May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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Happy New Year to all who read this crazy blog. Thank you! Because…it’s celebratory…Jim is absolutely sexy AF and I love him! ??
My biggest musical love left us in 2016, just 2 days after his 69th birthday. He made everything look effortless and impossibly easy. Some described him as the ultimate magpie…stealing all the best ideas from others, yet somehow managed to pass it off as unique and original. A gift in itself, really. But I was…
If this year is determined to end in the most shitty way possible, then I am going to do my best to counter it. Yes…it’s a personal blog, above all else. It exists ultimately for my own benefit…hence the title “PRIPTONA’S Simple Minds Space”. I.E – my space, to do with as I like. I like to…
As you may know (you may not…but you soon will!), I rarely dream of Sir. The current statistic would be about 4 times a year. Lol. (Two dreams in one night! – The link might show at the bottom of the page if the metadata matches them up.) I have also, for the past 3…
I BOOKED MY FLIGHT YESTERDAY!!! And I tossed up whether to go from Tuesday to Thursday, or Wednesday to Friday. AND…I decided on Tues-Thurs, didn’t I??!!! Grrr! Just… I can’t complain! I’M GOING TO SIX GIGS FFS!
A selection of miscellaneous pictures of Sir, as follows…
In case it’s needed (duh!), translation as follows: “Hi, I’m Jim – and I’m Charlie – and we’re really looking foward to playing later on this year in the Proms and that.” (I had to play it several times over to get the wording right. Not because I couldn’t understand him, just…he speaks so fast!!!)…
AWell, for starters, I was happy to be home away from the scorching weather! What happened in the final couple of months when I was in Oz, made me realise why I hadn’t been there in the summer for 17 years! My trips home had always been in the autumn/winter. I had been back a…
Last night I went to see The Anchoress in London at a venue called Kings Place. And what a lovely place it is too! A big “all-in-one” venue. A lovely open space with a gallery, a cafe, posh restaurant and two concert halls! There was an exhibition by an artist called Shanti Panchal. He paints…