May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Oh, well, got to have a play with words…and, well, her name’s Cat….and the station is based in Ballarat…therefore! I haven’t done a f*** count – but there’s a few flying about. Strangely enough, NOT from Cat…she’s letting the side down! Lol Anyway…the interview is fab. Enjoy!
Jim Kerr is a man who has stood the test of time in the music industry. As the frontman of Simple Minds they’ve just released a new single and album. He was happy to join Nick to talk about his career and what inspires him now. — Read on omny.fm/shows/the-daily-drive/jim-kerr-and-simple-minds/
A great interview with Ken Scott, talking quite broadly about his time producing Bowie albums Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane and Pin-Ups. Also a reissue review of the Low/Heroes/Lodger/Stage/Scary Monsters 180gm vinyl albums (for those of us who still haven’t bothered/won £500 on a scratch card to “invest” in ANCIANT box set). Can’t say I…
The original feature can be viewed here, but with the magic of Google Translate, here’s the English transcript…complete with the questions asked and answered by Jim. Enjoy! Simple Minds is not only current with its eighteenth full-length Walk Between Worlds. They also celebrate the impressive forty years in the industry. Zero had a long and…
This is now TWO journos who got to hang out with them around Glasgow, that I know of. Oh, dream, dream, dream. My three minutes at the WBW album signing was…a “blink and miss it” haze…even WITH the sherbet straws footage. Lol. (Cringe-tastic!) Anyway…the new A3 scanner means I can scan double pages! Hell yes!…
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Not just me then? Still, it was 36 years ago. It seems a very highly personal thing he shared for the time…well, at ANY time.
FINALLY got an A3 scanner so now I could share the article in all its glory! I hope I scanned it in an optimal reading condition. Please let me know otherwise.
A wonderful interview that Jim has with Rudy Blair by phone to Toronto.
Jim…you are a consummate professional. I think I would have clammed up with this dude. I mean…you can really tell when a NON FAN is conducting an interview. Geez. How ironic is the discussion of Walk Between Worlds….”yes, cool”. I’ve only listened to half of it so far…I’ll get to the rest of it later…god…