May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A great documentary about Long Island radio station WLIR that broadcasted from 1959 until it was forced to close from having its licence revoked in 1987. A champion of the second British invasion of the early 1980’s due to an overhaul and change in musical output. The station was very popular for those wanting exposure…
A beautiful treat for Christmas. Cherisse’s tour diary with Jim recorded in Sconny Botland. I get Christmas in Scotland after all 🙂 Thank you Simple Minds for being the most amazing band in the world. And to Jim for being…beautiful. And thank you to everyone who comes to visit this crazy fangirl’s blog. Here’s to…
Wow! What a story, Lesley O’Toole! Your first professionl journalist’s interview being granted by Jim…and from there?! I’ll let Lesley tell the story herself in these two wonderful posts shared on Instagram. Thank you for sharing the story, Lesley. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lesley O'Toole (@lesleyotooleinla) View this post on…
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BBC Radio 3 “Music Matters” programme talks to Ged Grimes about Dundee, its culture, city life and gaming industry, The Bard’s Tale and keeping alive the use of the Gaelic language for future generations.
I have an interview Ged had with BBC Radio 3 programme “Music Matters” to upload shortly. He discussed his Dundonian roots, the city and its culture, The Bard’s Tale and keeping the Gaelic language alive. At the end of the interview, his name was mentioned again (ie: as in “I have been just talking to…”)…
Oh, holy fucking shitflaps, he’s bringing up 2020 as the full itenirary tour year for Oz, again! I should have pulled out all the stops to go! I NEARLY did! I nearly booked a flight that would have had me out there by now. I was at the Etihad website, I was at the last…
This guy I find hilarious…if purely by accident on his part. But I adore him too – for his involvement in the Simple Minds story. It really was a stroke of genius to hire him to produce Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call. I mean, John Leckie had been great…and Real To Real Cacophony and Empires…
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It’s a happy birthday to the multi-talented supremo, Catherine Anne Davies (aka The Anchoress), today. Here are her thoughts on the recently released reissued box set of The Beatles’ 1968 eponymous work (aka The White Album), as discussed in the current edition of Long Live Vinyl magazine…
Lol. Yeah…I strive for that every day…don’t I, Jim? Lol. Perhaps I do myself a disservice there? Lol. No. I know I’m in dreamland… A great interview. And always good to have the visuals. A chance for some keen-eyed ogling ? Happy days! You really are a hard man to please when it comes to…
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It’s an odd piece, this one. Almost like how Jim described the opening line to Barrowland Star to me a couple of weeks back. It’s about everything and nothing…all at once. And this is the second time I’ve read about him being sick (not quite) on stage. But the first time coming directly from him….
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