May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I never shared this one properly before, so here it is fully scanned. God I love those Sheila Rock photos. Jim is utterly lickable! Him being photographed without a shirt on (not that you can tell it much from the way it’s printed in the magazine) is ALWAYS a bonus! ????? And so you can…
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In praise and gratitude for today’s birthday boy.
It was going to be a long day. I had set out from home at the ungodly time of 4.30am. Plenty of time to get myself to Luton station for the 5.08 train to St Pancras. That was the theory. The practice was different! I arrived at Luton station around 4.45am. I looked to the…
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On Saturday I had the absolute privilege to view the entire photographic archive of Virginia Turbett’s work with Simple Minds. It really was wonderful. I spent approximately three hours, on and off, perusing endless contact sheets of wonderful images of the band, and individual members. Many photos of Jim Kerr. A whole sheet of images…
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I don’t think I’ve ever shared this pic of Mick before…so here…
I’ve shared this one before in the past, but it can have a re-airing today due to the theme… Simple Minds – circa 1981 From left: Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and The Boy (Jim Kerr) in a tie 😉
Zoom Records promo photo of the bhoys. From left: Brian McGee, Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil, Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr. A wonderful display of aloofness and despondency on offer. I love this kind of display of nonchalance. Lol. God love them 😉 Bloody moody bhoys! Lol Charlie is trying hard to suppress a smile ?
(via priptona-weird) Glittering Prize – Mick MacNeil’s mask
Happy Birthday Michael (Mick) MacNeil – 57 today (July 20th)
Colour photoset of Simple Minds performing at Werchter Festival in 1983.