May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Time to dissect the feedback that First You Jump has had so far. From what I can see, the consensus is an overwhelmingly positive one. It’s never going to be a 100% success rate. I’m not even sure the likes of New Gold Dream has achieved total 100% positivity in feedback (there will always be…
Geez, I wish I was allowed to have a lyrics sheet before release! Lol. Nothing else – just let me be privy to lyrics. I’d be a happy bunny! No time for any corresponding art with it just now. Still getting run around for the enrolment to my next uni module. Just when I think…
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It’s just beautiful! It really is beautiful. “Becoming what you’re meant to.” The sentiment of it. The lyrics. You know what I’m like. The lyrics always hit me. Geez…I’m nearly blubbing here!
Jim will be joining Zoe on Monday morning where First You Jump will get its debut radio airing and there’ll be discussion about the Live in Leeds weekend coming up in a couple of weeks. Tune in from 6.30am BST on Monday, 5 September – or catch up on BBC Sounds. BBC Radio 2
There are not that many times I have had my visage captured in the front row at a Simple Minds gig, but there I am right down the end of the row at the Princes Street Gardens gig on the Friday night (Aug 12). A very happy bunny I was too – and it shows…
Sarah Brown shared some footage of her getting some test pressings of “….Sings Mahalia Jackson” on vinyl. She also said news of where to buy it will come – but I am here to tell you… You can pre-order it already from Rough Trade! It’s due for release on October 7th and here is the…
And…I don’t have to travel some 400 miles this time to get to one! (Although of course this time they’re doing Manchester and London too!j Already booked, goddamn! Happy Minds Music Monday! (It threw me off my actual MMM post I was getting together when this hit.) And…come the time…HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY TO ME…HAPPY EARLY…
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Where do I start? I don’t even know! Strap in – it’s gonna be a long one! FRIDAY: Friday, I guess, is the best place to start. In an exercise in preserving energy (and money), we (‘we’ once again being myself and Birdy) decided to set out fairly late on Friday afternoon. The plan had…
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A couple of recent gems from Instagram. The first was taken at Kunstrasen in Bonn on 5 August – full details of photo credit HERE The second was taken at the Nostalgie Beach Festival in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 6 August – full details of photo credit HERE Happy Kerrsday! ??