May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
For a change, the weather did exactly as it was meant to do in Glasgow yesterday. There was quite the mix of sunshine and … not exactly showers but torrential downpours. They were due to settle and clear off by late afternoon. I made it into the city while staying dry and managed to remain…
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He’s 75 years old and you’d never know it to listen to this new album. This week has seen a new album release from one James Newell Osterberg Jr (aka Iggy Pop). I had a listen to it on Friday night – admitting that I hardly pay any attention to new material from the Iggster…
I think this documentary ended up posing more questions than it answered. Firstly, it doesn’t sugarcoat the notion of Lou Reed being….well…actually perhaps they DO sugarcoat it. Because what became obvious was that to label Reed “troubled” is somewhat of an understatement. I actually started to wonder how anyone managed to work with him. Certainly…
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Off topic for a reputed Simple Minds blog but… I think this band is just about my favourite of the young Glasgow bands about at the moment and ONE DAY I’ll brave going to see them live. Over the past couple of years they’ve released several singles. Billy Sloan has been a champion of them…
Wigan Council via their social media platforms shared an image of a familiar face earlier today. Pictured is Malcolm Garrett, outside of Pete Shelley’s former home in Leigh. Wigan Council had Malcolm unveil a blue plaque at the home. Something I am sure he was very honoured to do. Today is the second anniversary of…
Over the past week, I feel the word “punk” has been sullied by a couple of people. One retrospectively. Let me explain: In a previous post here on the blog, I talked about a letter that John Foxx had shared on his FB page. The letter was from David Bowie to Tony Visconti of a…
Someone I follow on Facebook shared a post by John Foxx’s page (actually officially labelled as “John Foxx and The Maths”) in which he posted this image of a letter from David Bowie to Tony Visconti. Foxx added – “Interesting to read this note from David Bowie to Tony Visconti from the 1970s – sending…
All the time. Being able to ask Jim a random question. It might not always have been answered, but sometimes it would be. Now I don’t feel as though I can ask…or it would be a waste of energy even asking as he’d either not see it or really wouldn’t be bothered to reply. Over…
I need to explain this post header. Lol “The Man in the Sky”, Mick MacNeil, was being interviewed….well, more joined in in a live stream chat (with a loose interview in there) for this YouTube channel called the Pro Synth Network. Basically a weekly synth geek’s get together to discuss all things Synth and keyboard…
And, well…just in case Sir disnae see it on the SM visitor wall (as it now behaves rather oddly these days and can’t be viewed via the FB app – at least I can’t view it – maybe I have been blocked from it? Dunno!) Anyways, I did post this to the SM FB wall…