Waffle Vlog Again! New Gold Dream – From His Nibs
A vlog post discussing the 40th anniversary of New Gold Dream
May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A vlog post discussing the 40th anniversary of New Gold Dream
A post on my Facebook memories today reminded me that if I post nothing else then this is possibly the biggest mark of what these albums mean to me. Happy Anniversary – Empires And Dance, Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, and (for tomorrow) – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84). Hopefully there will be more to come!…
Hmmm…not sure! In the meantime, I did waffle today…(in two parts).
Last night I struck some archival GOLD (did you see what I did there? Eh, eh? Lol). An online library of New Zealand music magazine, Rip It Up. I have seen the odd issue on sale on eBay but never took the plunge. A mix of the financial cost of getting music mags sent over…
I hadn’t mentioned this in my previous post about Sheila Rock (“Jim’s not a poser”. Haha! In the strictest terms of how Sheila was defining “a poser” – then, yeah, he’s probably not one. I’ll give her that) but those photos she had been sharing on her Instagram account for the SAF photoshoot will be…
Yesterday I did some scanning of things that I had sent to me from Dutch fan Dennie. There’s quite a bit to get through and I only got about a third of the way through what I have been sent. I’ll post on the blog what I think are the most interesting and complete bits….
Time to dissect the feedback that First You Jump has had so far. From what I can see, the consensus is an overwhelmingly positive one. It’s never going to be a 100% success rate. I’m not even sure the likes of New Gold Dream has achieved total 100% positivity in feedback (there will always be…
Geez, I wish I was allowed to have a lyrics sheet before release! Lol. Nothing else – just let me be privy to lyrics. I’d be a happy bunny! No time for any corresponding art with it just now. Still getting run around for the enrolment to my next uni module. Just when I think…
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It’s just beautiful! It really is beautiful. “Becoming what you’re meant to.” The sentiment of it. The lyrics. You know what I’m like. The lyrics always hit me. Geez…I’m nearly blubbing here!
*** Some uni talk alert *** UPDATE: NEW DATE FOR NGD RADIO SHOW I now feel truly able to relax for a few weeks as I have had my grant approved (found out yesterday) and I’ve been able to complete the registration of my next uni module. I was relieved to have submitted my final…
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