May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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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That make me love living in Glasgow. This came my way through doing some research and short story reading for uni. I wanted to read about Glasgow and so after a search within the Granta archive of ‘Glasgow’, the first story that struck me was this one – from the author of Mayflies, Andrew O’Hagan….
Read full post “It’s People Like Famie… (This one’s for Jim)” »
This is a LONG review – not just of Catherine’s gig but of the following 24 hours we had in London. Music, art and food! Strap yourselves in!
simplemindsworld: Jim Kerr photo edit Credit goes to Priptona-Weird for wonderful Jim Kerr photos ?? Wonderful! 🙂 ?? ?
Close up scans of the photos inside issue 25 of Simple Minds News – not the best quality photos, but hey *shrugs*
lesbeehive: Les Beehive – Lou Reed & David Bowie I grew up listening to David Bowie’s 80s pop hits, and remained a fan during his macabre 90s phase, but it wasn’t until around 2001 that I discovered how transcendent he was in the 70s. Now it’s early David that I best relate, and when I…
There is nothing like “The Dame” 🙂
Rescans of pictures from Simple Minds News Issue 23, 1988. Photo of Jim rotated sideways and rescanned for a close-up higher res, and higher res photo of Charlie.
soundsof71: On January 27, 1971, David Bowie arrived in America for the first time…wearing this dress. He was detained by security for over an hour. These photos were taken in LA in February. (My edits. Sorry I don’t have credits for the photos or scans. Lemme know and I’ll add ‘em.)
