May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
One part of the year is over, now the summer is dedicated to me working on getting Simple Minds: Song by Song completed. I did allow myself a couple of days downtime over the past several days. One day off involved heading to Milngavie for a classic car show that was happening in the town….
“This is a fast story”, author Graeme Thomson says at the beginning of the book and keeps reminding us a few more times further in. It’s a story of the formative years of two pals from Toryglen, their school chum down the road, the keyboard player from the Chinese restaurant and the bass player that…
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Last night Spotify revealed my yearly listening stats to me. There was no real surprise to find Simple Minds at the top of the tree yet again! And that Boys From Brazil was my top track for seventh year running. All the SM tracks in my Top 5 played tracks of 2021 all came from…
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There is a path that leads me here to this post. A path that was an unexpected but wonderful stroll. The stroll continues, still. I’m not sure how much of this I can explain. Best to keep it a bit cryptic and vague. We love ambiguity – ain’t that right, Jim? Suffice it to say…
The post I did about “The Walking Experiment”. The one that FINALLY led me to finding the quote about the line from In Trance As Mission? The Alice In Wonderland “rabbit hole” of a post that took me what felt like FOREVER to sort out? Well it led me down yet another rabbit hole today….
Released in May, 1981 – while the band are still busily recording the Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call albums, the first of the singles of the album is rushed out. But as “rush jobs” go, it has been a mainstay in the Simple Minds live set…well, since even BEFORE it was recorded in the studio…
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Ever wondered about those two blurred beauties photographed in action on the covers of Love Song and Sons And Fascination (and no, I don’t mean Jim and Charlie. Lol)? Well, I can tell you they are two 1960s American classic cars. One is a red 1969 Plymouth Sport Fury and the other is a black…
Numbered and sign by both Malcolm Garrett and Roger Cleghorn. Limited to a run of just 53 copies. You better be quick if you want a copy! Thanks for the heads up, MG! Really looking forward to this! Awesome! Check the link to Bandcamp for more info – HERE Also, here’s a review of the…
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“It isn’t creating art. It’s a job in the service of information.” A great interview with Malcolm Garrett in the latest edition of Electronic Sound magazine. (And who knew he’d produced music?! I didn’t! You learn something new every day, folks!) Click the “Assorted iMaGes” (you see what I did there? Lol) for a better…
Regular visitors to the blog will be able tell how much graphics and the visual arts feature here and in my life in general. I’m a bit of an amateur artist and love creating my own visual interpretations and I also like to draw and paint (even if I am not very good at it)….