May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The “art” very much comes and goes in waves these days. I must be needing some visual therapy as I have found myself working on the visual side of things again these past few days. I don’t feel anywhere near as depressed and “affected” as I did this time last year leading up to my…
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Been whiling away my Sunday being arty farty… 3 x nine of beauty. I love you, Mr Kerr.
What to do when there’s a massive outage of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp? Make banner art, of course! And be overt with it…
A rare one of Jim and Charlie together. Was at a loose end last night. Decided to do something “arty”. This was the result…
The allure of repetition manifests itself most strongly within all of the Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call’s tracks in Sweat In Bullet. Three solid blocks of repetitive text from Jim Kerr, with a vocal performance to match. This is the most Burroughs-esque of all of Jim’s writing from the period. If you are not familiar…
The first thing I love about this song is…the two keyboard notes that intro it – sitting on top of another single note. Then the subtle building of the tempo with the kick drum beats. Then the snare comes in with the bass guitar quickly following. Then there’s Charlie Burchill…wailing guitar maestro. Then…the pièce de…
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It’s very curious to read that League Of Nations was worked on in the early recording sessions of the Sons/Sister albums because it really does sound so incomplete! And especially given that as soon as they go on tour for the album – the first leg of the tour within the UK – they are…
I had never heard this before until a friend shared it with me earlier in the week. What an epic thing it is. Enjoy!
As “the speed of light is moving on“ and we are now less than three weeks away from the anniversary of the release date of Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, I still have “something to prove and much to present” (to paraphrase the song being highlighted today). So, today I present a special midweek edition…