May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Thirteen months ago, today… I was in Adelaide, staying with my friend Janis and her family. I couldn’t sleep. I had tattoos done that day and sleeping on my back and left side was causing a little discomfort. Jim had shared John Grant’s Pale Green Ghosts for his post about St Patrick’s Day. And so,…
One last mention of it. Little did I know when I invested in two copies there was a chance of being a lucky “one in ten” of getting a signed copy of the book. Did I perhaps make my chance one in five, having bought two copies? (I used to be fairly good at maths…it’s…
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At the moment my Simple Minds blog is under extreme risk of turning into a John Grant blog! As I said yesterday, I am just absolutely overdosing on this man’s music in the lead up to the gig at Union Chapel, London, on May 2nd. Today, two of his songs have been jostling in my…
I get the feeling I should have bought THREE copies of the book! As long as I framed this one, and that shot of Jim I shared on the original post about the book…that’ll do me! But I hope I can frame a couple more…with some ingenuity. Perhaps I may just approach Mr Gurr for…
Next up.. Our Secrets Are The Same. Although never officially released the album was included in the 2004 Silver Box release so let's vote! — Simple Minds Online (@SimpleMinds1977) April 14, 2017 The Simple Minds Twitter account @SimpleMinds1977 (an unofficial, fan run account – that is wonderfully maintained by Shaun Edwards) is currently running “knock…
Again, he later tempered his reply (having edited it several times again) to Conte about his grievance (that we kind of share, by the way). One part of it though…”Minds shows are about precision”. Really? Minds grew out of punk…post punk…PUB ROCK…the very thing that you say you are not (in terms of comparing it…
“I can remember – standing by the wall” – Heroes, David Bowie A fantastic photo booklet by journalist Ronnie Gurr – published independently by Hanging Around Books. On a limited run of 250. As soon as I was made aware of its existence (by Sir Kerr, no less! Having seen the pictures from the book…
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I like the merch you can get from the Simple Minds shop…but I want Jim on my shirts…so I make them up myself. I *had* to have one of “The Swivel Chair”! He’s too beautiful! And i just realised, his head will be right between my chesticles…oh, dear *grins devilishly* EAR MUFFS! Lol
I feel my ONE piece of fair and constructive criticism (if indeed a wish for the set list to have a few more songs and to wish for the stage time to be just a little longer than it is can actually be DEEMED a criticism?!) has been taken out of context, misconstrued, turned into…
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If the post from Jim is anything to go by, the first night was seemingly a success. He said of the night, “In fact it couldn’t have run smoother last night. Very nice venue, wonderful audience, the perfect acoustic set list…” That may be…but it seemed a bit short to many of us not there…
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