New Acquisitions for the Collection – Fangirl Treasures Part 2
Today’s fangirl treasure arrivals – part two :-)) #SimpleMinds This is the lovely typography I got sent by a fellow fan. SM fans are the best!!! And SM are the best band – EVER!
New Acquisitions for the Collection – Fangirl Treasures Part 1
Today’s arrival of fangirl treasure – part one :-)) #SimpleMinds
Jim Kerr at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert 1988
Just… The Many and Varied Things I Would Love To Do To This Man
Gig Review by Mick Middles: June 1979
A gig review from June, 1979. 4th paragraph in – OUCH!! But *kinda* constructive. If a review can be both bitchingly scathing yet constructive?! I’m not sure you could quite accuse them of “no stage presence” – I found Jim mesmerising from the outset. And obviously he (the reviewer) was not sold by epics like…
My Dream Setlist – Song 8 – Wonderful In Young Life
Another song from the Simple Minds “my dream setlist”. Song eight on the list. The beautiful, nostalgic “Wonderful In Young Life”. Life, depected in your late teens and early 20s, written so beautifully by Mr Kerr. Stirring, emotional lyrics. This song gets me EVERY TIME! Those beautiful falsetto “singing memories” towards the end and those…
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Mel Feels The Cold – 1983
Mel: It’s bloody “brass monkeys” up here, Jim, mate. How do you deal with this?! Jim: Ah, grow some baws, Mel, man! Ya Southern softy!
You’re Not Scottish Enough! Richard Jobson on Simple Minds
Jim Kerr on the notion of being a Scottish stereotype.
Photo Ogling in the Mike Wrenn Book
Loving the photos in the book I got yesterday. I seriously love this man too much. #JimKerr #SimpleMinds #SolidGone
Jim The Binman?
Jim – the bin man! What a waste that would have been?! Though…there would have been one sexy old “garbo” collecting bins around the streets of Glasgow! 😉 – From “Simple Minds – A Visual Documentary”
Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) – Midlands Express Interview and Article
Article on Jim Kerr in the Midlands Express and Star “Weekend” newspaper supplement.