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Minds Music Monday – Twist/Run/Repulsion – Isolated Elements
Back nearly FOUR YEARS ago now, when I took those tentative steps into exploring the Simple Minds back catalogue and having quickly listened to Life In A Day and Real To Real Cacophony to move onto Empires And Dance and fall instantly in love…it was Twist/Run/Repulsion that was the first track I heard that absolutely…
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Magazine Clippings – 1980, 1981 – Gig Reviews, Band News and Tour And New Music Info
The first snippet is dated Dec 6th, 1980. More tour dates for SM…it’s starting to wear Brian McGee out already… Next – a review of their gig at Tiffany’s on March 1st, 1981 (printed in March 14th edition of NME). Brian’s final gig with them in Glasgow. Why they get labeled as being “pretentious” with…
Gig Review – NME, October 14th, 1978 – The Future Is kerr And Burchill
Wow…Ian Cranna hit the nail on the head, or what?! Will you look at that! And, some near 40 years on…they are the mainstays. It is an amazing review, really. Very constructive. Not sycophantic. He did highlight shortcomings…but, wow! Oh, to have been there at that time. Just so absolutely fucking exciting. I wish, I…
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Cherisse Osei’s Tour Diary – Split, Croatia
The latest episode of Cherisse’s tour diary has just landed.
OMFG! FOLLIES COLOUR FOOTAGE OF FACTORY!
IMMA GONNA DIE! OH…just look at them! Look at HIM! All babyish, and off his tits and brilliant, radge and beautiful! :-))) Please excuse me for…several hours… I may be some time…
Simple Minds – PGA Championship – Wentworth, Surrey – May 27th, 2018
A bad prep for me, personally…a terrible night’s sleep, scared to death through very thundery storms. Adding impending doom to the forecast of weather conditions for the day. Stormy weather potentially ALL DAY! The sun was out at daybreak, and all had settled. Was it the “calm before the storm”? Only time would tell. The…
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Cherisse Osei’s Tour Diary – Jim And Charlie At Wentworth
Oh…there were some “VERY LOYAL fans at the front”…were there now? Wonder who they were, then? ???? Fuckers! Always hogging the front! Lol I wonder who caught THIS, then? Some…fucker. Lol (Thank you, Charlie!) Cherisse…YOU are NOT a lazy sod! I’M a lazy sod! I’m a complete feckless fucker. Don’t listen to him. Enjoy yourself!…
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Countdown To Lisbon Pics
Just some screenshots of SM’s Don’t You performance in Hamburg…
Weekend WhirliGIG SUPER SPECIAL! Glastonbury, 1995!
Woah! Holy faaark! Talk about a weekend whirliGIG wish! Freshly uploaded onto YouTube is Minds’ FULL Glastonbury set from 1995. I have NEVER seen (or heard, for that matter) the FULL SET. This is AWESOME! Thank you “ScottishTeeVee” for the upload. Wow! PLEASE STAY ON YOUTUBE! Don’t disappear!