May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I’m not sure I can put it all into words. I’ve had about 4 hours sleep and feel absolutely ratted! It was a whirlwind visit. Glasgow was wonderfully sunny for both days…but freezing. Had an amazing hot chocolate with the HUGEST marshmallow on top and the most BLISSFUL banoffee doughnut from Tantrum…OMG! A lovely visit…
OMG! Cannot wait until Friday! I’ll be bricking it…but…I can’t wait to see them (HIM) again 🙂
Awww! I love this man. THREE DAYS TO GO!
On Saturday I had the absolute privilege to view the entire photographic archive of Virginia Turbett’s work with Simple Minds. It really was wonderful. I spent approximately three hours, on and off, perusing endless contact sheets of wonderful images of the band, and individual members. Many photos of Jim Kerr. A whole sheet of images…
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You can hear them on the last hour of the show, as well as the first play of Sense Of Discovery. Click on the image below to hear the show on iPlayer.
I love it! Steve Lamacq called me Prip! Cos we is like besties and stuff, yeah. Lol I’m being silly…but it was actually really cool. Normally I’d beat myself up for a typo like that…but it kinda worked…made it Scottish. Lol https://twitter.com/priptonaweird/status/956212464127012865 And you can hear the snippet at the end below. I’ll link to…
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From the time they were announced…the date of the first set of gigs have filled me with a bubbling undercurrent of trepidation….
And as I was retiring for bed last night (well, technically early this morning – as it was posted at midnight on the dot!) a post landed on the Simple Minds FB page… Of course there is no recording that exists of that first gig, that I am aware of anyway, but here’s a version…
A very special event at the HMV store in Argyle Street, Glasgow on February 2nd. Jim and Charlie will be signing copies of Walk Between Worlds. For those with an HMV Pure card, you had priority access to tickets. GUESS WHO GOT THEMSELVES AN HMV PURE CARD JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR?! *points thumbs…
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F*** you, Tyrone Flex (and the horse you rode in on)! Empires And Dance is a f***ing MASTERPIECE! You know jack shit. Don’t you be f***ing dissing Constantinople Line and Thirty Frames, you asshat! “Lack of anything else to say”? He was being deliberately sparing and atmospheric, you F**K! Actually faaaaaar too intellectual for the…
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