May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Sometimes it comes really easy and after just a short play…something develops, takes shape and is there before I know it. Other times (like tonight)…I build layer upon layer upon layer…add things, remove things, change things. Get a sense of what I want, but lose perspective trying to find it. That…nothing ever is quite right….
Echo And The Funnymen?! Lol – brilliant typo. A great set of photos with the review. All credit to Scott Sandberg. Click on the wonderful image of Jim to see the rest and read the short review. This man… *sigh*
A wonderfully worded piece from Iain Lee in the latest issue of Record Collector, talking to Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers on their new work and their imminent gigs as…well…near enough to XTC as anyone is ever to likely see on a stage…in Swindon, of course.
A great “showcase” montage clip of SM at the 9:30 Club in Washington. Starting to think that, if I had been able to get to one North American gig…this would have been the one to go to. Sounds amazing…and the intimacy of the venue! Never seen them anywhere quite that small. I suppose the smallest…
I know I shouldn’t laugh..but just, holy fuck…this cracked me up and I need the laughs…and the reminder that – nobody’s perfect (esp. me) and that IT’S OKAY to be a fuck up…and as a good friend said to me…that, maybe I’m being too hard on myself. Hard NOT to be hard on yourself when…
All the stuff whirling around in my brain… Mum. My sister. The money. When will it arrive? How soon is now? (Yeah…Morrissey lyrics are forefront in my head most days at the moment). Can I make it home by the middle of November? Should I try? How purposeful can I actually be? Can I bring…
It’s the small things… It’s the small things that seem insignificant to many others that means the whole world to me. And, it took a second to do. The finger touch of a FB reaction emoticon… Thank you for endlessly filling my world with hope and joy.
It’s lovely to hear him talk. And good to hear the descriptions of the songs from him. The interview was being conducted by Q’s Editor In Chief and he wasn’t the most natural of interviewers. Not that I can pass judgement! On the way back to St Pancras, I started to cry…which is just so…
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Off to London shortly to see John Grant give a talk to Q Magazine about his imminent release of Love Is Magic. Looking forward to it. I have my GMF fan group badge on and all…
And they very well COULD be North American tree swallows! Swallows in America flock and perform murmurations similar to European starlings. Oh, wouldn’t that be wonderful if SM actually had “crowded swallow skies” above them? God, I’m such a romantic, sentimental fool. But…I couldn’t think of anything more beautiful… *tears* View this post on Instagram…