May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Well, that’s how the saying goes. You can be the judge… Today’s the 38th anniversary of the release of Glittering Prize, and Big Dan is finally in the frame. For someone who only ever watches the video for Jim’s bits, I’m not sure I ever really missed him, to be fair.
I wish more than anything I could paint him. I honestly, absolutely get lost in his beauty. To me, esp. when I am working on art and he is at the centre of it all and I am deep into my spell, mouthing the words under my breath in short intervals “he’s beautiful. He’s just…
I have been anticipating the release of this for some time. This has been an absolute labour of love for Chris and it is fantastic to finally see it getting released. I pick up my copy next week. You can read an article about the book on The Herald website by clicking the photo below.
As I am beginning to work through certain things…getting back to some sort of “balance” – I need to work at the writing. A major part of the problem is not having somewhere comfortable to write but, hey ho! Not a lot I can do about it, really. It would be great to have a…
Explanation as to why it’s in three parts during the videos.
Lol. Well, they seem to be for me. Wish I could give you something much more pretty to look at than my ugly mug! Still, you have the beautiful Mr Kerr to look at inbetween. There’s compensation for you (and me!j. Other parts of this to come….
OMG…TOPLESS ADONIS ALERT! Just when I’m trying to overcome this….obesession with this man – THIS SHOWS UP! Fucking look at him!! Oh, fuck! BE STILL MY BEATING OVARIES! Thank god it is cool in Glasgow today compared to most of everywhere else in Europe, cos I’m about to combust! JIM KERR YOU ARE FUCKING DELICIOUS!…
A lovely 30 minute chunk of Simple Minds recorded in Dublin in March, 2012. Really nicely done. Fine video work, Trevor. Thank you so much for filming it and taking the care to add better audio. Excellent work! For those of us who missed the tour, this is as near to a TARDIS as we’ll…
“In the first part of this season, James Dean Bradfield looks at the influence of Chilean musician and revolutionary singer Victor Jara on modern Music.” JDB talks to Charlie during the podcast. Of interest to many of us SM fans, no doubt. Link to the podcast below.
My video reply to Jim’s August playlist as well as what minimal stuff I’ve been currently listening to. Also, with the mention of Stevie Wonder, I obviously meant the album Hotter Than July and not “Master Blaster”. I don’t know why I was calling the album Master Blaster. Silly fool!