May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
News of the release date of the Jim Kerr/Charlie Burchill memoir (which can fall under the genre of “creative non-fiction”) is Thursday 2 October 2025. At least that is the date given on Amazon for its release. More details can be seen HERE on the tax-evading Bezos-founded book shop. It is an interesting title; named…
Read full post “Release Date for Kerr/Burchill Memoir Our Secrets Are The Same” »
It seems a bit surplus to need of highlighting this, as the tickets for it have already gone – FLOWN OUT ON THE WINDOW in mere hours (perhaps only minutes? Bloody quick sticks anyway!) – but I will talk of it anyway. On release day, Catherine will conduct a Q&A for Rough Trade, hosted by…
Read full post “Maxed Out In Minutes – The Anchoress Q&A For Rough Trade” »
It’s been the inspiration for a few art pieces, and the video is a fave. Jim is sssoooo frigging skinny in this video. He’s got his gammy eye and he is that heady mix of fledgling Laird Dash Fandango in his collared shirt and tailored trousers but with that bit of “gangster rough” with it….
48 years ago today, this guy crash landed into our lives. Happy Anniversary, Ziggy!
It remains one of my most played Bowie albums. He worked so much on “the concept” for albums – but this one really did go all out. I mean, it was meant to have a full-on theatrical stage production after all! The touring of that was short lived. I think the increasingly cocaine addicted Bowie…
Read full post “A Cock Ain’t A Cock On A Twelve Inch Screen – Happy Anniversary Diamond Dogs” »
Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Space Oddity. I’m trying to have some recollection of when I first heard it. Obviously not when it was released, is it came out some 15 months before I was born. I don’t have any clear recollection when I did finally hear it but I know…
Read full post “Can You Hear Me, Major Tom? Fifty Years On.” »
Yesterday I was out-anoraked. Jim had posted about it being the anniversary of Life In A Day and smuggins here felt a little bit pleased with herself that he was acknowledging the correct date of release. Well, so I had deluded myself. (And obviously he had thought so too…) The holy bible that is Dream…
Read full post “We Jumped The Gun – Again – Still Not LIAD Anniversary, YET!” »
But a mere three weeks away…
As the first week of October has just left us…it is now increasingly unlikely that there is going to be a November release of the new Simple Minds album. Considering how long in the making it has been…and how long Caroline International have had it in their hands, I’m actually shocked! It seemed the most…
I’m trying to keep the site fresh and appealing (even though it *is* a personal blog, and Kerr rich/heavy). I’m pretty broke at the mo. Spending is at a minimum. I can’t spend out to source rare material from magazines, etc. The art keeps going…but, well, there’s only so much SM themed art I can…