May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The initial travel plan for me was to get the CityLink 900 coach to and back from Edinburgh and then get the train to/back from North Berwick from/to Waverley. I booked the coach tickets via Megabus instead of booking via CityLink. I’d never had any problems booking with Megabus before but this time, although I…
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This post is going to be an amalgam of two gigs that I attended over the weekend(ish). The first gig I went to was to see Ist Ist at The Caves in Edinburgh last Thursday. It’s a venue I hadn’t been to before. Easy to get to from Waverley station. The Caves is located towards…
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I follow Paul Statham on social media as I like to keep up to date with his musical endeavours – particularly when it comes to the Dark Flowers project. Imagine my surprise to see him share these photos on his socials yesterday. He’d shared them with a blurb that stated he’d been in a recording…
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It’s a rarity for me to be going to a gig on a Sunday night, and much like buses – my Sunday night gigs have arrived in twos. Last night it was the much-anticipated Field Music at Oran Mor. I decided to head to the city to ride the subway in time before the last…
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Well, I did wonder if I might have jumped the gun with doing a blog post about my favourite gigs of 2024 before all my gigs of 2024 had been complete. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy! Events leading up to it hadn’t been so great. My gig buddy for the show, Sue, had been dreaming…
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The book is progressing… I thought about doing yet ANOTHER vlog post today because – I feel exhausted. The thought of writing felt draining but I knew I’d get lost through myriad tangents if I recorded a vlog post and veer off course too much. Also, I’d have to show my hideous and drained face…
Read full post “Days Gone And Days To Come (Plus Book Progress Update)” »
Today I tried to get straight back into the swing of things. Working on my uni assignment was hard. I didn’t get much done and the subject matter of my assignment is such that…well, death and/or dying seems to be my recurring theme for everything I’ve been writing for uni this academic year. All my…
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I have to say that I feel as if I am being lured back in by all the content being shared by the Antipodean fans. I haven’t watched much footage. I am still – for the most part – trying to keep myself away from it all. It’s not helping that Mister has been quite…
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…
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….
Read full post “A Kerrsday/Band Photo Special – Curtesy of John Gresham” »