May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I’m not sure I’ve ever come across a man quite as contradictory as Jim Kerr. Lol. He really is someone who seems to be both eager and willing to embrace change and move forward, yet paradoxically seems rigid in his ways and viewpoints and totally inflexible. A case in point is yet another change to…
I had to reply to Toni Masson’s post on SMOG. I totally get the critique coming in for the setlists so far that we’ve seen in the Antipodes. The biggest concerns for me are to do with the number of songs and the length of the set. Firstly, it shouldn’t take over 100 minutes to…
I feel as if I have had a lot of time to reflect on the past 12 months. It’s been time for reflection, particularly in my relationship to being a Simple Minds fan. Recently I uncovered a copy of a letter I had sent to Jim dating back from the end of 2016. There was…
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I watched it as it aired on Sky Arts on Friday evening. And I would really love to discuss it but now I feel frightened to express an opinion even on what used to feel like the relative safety of my own blog. I genuinely believed that most people (most SM fans that are present…
The lyrics are incredible. Steeped in realism. How does a 20 year old man write with such depth? And write with more depth than the 63 year old version of the same man seems capable of? Genuinely. I mean…Jim has depth in his writing on Facebook. It still comes across there but it doesn’t seem…
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I don’t feel as though I have been writing very much lately although I now seemingly am trying to have content running for TWO blogs and I write essays for uni. It just somehow feels not very much. I used to do other writing as well and that has stopped because it feels unwanted? Unappreciated?…
No dreams of Jim this year. Then that has been the case for a few years now. I used to look forward to those beautiful Christmas dreams – like I’d get my very own Solstice Kiss. About the only chance I’d get for one, that’s for sure! Lol. Anyhooooo – had I been able to…
Just want it over with now. I try and cover it up most days. Some days I do the funny ones instead. They give me cheer but…not today. Today I felt like not covering it up anymore. I hate being negative but some days are just bad and it’s unavoidable. I hope tomorrow will be…
The Neapolis talk. I’m glad he pulled himself up there because it is NOT true that it’s just himself and Charlie that like it. Bloody hell! One of those nostalgic things in which I can share an “exchange” – he pulled me up for not mentioning Song For The Tribes – which he mentioned to…
This year feels like it has been a long one. I started university back in January and I am now working through the second module of my DipHE English. There was excitement at the start of the year with some Simple Minds related releases happening. The first being from the band themselves with the release…
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