May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Assignment week. I don’t like it! I have absolutely NO CONFIDENCE whatsoever! The assignment is in two parts. Both parts require a 600 word essay. I’ve written about 550 words of part one, with no real belief that I am doing what is required of me AT ALL. And for part two I have a…
Here’s the link for the BBC Sounds playback. LISTEN HERE And, don’t forget that later today the session can be viewed on BBC iPlayer. I’ll add the link for that here too. Enjoy! UPDATE: iPlayer link HERE And for those outside of the UK, you can see their performance of Alive And Kicking below…
This week I will be somewhat cheating, as I did a lengthy post about this song for MMM barely six months ago. I wanted to post about it last week, as the song was my earworm over the previous weekend and I was just feeling a lot of love for it. But Empires That Dance…
Okay, that makes the acronym of ‘HUNT’ – but hey, it’s Friday and I am in a jovial mood! The Minds will be performing exclusively for Radio 2 as part of the “Piano Room” sessions at Maida Vale studios in London. That’s bloody exciting within itself! (I will share the link to BBC Sounds after…
It’s a belated Happy 38th Anniversary to Sparkle In The Rain. The anniversary was actually yesterday and there was celebration at Casa Read by way of this beauty getting a play on the old turntable. A favourite track? Well, during yesterday’s airing of the album, Waterfront was sounding particularly good. And it was one of…
I listened to this over again early on Sunday morning. I love how clearly Jim’s voice comes across on this recording. I don’t know who was responsible for recording it? Frank, mabbies? Seeing as it’s a soundboard recording…? Dunno. But I am sssoooo very thankful it exists! I mean, Newcastle from the week before is…
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Yesterday was the anniversary of the release of Walk Between Worlds. It’s been four years now! Where the fuck did four years go?! Bejaysus! Simple Minds fans back in the early days must have felt ssooo spoiled – an album coming out EVERY YEAR! TWICE A YEAR in 1979 (Life In A Day and Real…
Radio program guest slots are like buses… This one sneaked in under the radar last night. I was otherwise engaged watching the 1963 version of Cleopatra as part of my coursework. So while I was watching Liz Taylor’s “little Egypt eyes”, someone else was waffling away, choosing music that has had significance to him in…
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Yes, I know! It SHOULD be a piece of music. And I honestly never thought I’d do this but…. I started listening to this late last night and it was such a great interview. Wow! Mark – you are one lucky guy! I know this will never be me….no matter how professional I ever get…
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That cost a bomb. A few little unseen treasures from various publications. Sadly music magazines are notorious for not always giving photo credits, but I will try and credit those who took these gems, if published. This one is a small little inset. A clipping from what I think might be a Dutch magazine. Taken…