Instagram Man…
Another pic from the past I had never seen before. I’d say given by the look of him it was taken circa 1982. Beauty personified. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Simple Minds Latin America (@simpleminds.ar)
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A Gem That Passed Me By
Jim, in Melbourne, October 1982 (somewhere very near my 12th birthday!) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wayne O'Farrell Photography (@touchedbyvoice) Photo: Wayne O’Farrell
Promised You A Miracle – Top Of The Pops 1982
Because I love the suit and the boots…
The Complete Turbett
I can’t work on him any more. Having fixed his nose, sorted out his lips, repainted the iridescent background and corrected the elongated body proportions…I am done. I feel like it’s now a completed work. I am happy, but will never be entirely happy with it. It looks more like him than my previous attempt…
Regrets – I Have A Few…
The biggest one being: not becoming a mega Minds fan just 2 years earlier than I did (or that it didn’t gel for me when I first tried in 2006…gave up after not really liking Life In A Day too much – and how that changed once I gave it more time in 2014! It’s…
Fabulous Memories From 1980
A fabulous post by Conte Fly about SM’s first tour of Italy supporting Peter Gabriel. It links to Facebook. I can’t get the usual embed to work, so you’ll have to click the link below to view the post. I also noticed in the pictures posted that Derek is on Jim’s right instead of Charlie….
The “Glittering” Prizes!
Here they all are…neatly stacked in a little row of soldiers, ready to go out to all their new owners. For just an hour, I got to feel what it would be like to have a thriving art/music merch business. It was pretty nice. Ah, well… Another lifetime, perhaps? It’s been joyous spreading the love…
Random Musings And Tattooings…
Strange goings on on the old SMO visitor wall. It’s giving me a complex! Now, I don’t know if I am continually pissing him off, or there’s a rather zealous admin at work, or Facebook is glitching the fup out or what? But it started the day after Valentine’s Day. I asked Jim about clarification…
Excuse My Exploding Ovaries…
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