May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
CUTLER’S CULT On Saturday afternoon I went to Edinburgh, suffering the Fringe hoards to see a new kind of show being performed by Hamish Hawk. A true performance piece titled Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 0. I’m still struggling to pin down a succinct definition of what it was other than just the…
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I’ve been staying off Facebook more and more these days. Even more so at the moment, for as much as I appreciate the “Taormina Team” all being excited and ridiculously enthusiastic about being over there for those final shows, it will be all I’ll see if I open up Facebook and dare step in. I…
I guess with it being what tries to pass these days as a Simple Minds blog, it is imperative that I acknowledge this auspicious date in the calendar. So, here goes… I’ll share what happened on Facebook today. Ta ra P.S. I do love an Irn Bru P.P.S Yes, this photo is still on my…
Read full post “A Six Six (with a missing six) – Birthday FB Memories” »
Sorry for the vid – I felt like dissecting it all this way instead of taking hours to compile a written post. I know the vlog posts aren’t to everyone’s liking, so to save you the pain, the condensed summary is: Yes & Maybe – great! Hamish Hawk – you know I can wax lyrical…
Read full post “The Bellahouston Breakdown – A Long Vlog Post (Sorry!)” »
I have been enjoying more English language and word etymology content lately – either via YouTube channels or via podcasts on BBC Sounds. My three favourite YT channels when it comes to all things words are Words Unravelled, RobWords and Otherwords. Words Unravelled is presented by Jess Zafarris and Rob Watts (Rob is also the…
I just wanted to make you guys aware that I am selling off some of my Simple Minds collection on eBay. I’m only posting to UK sellers I’m afraid. There is just too much hassle with posting things overseas. I’ll link to each item. You can see the listings below: Graffiti Soul original 2009 release…
Read full post “UPDATE: (New Additions) Selling Some Stuff From My Collection” »
News of the release date of the Jim Kerr/Charlie Burchill memoir (which can fall under the genre of “creative non-fiction”) is Thursday 2 October 2025. At least that is the date given on Amazon for its release. More details can be seen HERE on the tax-evading Bezos-founded book shop. It is an interesting title; named…
Read full post “Release Date for Kerr/Burchill Memoir Our Secrets Are The Same” »
I’ve been delving into YouTube searching for full Countdown episodes that people have uploaded. Started watching this one from July 1982. I had only ever previously seen the ident for the show that Jim had recorded. During the later appearance when the band were in Australia, he mentioned this interview when talking to Molly (the…
Read full post “Young Stud In Berlin 1982 (Jim Kerr Interviewed on Countdown – July 1982)” »
Even to this day, I wish I was older. Although I am already what I would have considered in my youth as “well old.” On the verge of being exactly in my mid-50s, I sometimes lament at being in Gen X. I have always felt I kind of straddle two worlds, being born in 1970…
Kerr talks Bellahouston Park, biggest gig highlight and life in Sicily. (Click to view video on home page.)