May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
“I can remember – standing by the wall” – Heroes, David Bowie A fantastic photo booklet by journalist Ronnie Gurr – published independently by Hanging Around Books. On a limited run of 250. As soon as I was made aware of its existence (by Sir Kerr, no less! Having seen the pictures from the book…
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I like the merch you can get from the Simple Minds shop…but I want Jim on my shirts…so I make them up myself. I *had* to have one of “The Swivel Chair”! He’s too beautiful! And i just realised, his head will be right between my chesticles…oh, dear *grins devilishly* EAR MUFFS! Lol
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I am sorry I have been ‘incommunicado’ for the past couple of days to those who have tried to reach out to me. I’m sorry. I became very insular and I was not in a good place. I have come to the realisation that…as much as I wanted to try to do it, and as…
How do you get out of something your mind is determined to keep you in?
It’s a matter-of-fact title. I gave it a film effect and added a load of stars – hence: Film Star. I also hadn’t titled anything LDF for a while – and this picture is right in the period for which I give him that title. Laird Dash Fandango could very well have been a film…
I feel my ONE piece of fair and constructive criticism (if indeed a wish for the set list to have a few more songs and to wish for the stage time to be just a little longer than it is can actually be DEEMED a criticism?!) has been taken out of context, misconstrued, turned into…
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There are YouTube clips being shared of songs from the opening night, and as with the Hackney gig, the song to start the show off is New Gold Dream – this song now belongs to Cherisse Osei. Her opening drums and percussion on this are absolutely amazing. Jaw droppingly brilliant! Cherisse, you have well and…
Having mentioned it in a post the other day about Sir ACTUALLY IN rehearsals – how remiss of me it was NOT to link to Cherisse’s tour diary clip on YouTube. Sorted.
Last year’s trip to Glasgow was for me to appear on quiz show Fifteen To One. My shows are finally due to air as of Wednesday. And so, despite how it appeared…that I was going up to Glasgow on a doughnut date with Jim (God, I bloody wish! NEVER gonna happen!), there was something more…monumental…