May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I posted it on the Simple Minds Facebook page with following words… I’m not always being a silly nincompoop! (Yes…no one believes it.) And not all of my artworks are Simple Minds related (I know! Who’d have thunk it? Granted…it is rare.) All that beautiful David Bowie stamp collection stuff, and sending out those postcards…
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I am SUCH a dirty, dirty bitch. Lol. The penultimate sentence in Jim’s reply stood out for me. And the smiley at the end (I think it should have been a wink, though!) I may be a dirty cow…but how else is one meant to take that sentence?! Lol. On a serious note, though…I myself…
Still no word from Simple Minds on what they’ll be offering up for Record Store Day 2017. It’s on what would have been my brother David’s 56th birthday this year. Of the two Bowie offerings, I’m more interested in the BOWPROMO set than the Cracked Actor set. I like the presentation more…and I’m thinking it…
Wow! I’ve only listened to some of it, so far – but they are tight and Boy be ON FIRE! Hell! Thirty Frames A second is lyrically jumbled up…but I will overlook it for the sheer VENOM he delivers it with…complete with a “fuck you, Jack!” Be still my beating ovaries! Lol. I can visualise…
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It’s the beginning. A rare use of keyboards for the period for SM, and percussive cross-stick snare beat. I find it a mysterious song. Is it already a “Criminal World” and we’re seeking escape? Or is the world “criminal” because we desire answers, light, love? And the trouble you seek from wanting these creates that…
Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
It’s up on Etsy. I know…but…I have to try, right? (Glutton for punishment) Click the image to be taken to the Etsy page…
Only one month to go before the Acoustic Tour kicks off in Europe, with the first cab off the rank being Essen in Germany. Lucky sods! Tickets are still available for selected gigs. Check out simpleminds.com for all tour details.
Jim, in Melbourne, October 1982 (somewhere very near my 12th birthday!) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wayne O'Farrell Photography (@touchedbyvoice) Photo: Wayne O’Farrell
A fabulous post by Conte Fly about SM’s first tour of Italy supporting Peter Gabriel. It links to Facebook. I can’t get the usual embed to work, so you’ll have to click the link below to view the post. I also noticed in the pictures posted that Derek is on Jim’s right instead of Charlie….