May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Mister has reappeared in my dreams again! I can’t help but feel that with this one there was much more to it than had met the eye. The timeframe was the present day. I had come across footage on YouTube I’d never seen before. You know, we all end up down that YT ‘rabbit hole’…
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the reopening of the Barrowland Ballroom as a world renown music venue, and all thanks to Simple Minds choosing to film their Waterfront video there. The day is one that has gone down in local fan history as not only did the band film the video but also rewarded…
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I have been sent four previously unseen (by me) photos of Jim from 1983. You can view the set by clicking on the post…
This Saturday sees the 40th anniversary of one of Simple Minds’ most memorable early festival appearances in Europe, at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. By those who were there, it was a magical evening. As far as I am aware, Minds were not the headline act on the night. From what I can see of…
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In an exercise in getting the writing going again…having a topic to work with and flexing my creative muscles, I decided to just pick a year and write about my memories of that year. First randomly selected year to fall under the microscope…? Memories of 1983: It was my first year of high school. I…
A nice surprise via Toronto and some gems from Toddevision for today’s Kerrsday Thursday. Enjoy!
Mornings between 7.30 (roughly the time I get out of bed most mornings. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later…like this morning) and about 9.45 are mine. In terms of setting myself up for a study day … well … any day, really. I’ll take a glance around social media, see what’s what. Check out if Jim has…
More of Jim talking, and …. well, Bono is still waffling on. But there’s more of Jim, and that’s the best thing about this… Enjoy!
Ghost Dancer (aka Stuart Greaves) has shared another gem of a bootleg, this time of SM some seven months into the New Gold Dream tour of ‘82/‘83 – midway through the North American leg of the tour in April/May of 1983. Playing the Ritchie’s Club in New Orleans, Louisiana. Recorded by a member of the…
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Final couple of acquisitions for now. I had been waiting to have the funds to get this final two as I couldn’t just grab them all at once. I thought at one point I lost out on getting the band photo but it was just the listing had ended and it took a while for…