May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
“My brain hurts a lot…that’s all we’ve got.” May 25th has such a special significance to me now – because it’s the anniversary of this… 2017 is when it happened – and I was hopeful but not expectant. Just hopeful. Never believing I would get greeted in the way I did. I know we shouldn’t…
“It’s been a long time coming”, as Sam Cooke sang, “but a change is gonna come.” The time has come for Sarah Brown. Long established as a backing vocalist for a number of world renowned musical artists including; Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Bryan Ferry and Duran Duran, Sarah is currently on tour with Simple Minds….
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What a difference a week can make, eh? I tried to shield the blog from it as much as possible, although it didn’t escape unscathed as my mood last weekend was probably at the worst it had been all year – culminating in a complete anxiety attack and me considering chucking in the whole uni…
This is a day I have been anticipating for quite some time. Right from the moment Sarah announced that she was recording her debut solo album to us Simple Minds fans, in fact. That day has arrived. Sarah Brown Sings Mahalia Jackson is now available on the streaming/digital download service of your choice (link HERE)….
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Inspiration – right here (see pic of book dedication below). I will think of this for the next few days as I complete my latest assignment for university. It will remind me that I am at the place I have longed to be at right now. “When the other side of midnight calls / remind…
A quick reminder, esp. to those living locally…this will be taking place at the Mitchell Library tonight at 8pm. Looking forward to the talk and meeting up with Graeme in person and having my copy of the book signed. ??? Perhaps I’ll see you there? Tickets are still available as far as I know…(image is…
Some new prints from Virginia arrived today (Middle and right – silver framed. There’s one other not pictured – it’s in landscape ratio and so in the frames on the other side of the room). I’d be happy to gaze upon his beautiful smiling face for eternity. Past or present. Twenty-three or sixty-three. That colour…
Not much will be happening here on the blog for the next week as I have to knuckle down for my next uni assignment. Demotivation is starting to rear its ugly head and I need to try and deal with that. So here’s an apt Minds Music Monday choice. I chose this clip because Jim…
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Today’s study involved familiarising ourselves in using the OED as an online reference source (student access to it opens up more than you get by going to the site without student/teacher access). We were asked to look up certain words that had been used in poems we’ve been studying this week. One of the poems…
Or am I reading the ACTUAL lines? Contradictions? Oxymorons? Paradoxes? I’m no longer sure what it is now…or what I do with it? Everything in life is always open to our own interpretations of it and of course many things affect our interpretation of things – our own mental state being the biggest contributing factor…