As Song Debuts Go – Minds Music Monday – Ghostdancing At Live Aid
35 years ago today, this happened….
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Happy Fan Anniversary! Six Years!
I almost forgot my fan anniversary! Six years today. (Well, technically not today. It could be. All I know is it was sometime around mid to late July but because I don’t know the exact date, I highjacked Jim’s birthday.)
Oh, My Born Days! Happy Birthday Kerrsday Thursday!
www.sheilarock.com/images/1050.jpg All my Christmases have just come at once. LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BARE-CHESTED CREATURE!! Mr Kerr, you leave me in a puddle. Thank you! And thank you, Sheila Rock! BE STILL MY BEATING OVARIES! ????????????
The Rare Burchill
Jim’s post yesterday. It had me thinking – yes, a photo of Charlie on violin is pretty rare. Certainly not many exist from the period but during 5×5 Live and the later “Hits+” tour, he played the violin again. So for me, the even RARER photo of Charlie with a musical instrument is him on…
Minds Music Monday – Space – Johnson Somerset Mix
I wanted to choose Space today because – I always wish to see Jim in my dreams. I spent the past few years before going to sleep, making that wish… “Please! When I go to sleep PLEASE let me dream about him. If I can’t get to be with him and spend time with him…
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Jim’s July Playlist – The Reaction
“The dogs are impatient for attention….” he opened with. Pretty obvious metaphor there. It wasn’t lost on me, I just tried to brush it aside yesterday. Anyway, I thought with the whole deluded continuation of “discs and doughnuts”, I’d post my reactions to Jim’s choices this month. Will O The Wisp I must confess that…
Let’s Rock!
A wonderful friend of mine in Oz – Wendy – has done these amazing rock paintings for me. When she showed me the progress of the New Gold Dream themed one a few days back, I cried my eyes out. I knew she was working on a silhouette of Jim but I wasn’t expecting that…
“RockField – The Studio On The Farm” Documentary To Air On BBC Channels!
The documentary on the famous Monmouthshire recording studio is set to air simultaneously on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four on Saturday, July 18th at 9pm BST. Below is a trailer on the documentary – with a tiny snippet of Jim discussing Simple Minds’ meeting with David Bowie and Iggy Pop while the band were…
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Happy Canada Day
? Tom Sheehan Inside Melody Maker magazine – November 27th, 1982.