May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It’s all so…timely! The impending whirlwind whistle-stop to Newcastle is exactly two weeks away. I won’t make it out there. I never really believed I had much chance to begin with. But…I know all the stuff. I shouldn’t feel maudlin. It’s a one off! I’ve been to 19 Simple Minds gigs in the past two…
This is ssooo super cool. Having been posted on SMO FB by Jim, some fans pointed out that, indeed, EVERY DAY IS SIMPLE MINDS DAY! But…November 8th was also a Thursday…so it COULD have equally been declared “Miami Kerrsday Thursday”. Lol And I had been wondering had the theatre been named after THE Jackie Gleason…and,…
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Whilst flicking through the latest edition of Electronic Sound magazine, I was intrigued to see this short review of an anthology issue by a band called Berlin Blondes. It was the cover artwork that initially caught my eye. Then I see the word “Glasgow” and my interest gets FULLY piqued! It was a brief life…
Am I too defeatist? When does persistence turn into impertinence? I don’t want to seem rude or impertinent. And then because I’m looking for an answer, I get overly focused on it, I guess. And then, well, I appear ungrateful and wanting more than my share, etc. I dunno. I am ALWAYS, ALWAYS conscious of…
It does comtain some swearing, this short clip (YASSSS! *fist pump*), but it’s fab. Man…to be ssssoooo cock sure! Just…I don’t think I have EVER been THAT sure of ANYTHING EVER in my life! It can’t all just be down to bravado?! You’ve got to have the belief and the cojones to know you can…
And no! I am not referring to dancing and my desire for a “dad dance” with Jim. Lol. I am, of course, referring to the 1972 Genesis album. In the interview for the “Records In My Life” video, Jim mentions his second gig being that of Genesis during the Foxtrot tour. In discussing Jim’s interview…
It was bonfire night, 1980, and Jim recalls it like it’s 2016! (Coincidentally…my first ever visit to Glasgow was that night – Bonfire night, 2016…I had a bankside view of the Clyde from my hotel window and I could see fireworks going off all over from the view I had of the city there. It…
Lol. Yeah…I strive for that every day…don’t I, Jim? Lol. Perhaps I do myself a disservice there? Lol. No. I know I’m in dreamland… A great interview. And always good to have the visuals. A chance for some keen-eyed ogling ? Happy days! You really are a hard man to please when it comes to…
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Now…where was I? Yes! M3 (aka Minds Music Monday). I distinctly remember Waterfront being the first Simple Minds song I went “WOWZERS!” for when first hearing it on the radio in early 1984 (I know you Brits got it at the end of 1983…but we were a bit behind the time back then “Downunder”). That…
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A couple of weeks back, I was asked whether I’d like to work on a photo of Jim taken at one of the US shows by a lady that attended. She had seen some of my work on Instagram and really liked what she saw and asked if I’d like to try something with one…