May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Some further news on the book release front. For the Aussie fans this time. I am pleased to announce that local Australian book chains Dymocks and QBD will be carrying copies of Simple Minds: Song by Song. The release date is 1 November 2026. You can pre-order from Dymocks via the link HERE There is…
My four years of Open University studies has come to an end. It ended with such an anti-climax. I hadn’t foreseen that I would not be melancholy about my study days being over. I thought that I would desire continuing on. But this final module (AKA academic year) has been such a hurdle I am…
It feels like such a long way off yet, but today marks six months until the release of Simple Minds: Song by Song, my book on the entire back catalogue of Simple Minds’ musical output. As you’ll see from the pinned post on my blog’s homepage, you can preorder your copy from Amazon UK and…
I don’t want you to get the wrong impression from the book’s title. It’s not all about Simple Minds! Neither is it completely devoid of Simple Minds content. One check at the number of the times Jim Kerr is mentioned within its pages will attest to the liberal smattering Simple Minds appears throughout. The novel’s…
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Comedy: The only stand-alone gig that wasn’t just going to see a recording of Breaking the News was seeing a WIP pre-Fringe show from Elaine Malcolmson at Van Winkle in the West End in June. As for films – the only film I saw at the cinema this year was seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey…
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Just a dud day off and so wanted to waffle to somehow feel ‘productive’ whilst not feeling able to do much else… (it was recorded on my iPad rather than my phone so sorry for the shifting eyes).
Last Wednesday, our Minds fan and local radio legend, Ronnie McGhie, had non other than Billy Sloan on his show for Pulse 98.4. It was two hours of pure live music-loving blethering as only two chatty Glaswegian men could. I dare say both men are “professional gasbags”. Lol. What was so evident is how much…
#SimpleMinds eBay hoard – part 2. A ton of 7" singles, CD singles and albums and some print as well (mags, tour progs, books).