May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I went to bed after midnight on, what was then, Tuesday morning and needed to be up again some FOUR HOURS later to pack and get myself ready for a 6.50am flight out. I was out the door by 5.10am. Got the airport 10 mins later…had to wait another 10 mins for a shuttle bus…
Now…where do I start with this one? Getting there? Delays getting into Hull. Points signal failures in Hull meant trains arriving were backing up. It took a good extra hour before I arrived in Brid. I checked into the place I was staying at. I was meant to have a single room, but was given…
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He’ll KILL ME for the post title! Lol Caption: Jim says “Where’s ma hair gahn?” Charlie says “Aye, Jim. It’s flown away up there!”
One last mention of it. Little did I know when I invested in two copies there was a chance of being a lucky “one in ten” of getting a signed copy of the book. Did I perhaps make my chance one in five, having bought two copies? (I used to be fairly good at maths…it’s…
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It’s here! And it’s beautiful!! (He’s beautiful!) OMG! What a serious bit of fangirl treasure it is! If you haven’t got your copy yet, WHY NOT?!!! You WON’T be disappointed!! Check my post from a few days ago to see more details. Can you tell I’m happy? :-)))
“I can remember – standing by the wall” – Heroes, David Bowie A fantastic photo booklet by journalist Ronnie Gurr – published independently by Hanging Around Books. On a limited run of 250. As soon as I was made aware of its existence (by Sir Kerr, no less! Having seen the pictures from the book…
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Stunning photos now with full photography credit! Awesome! See? Now that wasn’t so hard, was it? (Aimed squarely at those who flout it and removed the credited watermark the photographer had on his photo. Tsk tsk!)
Super INSANELY ambitious – but I would LOVE to try and paint this. I love this picture. I don’t know exactly why. There’s just…an intimacy and I like the composition of it. I might regret it…but I will give it a go. Take my time. And if(!) it turns shit…I’ll paint over it. I mean…
…likes you very, very much 🙂 (I wonder where he got that picture?…)