May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Three days until the New Gold Dream box set hits, so here’s another awesome live performance of a track from the album in anticipation. Jim is in full “Anthony Perkins” mode here. Love the lighting on this and how it makes him look like some pale, majestic, new wave prince. Just…beautiful! The whole shebang!
Update: Today, Billy was sent out as a gift to Jim. As lovely as it has been sending him prints, it is wonderful to be able to send him something tangible and drawn with my own hand. I wanted him to have Billy, because without his encouragement, I would never have felt…confident or able to…
A fan on one of the Simple Minds fan groups on Facebook decided to put their head above the parapet and share their opinion on the Street Fighting Years tour, due to many fans having fond memories of the Roundhay gig in 1989. I was not one of those fans. As you may already know…
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The Full “Face” article, plus a review of Sons & Sister in the back pages of the mag. Aawww! Please don’t turn your back on me, sir! :-(( Ooh, Sir be wearing a tie! Good bhoy! 🙂 What’s good for the geese…
I love his reply to me so, so much…still. I don’t know WHY I have never made it an art piece before…but I did today! (At long last!) I was telling him that I had a favourite fragment of the song…right towards the end…this kind of screeching noise (I now know to be Charlie’s guitar,…
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Bought myself a load of arty stuff (what is now) yesterday. Lots of different media and things. Pencils, charcoals, pastels. So eager to get going (but fairly latish at night – prime time for artisty, it has to be said!), I drew my first “hands on” drawing in a loooong time! Now, ask me to…
And what he said of my art piece back when I did it. He probably RUES ever acknowledging any of my stuff now. Sorry, sir. All of it was only ever born out of love. The love of the music. The words. The band.
I won’t give up! I might be a little less “in your face” – but I am not going to give up entirely until he responds. Please… Mr James Kerr, esq., Lead singer and head lyricist for the best band in the entire universe (because, frankly, you are at the healm!)… If you are reading…
Urgh! Desperate Times and all that…