trying to be serious. Anyway… I’ve provided separate scans and one full, continuous scan, so you can choose what’s best to read on your device.
Jim Kerr and Midge Ure
This photo was taken a few years back when Simple Minds and Ultravox toured together. I had always seen the top half of the picture, but on a recent photo search, I notice a separate section of the bottom half. I had forgotten about grabbing that part of it with a view to merging them…
Why I Love…Ghostdancing
The first Simple Minds song I remember hearing was Promised You A Miracle. I clearly remember seeing the video on this Saturday morning music video program we had on in Oz called Sounds. And I remember loving that X-Ray scanning equipment in the video. The first Simple Minds song I really remember liking was Waterfront….
Interesting!
I know they probably rehearse many songs….but…considering we are a WEEK away from the first Acoustic Tour gig (next Saturday, Essen, Germany)….this makes for very interesting viewing!
Gig Countdown – Nice Round Figures…
Bookends – Glasgow starts my “gig hop” tour, Dublin ends it…
The Greatest Show On Earth Is Here Tonight…
The painting I did today made me melancholy. I had never heard of the artist Sir Howard Hodgkin until his recent death. He seemed very prolific…and seemingly he had a compulsion. A drive. Not because he felt as though he actually painted “subjects” or even ENJOYED the creative process, but because…he just had to to….
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