May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The documentary on the famous Monmouthshire recording studio is set to air simultaneously on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four on Saturday, July 18th at 9pm BST. Below is a trailer on the documentary – with a tiny snippet of Jim discussing Simple Minds’ meeting with David Bowie and Iggy Pop while the band were…
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Simple Minds featured on tonight’s Top Of The Pops on BBC Four. Twitter proved to be quite therapeutic during their airing of Sanctify Yourself… FIES MY SOUL? #totp pic.twitter.com/C0DoXl8Rq0 — Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) July 20, 2018
Having just watched the second episode of Waldemar Januszczak’s three part series on American art, I had to brush upon it. I do find his documentaries fascinating. I would learn much from him if he was my art teacher. In essence…he has been for the past 12 years or so. He, Alastair Sooke, Andrew Graham-Dixon…
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I love the documentaties produced by art historian Waldemar Januszczak. I have seen a number of great ones over the years. His latest on American art has so far not disappointed. The revelation of episode one for me was the work of Thomas Hart Benton. The way he formed his work and what resulted. The…
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Oh, yes! Now I knew the BBC Biggest Weekend was going to be on the radio but not on the telly and on demand! Simple Minds’ set will be shown as part of highlights aired on BBC Four – but it appears sets will be streamed live on BBC iPlayer as well. I ssooo wanted…
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Our bhoys will be back on Top Of The Pops from 1982 on the BBC Four repeat that’ll be aired next Friday November 25th (Acoustic vinyl release date – coincidentally!). This time they’ll be “performing” (it’s a mime/lip synch) Glittering Prize. They actually went in and recordered it TWICE! So…it begs the question…will it be…
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I think the way we are going through these TOTP episodes, I reckon the boys doing Promised You A Miracle will be on in just a few short weeks…would line up WONDERFULLY if they are on the day before the NGD box set comes out. Jim… The white suit… The black boots… The black hair……
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