May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I have been meaning to do this for some time, and now seemed the most appropriate time to do it, seeing as this month is a celebration of all things Burchill. They started out in chronological order but not the strictest order, and of course my order of songs varies from the chronology. It also…
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There’s a pun in there for you canny people to find with that blog post title! 😉 Anyway… I have never done a piece that wasn’t Simple Minds or David Bowie inspired before, but wanting to link to that Iva Davies interview on YT, I made a VERY quick piece for it this afternoon. Well,…
Working on something for Chuck’s Super September. At times it has been a very close call between this and Boys From Brazil to go at the top of my list. I love BFB SO BLOODY MUCH! But…this just always…just…pips it. I love it so, so much. There is SO much positivity to it. So much…
This Friday! September 16th, 2016, 7.30pm British Summer Time. The Top Of The Pops episode from April 15th, 1982 has its repeat, featuring none other than SIMPLE MINDS on their debut, performing (miming…damn you BBC!) Promised You A Miracle. Jim in the white suit and the black boots….IN HD!!!! Grrrrrr!!!!!! OH MY BLOODY GIDDY AUNT!!!…
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With words from This Earth That You Walk Upon. I really, really loved making this :-))
All this Charles Burchill appreciation will go to the Piraña’s head! Lol
I really wanted to make something hyper real and “poppy”. Colourful…neon…electric. A buzz to the synapses – kind of what Minds music gives to me! I’m loving working with these bright colours at the moment. Colours I couldn’t really achieve working by hand…not without layers and layers of work! Well, this took a few layers…
Was watching the Rockpalast gig from Cologne, 1982, earlier. Celebrate came on and I was already thinking “here we go!”…then the lovely thigh-rubbing action I had forgotten about happened. Grrr! Haven’t made a gif for a long while, but I had to make this clip of Jim in full sweaty, thigh-rubbing glory. Nom nom nom!!!
My last couple of interactions with Sir have been on the topic of walking (well, the first really wasn’t…but it led to that). Today’s interaction was lovely and had Jim discussing birdsong with me (one of my favourite subjects…well, birds are in general!). It’s a shame the article he linked to was from 2003…but there…
I know that as a Simple Minds fan, I put a lot of emphasis on this blog on Mr Kerr (a girl can’t help it!), but for September…I’ll be turning some of the spotlight on Mr Shiny Fangs himself! The irrepressible Charles Burchill, esq. So, through this month you will (hopefully!) see much more of…