Billy Has Mates Downunder – And Other Matters
Another post about SM. Another day in which study goes out the window to be replaced with my preoccupation with this topic. I have to say when I bumped into Billy Sloan in the city back in November on the night of Derek Forbes’ talk and book signing, he played a stellar poker face to…
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Distractions and Procrastinations
I have to say that I feel as if I am being lured back in by all the content being shared by the Antipodean fans. I haven’t watched much footage. I am still – for the most part – trying to keep myself away from it all. It’s not helping that Mister has been quite…
What I Had Dreamed Of In Paris…
This was the kind of anecdote I had wished for in 2022 in Paris when I asked the question of Jim and Charlie for their early days tour memories of Australia. Of course, what I ended up getting from Jim was some address about why they hadn’t announced any tour dates for Oz yet. By…
Hamish Hawk (+ Voka Gentle) – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow – 10/02/2024
While the Antipodes is going nuts for some band or other hailing from Glasgow, it was time for me to put my gladrags on (well, suitable garb, at least) and head to Glasgow’s East End to the iconic Barras for what promised to be a (if not THE) highlight of 2024 and watch the New…
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Some Things Can Be Missed
Despite how, in many ways my fandom feels like it is in decline… I don’t want to say too much. I am, for the most part, trying to stay away from it all – as, at times, it can be too painful. Akin to the loss of a loved one. This morning I had a…
My Book of Brilliant Songs – by Song
On the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ first UK Number 1 charting album, Sparkle In The Rain, being released. I felt it was probably time I should reveal some details on ‘The Project’ I have been alluding to over recent weeks. I have been quiet about it until now for fear I would put the…
See, Hear and Sense
This is the kind of content that was needed for Everything Is Possible. Just so, maybe, it felt a little less Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill centric. I still naively want to believe that when they started out, they were a creative unit, rather than Batman and Robin and whoever else they thought fitted in…
Neeeew! Vlooooog! Pooooost! (In Two Parts)
The title of this post sung out like New Warm Skin. UPDATE: There’s a part two! Anyway… needed to purge. Contains swearing!
Taupo Trickle – First Impressions of The ‘Global’ Tour 2024
And so, the first gig of the ‘Global’ tour is under their belts. The atmosphere looked good. The weather, despite the image shared by Jim that Del Boy had taken from the stage may have shown overcast condition and a bit of moisture was hardly conducive to the absolute dumping that I experienced at Blenheim…
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