May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The decision was made to have fish and chips at home and take a taxi to the Hydro, for the RMT decided to have a Scotland wide rail strike on the day Roxy Music were playing the OVO Hydro. Up the workers! In all honesty, I am on their side. The weather was forecast to…
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This version from Rockpalast is AWESOME…and it namechecks a Roxy Music song… and…tonight’s the night! Roxy at the Hydro! Woohooo!!! Yeah, baby!
If I can’t write it, I’ll speak it…
Wholly frigging shit! I’d never be lucky enough, savvy enough, etc, etc, for an opportunity like this to come my way, eh? Goddamn! Oh, well. Maybe I’ll spot them at the Roxy gig on Monday night? Lol. Yeah, I wish! (And I doubt it!) You can read all about their secret filming at Paisley Abbey…
Two reviews in as many days and both of them with erroneous information. The first from Goldmine who stated that SM “changed managers” after bringing out Life In A Day. Really? News to me, Goldmine! Now this from Record Collector. A great review otherwise, but let down by the notion that one) Act Of Love…
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THAT’S the title that Record Collector could (or SHOULD) have gone with for their piece on SM in their latest edition. There’s a great interview with Jim in there and … OH MY DAYS! HAPPY KERRSDAY! A Sheila Rock gem inside too (see pic)! A rare one for Sheila to get Jim covered up. Lol….
THIS HAPPENED! I tuned into Ronnie McGhie’s radio show on Pulse 98.4 (Barrhead) and …. I needed something else to do, so…lo and behold. I opened up my art apps, chose a screenshot of Jim I had taken from the Rockpalast Cologne gig and… voila! The words? Well, he sung the song title as he…
Next Monday evening I am off to the Hydro to see Roxy Music’s 50th Anniversary show. I have been looking forward to this for MONTHS! So…in celebration of this, here’s SM’s only cover of a Roxy song. Goddamn I wish they’d picked something else! But, I guess Jim loves it. It is probably my least…
Well, no… This person seems adamant that their opinion is the correct and ONLY valid one. I thought, well…let’s agree to disagree. Nope! Seemingly the song is just BAAAAD! Well, of course that’s why it’s Radio 2’s song of the week and it’s why it’s getting plaudits from reviewers, etc. It’s also why a percentage…
First due to take place on March 21st, 2020, then rescheduled a few times during the worst of the Covid pandemic, it really is now all systems go and full steam ahead for White Hot Day – Simple Minds Fan Convention. In fact, there is exactly two weeks to go until October 15th. There are…