Simple Minds Live – Vredenburg, Utrecht 16/6/82
Wow! I’ve only listened to some of it, so far – but they are tight and Boy be ON FIRE! Hell! Thirty Frames A second is lyrically jumbled up…but I will overlook it for the sheer VENOM he delivers it with…complete with a “fuck you, Jack!” Be still my beating ovaries! Lol. I can visualise…
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Ziggy Stardust: Behind The Legend with Woody Woodmansey
From the current issue of Mojo magazine (special exclusive cover available at nationwide screenings of Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture on Tuesday, March 7th). Plus…a little plug in the gigs section for some…Scottish band?! ?
Lyric Of The Day – Magic Innerworld
Of course the YouTube clip wouldn’t play, even linked to the blog…so let’s just reblog this instead…
NINE!
At this rate…it might be easier if I just hitch a ride on the tour bus :-))) The list now reads: Glasgow Liverpool London Palladium Bristol (VIP) Brighton London Drury Lane Dublin x 2 (ie: both nights) Mystery gig!
Why I Love…Criminal World
It’s the beginning. A rare use of keyboards for the period for SM, and percussive cross-stick snare beat. I find it a mysterious song. Is it already a “Criminal World” and we’re seeking escape? Or is the world “criminal” because we desire answers, light, love? And the trouble you seek from wanting these creates that…
New Warm Skin and Special View
Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
Ten Weeks To Go…Til Glasgow
Poetry!
The Barricade?
This really is just HOW CRUEL life can be. This man gets to see a 5×5 gig with NO CONCEPT as to what it actually is…and why he didn’t hear Don’t You! If I could ever swap with anybody for a place at a 5×5 gig, it would be him…as he OBVIOUSLY did not deserve…
Hating Painting.
The OH sent me a link to the BBC News site of them marking the death of artist Sir Howard Hodgkin. I had never heard of Sir Howard, sadly, but in the article it was touched upon how he grappled with painting and that he never found it an enjoyable experience. “People have often said…