May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I am a word lover – a lyrics lover. But I also love Simple Minds instrumentals…but I tend to love the dedicated instrumentals most…Kant Kino, Somebody Up There Likes You, Androgyny, Year Of The Dragon, Theme For Great Cities…Veldt! (although it does have some strange vocalisation on it…so I suppose Veldt is not STRICTLY an…
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Later today (local BST – British Summer Time), an auction of all the penguins that had been on display as part of Maggie’s Penguin Parade go under the hammer. The one that Fiona Sutherland co-created and Simple Minds sponsored (and have signed for the auction) being one of them. You can see the SM sponsored…
Yesterday, on my Facebook “memories”, it was revealed to me it was the anniversary of me taking possession of a set of vintage prints by Stefan de Batselier. And to my surprise and wonderment, I heard from Stefan, thanking me for giving him photographer’s credit on the photos. Well, that credit was long overdue. I…
A short half page spread in local Mexican newspaper Reforma on Thursday night’s gig at the Pepsi Center. I don’t have the best Spanish (well, any Spanish at all, actually) but, quickly casting an eye over it…seriously? We’re still bringing up Jim’s marriages? What exactly it has to do with the price of fish and…
I’m gonna hope this works. I will try and link…who knows how successful it will be? About an hour ago now, Jim was going interviewed on radio station Sirius XM. It went out live on FB…let’s hope the link works for playback…
Time and again fans ask “when’s your book coming out, Jim?” Now, for one…I would have thought if he was under a publisher’s contract for a book, it would be nigh on impossible for him to post some of the things he does on FB…contractual obligations, so on and so forth. I don’t know this…
Now, you guys know I have a couple of SM tattoos…but nothing on the scale of THIS! This leg of amazing tattoos belongs to Russ Field and what an amazing job his tattooist has done! Forty years of the Simple Minds journey in one big multi tattoo display. Wow! Thank you to Russ for allowing…
A great selection of photos from Liz Hobbs Group from the final Grandslam gig at Dundee last Sunday. This one is my fave of the crop. Click on the image to see the rest at the Liz Hobbs website.
Well, it would appear Sir’s boots are not the ONLY thing Simple Minds related up for auction! So is this penguin sculpture, co designed and created by Fiona Sutherland. Can’t imagine it is going to be cheap! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maggie's (@maggiescentres)
Another reply tweet from the Small Steps Project wishing me luck on my bid for Jim’s boots (even if I lose out on the boots, whatever I bid, I will still donate). They also sent me this link to a YouTube clip to show what the charity does. Wouldn’t it be great to help? There…