May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I had been thinking of it overnight while during the waking points of my endlessly fitful sleeps I have now (must be the menopause?). What I was thinking is ‘He’s due one of those waxing lyrical posts about his beloved Italia about now – it’s been a week since they’ve been there.’ And right on…
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Well, where does one start? Firstly, I have to say I felt sorry for the Kiwis and the Aussies as it did seem as though they got short changed on the tour, with primarily outdoor gigs for the Kiwis, which limited the size of the setlist. For the Aussies, considering there were several indoor gigs…
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Derek Forbes is out on the road in November, touring around, signing copies of his fabulous memoir – A Very Simple Mind On Tour, as well performing a live set with his backing band The Dark at various venues throughout the northern parts of the country. The dates and ticket information are as follows: Direct…
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Today I tried to get straight back into the swing of things. Working on my uni assignment was hard. I didn’t get much done and the subject matter of my assignment is such that…well, death and/or dying seems to be my recurring theme for everything I’ve been writing for uni this academic year. All my…
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My apologies once again for a vlog review – for a writer, I like to do vlog posts! I’m just conscious to the fact I will be doing a heap of writing from tomorrow onwards (uni studies, and an assignment due next week, plus writing for the book will begin in earnest now, so yes…
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Such desperately sad news reached the Simple Minds fanbase today, Jaine Henderson has passed away. I spoke to Jaine twice when I conducted my first interview for the blog. When I approached her initially she had reservations and graciously declined my request. Just a few days later though, she got back in contact with me…
As the Glasgow shows inch ever closer, I don’t think I have been this excited for Simple Minds gigs since that warm, splendid weekend in the middle of August in 2022. Everything about that weekend was incredible. And it’s going to be hard to top it. But right now, by God are they giving it…
And who could have foreseen I would be THIS excited?! But…I am!
I am being a lazy, drained procrastinator today and posting a vlog post. Of course, it has run over an hour (just a wee bit over) so…if you have a free 65 minutes, you can see what I’m waffling on about (mainly jury service, my reason for not writing the post instead of vlogging it…
I don’t even know where to start with this one, I honestly don’t. It might be a little short and sweet because otherwise I’ll be typing out a 3,000 word post if I try and put it all in! So much happened last night. All the periphery stuff pre and post gig. Let’s just make…