May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Exciting news! There will be a new “Priptona Talks” interview on the blog soon. I am excited by this one! As I have been with all my previous interviews. More details on that to come, so keep an eye out. Last week there was a rather unexpected parcel that arrived on my doorstep. The sender…
There was new music news yesterday. Sarah Brown shared details of her debut solo album. The album is a tribute to the music of the wonderful and inspirational Mahalia Jackson. The first single off Sarah’s album, I’m On My Way, will be released on the same day as Themes For Great Cities, January 27th. The…
Great news from Sarah Brown’s social media pages yesterday. Some more good news would be most welcome. There is such conflicting stuff I’m seeing at the moment when it comes to live music. Who knows where we’ll be by the summer? I’m not feeling very hopeful. The 1975 have cancelled all their 2021 dates, meanwhile…
Catherine will be on BBC Radio 6 Music making an announcement on Steve Lamacq’s show at 4pm GMT tomorrow! And…I just realised I might miss it! I’ll be leaving the house some 10 mins later to get to the city. Oh, bum! I’ll have to catch up! And I’ll share all the details here, of…
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Someone dropped THIS bombshell this morning as I was preparing my punk themed post… You guys know where to get all the info from. You don’t need me to update you. This blog would be surplus to requirements if its purpose was to report Simple Minds news! Lol. The band have that one covered on…
Now that we’ve gotten that crap “sycophancy Nancy” stuff out the way – drooling over 1982 Kerr aesthetic yet again! On with some proper business and serious music news. Bernard Butler and Catherine Anne Davies have collaborated on an album together called “In Memory Of My Feelings”. It had been in the bag for some…
I couldn’t post this one on YouTube, so here it is. That’s all of them now. Happy Weekend!
I absolutely LOVED Graham Kennedy. Known as “The King” in Australia, he wasn’t without his controversy. He particularly enjoyed performing impressions of Australian crows (which are actually ravens – just putting that ornithological fact out there for you) – which can sound like they are swearing rather painfully if you’ve ever heard them? Anyway….I have…
This new “The Bowie Years” box set of Iggy Pop is looking really good. Considering how much I love Iggy, I have diddly squat of his music as a solid format right now. I think I’ll change that soon…
From inside the latest Mojo magazine – a big old Talking Heads write-up with extracts from Chris Frantz’s new memoir.