May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Lately the blog has been really focussed on Simple Minds and in particular the 40th Anniversary of Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, Rightly so. I do run this blog primarily as a Simple Minds (ie: Jim Kerr ogling) blog, with broader music topics – general album reviews, gigs reviews and interviews, etc. Anyone who has…
The top-end pro electro kit – offering the best of both worlds with the snare and toms as shell pads providing an acoustic feel. Enjoy Cherisse’s promo videos for Yamaha below.
UPDATE: Direct links now as the “listen again” option has expired on the Pulse 98.4 website. I thought I’d just stick this post to the top of the blog for the next few days, as this will definitely be a highlight of 2021 for me – having Ronnie ask me to do this and be…
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In the Simple Minds world, album release anniversaries are like buses – they all seem to come along at once! Lol Take yesterday, for example. Not only was it the anniversary of the release of Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, but it was also the anniversary for the release of Empires And Dance and Black…
The allure of repetition manifests itself most strongly within all of the Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call’s tracks in Sweat In Bullet. Three solid blocks of repetitive text from Jim Kerr, with a vocal performance to match. This is the most Burroughs-esque of all of Jim’s writing from the period. If you are not familiar…
To coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the release of Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, Empires That Dance (the collaborative trio of George Porter, Andy Inniss and Gordy Goudie) have released their fabulous reimagined working of Love Song. You can view the excellent video below. Empires That Dance have been releasing their own interpretations to…
I had this arrive in the post this morning. It’s a piece of sobering beauty of the city’s recent past. Virginia’s association with Glasgow goes far beyond her work of capturing Simple Minds in the early 80s. Her brother was a social worker in the city and so she would visit often. And her work…
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Ronnie talking about me appearing on his show next week. It’s really real now! Gah!!!