May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
simpleminds.org – aka Dream Giver Redux – has been my ABSOLUTE Simple Minds bible for these past four years. Esp. in the early days of my fandom. Daily visits…devouring voraciously the wealth of information on the site. It was utterly invaluable and helped me learn so much about the history of the band and a…
Gwenda Fox has had me smiling all afternoon with this. This is what these things really SHOULD be called…esp. if you were doing them in Oz in the height of summer…let’s face it! Lol. It wouldn’t take much to get someone giddy… ??? (This was Gwenda’s comment to Jim’s post this morning about Ross Stapleton…
A great location for an outdoor venue…right in the heart of the city centre. It was one of the main reasons I chose to go to Leeds when tossing up which of these Grandslam gigs to go to back in the early spring. Leeds would be fairly cheap and hassle free for me to get…
I am ssooo tired from last night. A full review will be on the blog tomorrow, but for now, here are a few pics and a video of Someone Somewhere In Summertime. Enjoy!
I could start with the whole personal account with the logistics of getting to the gig, etc…but it is actually too horrendous to go over it all. Put it this way…all the trepidation I was feeling about going was being made manifest. So…let’s skip all that. I met up with Ally Scott and her husband…
Cherisse in Granada, guitar shopping with Charlie Burchill. Enjoy!
BBC Radio Scotland “Classic Albums” host Davie Scott talks us through New Gold Dream, with input from Jim Kerr, Bruce Findlay, and “rent-a-gob”, Paul Morley (among others). And…there’s not even a single mention of the bath…even though Jim’s lyrics are discussed quite heavily. (Yep…the old Prip is slowly returning…ever happy to ogle) And you KNOW…
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I love this band, still…but…yeah, sadly that’s too much for me, and far too short notice too. If you are planning to go to Maidstone, for example, you have THREE DAYS to come up with the money – unless sold out beforehand. If not obvious what I am on about – Simple Minds today announced…
But…the BIGGEST shock in all this? The Mister getting political! Holy fucknuts! Never thought I’d EVER see the like of THAT ever again! Him showing his political views. Seriously, Jim. GOOD FOR YOU! Now…THIS IS THE STUFF, eh? Be careful, though…I could almost kiss you again…start calling you Sir once more, and put my Priptona…
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Oh, how I still wish that Aix had been everything I wanted it to be! But…we must move on! You can view a great set of pro photos from the Musilac Festival in Aix-Les-Bains from photographer Kymmo. To view the full set CLICK HERE