May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
In the early 1980s (as in 1980, 1981 and early into 1982) Simple Minds were accused of being “too Euro-centric” and of not putting enough of their focus into closer to home – what was happening in the UK, or even just in Glasgow itself. Why should there be criticism of such a thing? Why…
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I had to turn it into something artistic…
When a song…and indeed a WHOLE ALBUM starts with the line “for just one moment in time I hear the holy backbeat” – then you know you’re in for something very special. The band were convinced of its merit as the opening track to the album, but Steve Hillage took a bit of convincing. He…
So, here’s the thing. I was working on social media and my work took me to Instagram. The name Tom Sheehan pops up. A photographer. I thought “His name seems familiar to me in terms of having worked with Simple Minds. I’ll go to the blog and search for him and see what crops up.”…
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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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It’s like my version of the Christine Keeler shot! Lol. I don’t think a swivel chair has looked more provocative! I HAD to put my own little artistic slant to it and make it the newest poster to adorn the wardrobe doors. It looks AMAZING! He looks amazing! Janette Beckman – thank you for such a…
I tried to get a hi res scan of the cover – struggled to do it cleanly as I only have an A4 scanner and the magazine is larger than A3. Will try to render a better copy, but for now, this is it!
He is divine! Beautiful! Sex on a swivel chair! All the superlatives in the world…