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Backhandedly complimentary? Well, for a 6/10 it’s more kindly written than the Mojo review, I feel. It reads not too dissimilar to Electronic Sound’s review, yet ES does not give album ratings – which is very canny of them! Anyway…I think overall it is good, despite the rating saying otherwise.
The best review yet. This is how you do it! This fantastic example right here! Well done Anthony Thornton for the most positive review of the album I have seen in amongst the ones I’ve read til now. No factual inaccuracies. No cattiness. Just straight out positivity and constructive critique. If I were Jim and…
Wholly frigging shit! I’d never be lucky enough, savvy enough, etc, etc, for an opportunity like this to come my way, eh? Goddamn! Oh, well. Maybe I’ll spot them at the Roxy gig on Monday night? Lol. Yeah, I wish! (And I doubt it!) You can read all about their secret filming at Paisley Abbey…
THAT’S the title that Record Collector could (or SHOULD) have gone with for their piece on SM in their latest edition. There’s a great interview with Jim in there and … OH MY DAYS! HAPPY KERRSDAY! A Sheila Rock gem inside too (see pic)! A rare one for Sheila to get Jim covered up. Lol….
THIS HAPPENED! I tuned into Ronnie McGhie’s radio show on Pulse 98.4 (Barrhead) and …. I needed something else to do, so…lo and behold. I opened up my art apps, chose a screenshot of Jim I had taken from the Rockpalast Cologne gig and… voila! The words? Well, he sung the song title as he…
Next Monday evening I am off to the Hydro to see Roxy Music’s 50th Anniversary show. I have been looking forward to this for MONTHS! So…in celebration of this, here’s SM’s only cover of a Roxy song. Goddamn I wish they’d picked something else! But, I guess Jim loves it. It is probably my least…
Jim talking to Steve and Tim Smith about 45 years in the biz, First You Jump, being a “brilliant Simple Minds singer” (Sarah should beg to differ! Lol. I’m being a wee cheeky cow!), forging the sound, early gigs, the gift that the punk movement gave them, air miles, Reggie Mael, and Inspector Montalbano all…
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I might actually write again one day…
I made a vlog which you can view by clicking the post. In it I discuss Mark Kerr’s new musical offering – hence the ‘old skool’ photo of a young Mark with his big bro. Photo credit: Virginia Turbett
There is an interview with Jim primed and ready for release tonight at 7pm BST. Here is the link. I’ll have to catch it later myself as I will be in a chat with my friend in San Francisco when this becomes available for viewing on YT. Ah…when will it be my turn?! (“Never”, he…