May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Back in May I had a chat with Ronnie Gurr at Hanging Around Books about a photo of Jim that I would have liked to have gotten a copy of from the photographer who took it, but I looked into their prices (without enquiring with them directly) and saw they wanted over £1000 for a…
I love this story Ronnie Gurr shared of how Charlie ended up with the toy saxophone that Ronnie pictured him with and is printed in the first “Hanging Around” book.
A fun afternoon in sunny Glesga.
A new release by Hanging Around Books sees images taken in 1978 by Laurie Evans feature in the book. I feel ssooo bad as I made the horrendous assumption that Laurie is a man! My apologies, Laurie. I’ve been waiting a while on this one as I had contacted Laurie some time back from seeing…
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There’s a new Hanging Around book release featuring the photography of Virginia Turbett. The book in question features photos of The Ruts (aka Ruts DC – as they are known these days). The book called “South Of Babylon: The Ruts 1978-1979” is available to pre-order through the Hanging Around Books site and is released on…
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A new photozine booklet available to pre-order sees a collection of photos by Vrginia Turbett of XTC in New York new to the collection. Available from July 4th, but able to be pre-ordered as of now, this will sell FAST! Get in quick! A must for any XTC or VT fan! Details at – https://hangingaroundbooks.com/products/travels-in-nihilon-1980-xtc-in-new-york
Great to see Ronnie Gurr’s Hanging Around photo books getting a write up in the current issue of Mojo magazine. Great for Virginia too! Jonesy was “leery”? Surprised he wasn’t full-on lecherous! Lol. He seems to think he’s “had” every woman he’s ever come across (BAD WORDING!) when he talks these days. Lol Of course…
Until June 25th, Hanging Around Books is offering one signed copy of either Simple Minds – So Far, So Distant and So Long Ago; The Skids – Scared To Dance, or Stiff Little Fingers with each 4 book bundle purchased (just be sure to add the copy you want signed to the shopping cart and…
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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? :-)))