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Tag: mick macneil

Oz Tunes

Oz Tunes

I keep getting caught by the nostalgia bug lately. At the moment I’m leaning into it. Last night it was quite the mixed bag of stuff. Firstly, I watched the latest episode of In Your Room – the monthly video chat that Th3 Minds have. This month I was very excited to see that they’d…

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Conveniently Airbrushed

Conveniently Airbrushed

Seeing this today got my hackles up. I mean, seriously?! This is getting petty beyond a joke. I mean, it has been bad enough of late that the rotation of band members has been so …. frequent … that it’s hard to keep a “current band line-up” image current. I can see why for these…

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Join Th3 Minds For The ‘In Your Room’ Podcast

Join Th3 Minds For The ‘In Your Room’ Podcast

This is a very interesting idea and quite the opportunity to sit along side the three former Simple Minds members and asks questions and generally get to ‘hang out’ (virtually) for an hour or so. It has the potential to be cringe in all honesty. Zoom isn’t the best place for flowing conversation, you know?…

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The Cat Has Been Set Loose – Look Out Pigeons!

The Cat Has Been Set Loose – Look Out Pigeons!

It’s sad it had to come to this. Bitterness from both sides – fans are ultimately the meat in the sandwich. I really do understand and empathise with (at least from the outside looking in as a fan) why Mick, Derek and Brian feel so embittered – particularly Mick and Derek because … let’s be…

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See, Hear and Sense

See, Hear and Sense

This is the kind of content that was needed for Everything Is Possible. Just so, maybe, it felt a little less Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill centric. I still naively want to believe that when they started out, they were a creative unit, rather than Batman and Robin and whoever else they thought fitted in…

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Minds Music Monday – Bootleg Beaut

Minds Music Monday – Bootleg Beaut

Forty two years ago yesterday, Simple Minds played a gig at the Musicians Club in Sydney to a lively and enthusiastic crowd. As one would imagine for a gig in the Australian summer, the venue was steamin’ like a sauna. The small auditorium filled with sweaty young things. Thanks to recent photographic sharing and memories…

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A Kerrsday/Band Photo Special – Curtesy of John Gresham

A Kerrsday/Band Photo Special – Curtesy of John Gresham

These photos are AMAZING! Taken of the band during their inaugural tour of Australia in 1981. I just wanted to share these seeing as it’s Kerrsday and the colour photos feature mainly Jim on his own. The final two are my favourites. The colour one has such an atmosphere to it. They’re just stunning photos….

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Minds Music Monday – Happy Anniversary Barrowland and Waterfront

Minds Music Monday – Happy Anniversary Barrowland and Waterfront

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the reopening of the Barrowland Ballroom as a world renown music venue, and all thanks to Simple Minds choosing to film their Waterfront video there. The day is one that has gone down in local fan history as not only did the band film the video but also rewarded…

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Happy Birthday Mick MacNeil!

Happy Birthday Mick MacNeil!

This will always be one of my most cherished memories – and quite possibly my favourite photo I have ever had with any member (past or present) of Simple Minds. Humility and grace – this man has it in spades! Happy Birthday, Mick – you wonderful man. ???

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Happy Birthday  – Mick MacNeil!

Happy Birthday – Mick MacNeil!

Michael MacNeil’s spider fingers on the keyboard hook of New Gold Dream. Thank you for the music, Mick, and your magic spider fingers!

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