May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
THAT’S the title that Record Collector could (or SHOULD) have gone with for their piece on SM in their latest edition. There’s a great interview with Jim in there and … OH MY DAYS! HAPPY KERRSDAY! A Sheila Rock gem inside too (see pic)! A rare one for Sheila to get Jim covered up. Lol….
THIS HAPPENED! I tuned into Ronnie McGhie’s radio show on Pulse 98.4 (Barrhead) and …. I needed something else to do, so…lo and behold. I opened up my art apps, chose a screenshot of Jim I had taken from the Rockpalast Cologne gig and… voila! The words? Well, he sung the song title as he…
Next Monday evening I am off to the Hydro to see Roxy Music’s 50th Anniversary show. I have been looking forward to this for MONTHS! So…in celebration of this, here’s SM’s only cover of a Roxy song. Goddamn I wish they’d picked something else! But, I guess Jim loves it. It is probably my least…
Well, no… This person seems adamant that their opinion is the correct and ONLY valid one. I thought, well…let’s agree to disagree. Nope! Seemingly the song is just BAAAAD! Well, of course that’s why it’s Radio 2’s song of the week and it’s why it’s getting plaudits from reviewers, etc. It’s also why a percentage…
First due to take place on March 21st, 2020, then rescheduled a few times during the worst of the Covid pandemic, it really is now all systems go and full steam ahead for White Hot Day – Simple Minds Fan Convention. In fact, there is exactly two weeks to go until October 15th. There are…
Jim talking to Steve and Tim Smith about 45 years in the biz, First You Jump, being a “brilliant Simple Minds singer” (Sarah should beg to differ! Lol. I’m being a wee cheeky cow!), forging the sound, early gigs, the gift that the punk movement gave them, air miles, Reggie Mael, and Inspector Montalbano all…
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I might actually write again one day…
I made a vlog which you can view by clicking the post. In it I discuss Mark Kerr’s new musical offering – hence the ‘old skool’ photo of a young Mark with his big bro. Photo credit: Virginia Turbett
There is an interview with Jim primed and ready for release tonight at 7pm BST. Here is the link. I’ll have to catch it later myself as I will be in a chat with my friend in San Francisco when this becomes available for viewing on YT. Ah…when will it be my turn?! (“Never”, he…
After last week’s gripe of sharing the first review I had seen for DOTH in Uncut magazine (a disappointing 6/10 rating), I’ll just post this here on my blog and let the other fans seek these out the,selves if they’re interested. Mojo have given the album a more positive four stars (akin to an 8/10)….
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