May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Finished it about a week ago now and…well…I’m finding it hard to take much of a message from it. Siddhartha himself seemed to think that those Brahman who followed the Buddha were almost…enslaved…not free-thinking, would never find their own level of peace and happiness as they were followers, and not travelling their own path. Maybe…
Sycophancy Nancy strikes again… I’ll delude myself that it’s art practice and honing. Ha!
Hugh Jackman is a Minds fan?! Us Aussies, see? Awesome taste in music! 😉 Thanks to Lars Niebuhr for posting on the SMO wall.
Oh, it’s so silly! I know! But…I was so relieved to see this post this morning. God help me ?
Moo!
Seeing as it’s anniversary day… If I was at home I’d be playing my prized first pressing vinyl copy, but these is modern times!
Back to Amsterdam, for the first night of the two weekend gigs they did on March 22/23, 1980. The second gig was recorded for Dutch radio, this first one is a bootleg…but considering the passage of time and recording techniques for “home jobs” back then (plus endless shares, and shares, retaping, copies of copies), it…
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An early version of Kaleidoscope recorded at Leeds, 29/7/1979 (Aawww! My baby’s just made it to 20! I could pinch his cheeks! The ones on his face…well, those ones too! *wink wink*) Different lyrics to what end up being recorded for the I Travel bonus flexi-disc. The Kerr-Boy likes to do that. Different lyrics entirely…
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Working on compiling a list of “Weekend WhiliGIGs”…and…having to check, source certain references…I find myself, at points, getting distracted. It happens when one is “Kerr-sed”. Had to check the date of a gig…find myself at the Minds “Bible” that is Dream Giver Redux (simpleminds.org), looking at the list of tours. 1982…tour lists Kerr…delicious… Going ga…