May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I do love a good BBC Radio Drama and when I saw this I had to grab a copy of the recording. I recently thought about trying to get a copy of it to Monsieur Kerr for his audio delectation (I still haven’t got round to listening to it myself, so it might not be…
AT LAST! My assignment is in! Two assignments to go for this module. One is a reflective assignment based on our own self-assessment. The final assignment may just see me tackling philosophy yet again…I KNOW! Who’d have thought I’d be ‘doing’ philosophy (as they say) and enjoying it in this module?! I’m going to allow…
I’ve come up with an idea. For wanting to be able to interview Jim and knowing that as much as I would like for it to happen this blog is NEVER going to be seen as ‘professional’ enough to get the chance to interview him, then…let’s examine, dissect and discuss things he has said in…
In reply to James Clear (and James Kerr, for the matter. Lol). Jim’s post today. I do miss those kinds of posts! These would be the kinds of posts we’d get from him fairly regularly “back in the day”. Posts with a philosophical slant. “All good things come to an end.” “Nothing lasts forever.” “You…
It’s because Charlie knows you’re always learning. We’re all always learning. The person who doesn’t believe you are not always learning is the biggest fool of them all. Surely Charlie’s, or even the rest of the band’s “added recognition” not being sought out is automatically gained by the crowd reception at gigs. It is why…
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I couldn’t help but think of Jim and that shark in Sydney when I saw this…
The opening line to this was read out in a question on a TV quiz…and…it just struck me as sounding like the chorus to The Signal And The Noise. I had never heard of it before! It’s amazing how these things fall into place. It’s a wonderful piece of prose, and something we could all…
The art I make doesn’t ALWAYS have to be about Simple Minds, Jim Kerr, David Bowie, or birds (but they are the things that make my life good). It can just be a thought…a philosophy…a mantra…a belief. A need for self-belief and positivity. And it then turns full circle – because I do believe this…