May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I know I’ve said previously that I will be busy this year but now the heat is really on! I have THREE assignments due in the space of eight weeks! The first is due next Thursday, the second exactly three weeks after that, and the final end-of-module assignment (known as a EMA) is due on…
I do love a good BBC Radio Drama and when I saw this I had to grab a copy of the recording. I recently thought about trying to get a copy of it to Monsieur Kerr for his audio delectation (I still haven’t got round to listening to it myself, so it might not be…
Today I tried to get straight back into the swing of things. Working on my uni assignment was hard. I didn’t get much done and the subject matter of my assignment is such that…well, death and/or dying seems to be my recurring theme for everything I’ve been writing for uni this academic year. All my…
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My apologies once again for a vlog review – for a writer, I like to do vlog posts! I’m just conscious to the fact I will be doing a heap of writing from tomorrow onwards (uni studies, and an assignment due next week, plus writing for the book will begin in earnest now, so yes…
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Such desperately sad news reached the Simple Minds fanbase today, Jaine Henderson has passed away. I spoke to Jaine twice when I conducted my first interview for the blog. When I approached her initially she had reservations and graciously declined my request. Just a few days later though, she got back in contact with me…
As the Glasgow shows inch ever closer, I don’t think I have been this excited for Simple Minds gigs since that warm, splendid weekend in the middle of August in 2022. Everything about that weekend was incredible. And it’s going to be hard to top it. But right now, by God are they giving it…
And who could have foreseen I would be THIS excited?! But…I am!
Let me try and explain the title of this blog post as clearly as I can. As a person who feels as if they are (in all likelihood) on the autism spectrum, I had a lightbulb moment last night. I watch a selection of YouTube videos by certain autistic content creators. I’m pretty sure that…
Really sorry this is a review as a vlog post but I wanted to get my review up and posted in good time. Right now I’m just too under the weather to write out a review. My apologies. I tried to be as succinct as possible. I had set myself 45 minutes to review it…
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I made sure that I was tuned in and ready for Billy’s show last night, anticipating the middle hour of the show which would be the airing of the documentary of Simple Minds tour of Australia last month. Just prior to that, I managed to rub Billy up the wrong way. He played a track…