Mick And Charlie On Kiwi TV, 1986
Rare to see an interview conducted without Jim. I’d never seen this footage before. Enjoy!
Tag: simple minds
Why I Love…Lightning
That start. The bass and clang…something gritty and industrial about it. Almost like it’s going to turn into a Einstürzende Neubauten track! Then a wonderfully buzzing style of synth that comes in. The pace of it is awesome. I absolutely adore these lyrics! On the Dream Giver web site (simpleminds.org), Jim talks about the song…
Cherisse Osei – Nominated For Best Live Session Drums
musicradar in association with Rhythm magazine have put out their nominations for the Drum awards 2017, and Cherisse is up for the nod for best live session drummer. There has been an incredible wealth of drumming talent I’ve seen this year, from Paul Draper’s drummer Jon Barnett, The Stranglers’ stand-in for Jet Black – Jim…
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Minds Music Monday – King Is White – Get Set For Summer, 1982
Jim has decided to slick his hair back in this, making for an interesting barnet. It’s a curious choice to play live, esp. on tellybox. One can only assume they did PYAM on the show too? Pretty sure this is the very same show in which Jim pretends to whack Peter “f**king” Powell on the…
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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – The Lyceum, London, Oct 26th, 1980
A Sunday evening gig. OH MY FLIPPING GOD – THEY WALK ON TO KANT KINO!!! Could have better sound quality…a better quality recording exists, by all accounts. This version is obviously a tape of a tape of a tape and running a little fast…Jim’s voice is almost chipmunk-esque at times, though he usually has a…
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When The Shit Hits…
…the fan…or should that be the FANS? And then to FINALLY talk about it openly and STILL be accused of being cryptic? Poor, Jim. The undercurrent for anyone with an INKLING of savvy has been that for weeks….months now that it’s “all change” on the SM front. I don’t want to go over it all…
Postal Paintings…
These two will be going off to their respective new homes in the next couple of days. Not sure I’ll ever get any idea of photo print prices from Virginia Turbett now…having rather crazily offered the painting up to her. I do like to make myself appear a loon of the highest order! But…it was…
It Still Just…Means So Much…
And it always will. When this notification came in last night, I was looking at a post of his from July, 2016 about Somebody Up There Likes You and his friend George Golfi listening to it on his Walkman and saying they’d be nuts not to include it on the album. I was reading through…
Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – Mars Bar, July 30th, 1978 – Part 1
This Mars Bar gig is broken up in parts on YouTube, so for this weekend, I will post songs from the gig in stages. We start with a very rare one indeed. Never made it to a studio recording and this is the only version of it (I know of anyway) out there. Caught In…
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