May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A very favourable review of the Rejuvenation box set inside the latest edition of Mojo magazine. Oh, and post New Gold Dream…Sparkle In The Rain (just as the first example) only went straight in at number one in the UK chart and spawned three hit singles…but “they seldom came anywhere near that masterpiece”. Okaaaaay… It’s…
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The list for Record Store Day 2019 (the day itself being Saturday, April 13th) was revealed early last night and Simple Minds are offering up a 10th anniversary limited edition (limited to 2000 copies only!) 2LP coloured vinyl of Graffiti Soul. There’s quite a list of stuff, of course, and if money was no object,…
Och, you know…I’m actually really wanting this now. It does look very pretty…you know…aesthetics and all that. I’m so shallow! But…there’s little point in me rushing to get it just now. It will just be more stuff to pack and shift to a new home…so I might as well put it off for now. I…
Man! Absolute PISH it isn’t starting from Our Secrets Are The Same. Virgin – you are asshats! Come on!! You could have made some deal with Chrysalis, Sanctuary and Caroline Int. So instead it starts with Neon Lights…meh…okay. I still remain to be won over by Cry. I dunno why…I looooove Spaceface. And I like…
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One final share of these fab Getty shots of Mr Beautiful.
“All this signing stuff is doing mae heed in!”
Been enjoying the fun of opening a sealed copy of Good News From The Next World on vinyl…and listning to it and a bloody great copy of Graffiti Soul on vinyl. And finally a copy of Kawala’s Humanistic on vinyl. Awesome!
OH MY GOOD LORD! On the rarity scale of Simple Minds memorabilia…fewer things could be more highly prized (a GLITTERING PRIZE indeed!) than the Glittering Prize compilation on laser disc. Just…wow! Was almost as much as a house mortgage…but hey ho! The Good News From The Next World vinyl is STILL shrink wrapped and unplayed! …
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“He used to piss on sharks” – as an article sub-header, that’s pure gold! Lol. Silly boy though…he could have had SUCH a mishap, really. “I wouldn’t recommend it”, he says. Really, Jim? Lucky you still have your “ding-a-ling”, I reckon! Maybe he used it as a truncheon before pissing on it? Knock the poor…
Lyric of the day Song: Light Travels Album: Graffiti Soul Year of release: 2009 Composers: S. Kelly/J. Coad/J. Kerr/C. Burchill