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Yesterday Is So Far Away

Yesterday Is So Far Away

In my previous post titled ‘The Thrill of it All’ I expressed gratitude to Jim Kerr for unlocking the love I have for live music and going to gigs. And although prior to 2015 my gig-going could have been described as “sporadic” at best, there was a period around the mid 1990s when I did…

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Billy Has Mates Downunder – And Other Matters

Billy Has Mates Downunder – And Other Matters

Another post about SM. Another day in which study goes out the window to be replaced with my preoccupation with this topic. I have to say when I bumped into Billy Sloan in the city back in November on the night of Derek Forbes’ talk and book signing, he played a stellar poker face to…

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What I Had Dreamed Of In Paris…

What I Had Dreamed Of In Paris…

This was the kind of anecdote I had wished for in 2022 in Paris when I asked the question of Jim and Charlie for their early days tour memories of Australia. Of course, what I ended up getting from Jim was some address about why they hadn’t announced any tour dates for Oz yet. By…

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Minds Music Monday – Bootleg Beaut

Minds Music Monday – Bootleg Beaut

Forty two years ago yesterday, Simple Minds played a gig at the Musicians Club in Sydney to a lively and enthusiastic crowd. As one would imagine for a gig in the Australian summer, the venue was steamin’ like a sauna. The small auditorium filled with sweaty young things. Thanks to recent photographic sharing and memories…

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Minds Music Monday – Spaceface

Minds Music Monday – Spaceface

I had been looking at anniversaries of release dates and although we are now in July and I could have easily chosen the quite obvious C Moon Cry Like A Baby as we have only just passed the “outside it’s hot, the first of July” significance (hinted at in last week’s post on the Roskilde…

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Fanatical Friday – You Am I

Fanatical Friday – You Am I

It was around 1995. I’m not exactly sure when. Most likely around the time the band released their ARIA No. 1 album, Hi Fi Way. I didn’t get a copy of it straight away but my best mate, Steven, was RAVING about them.  The band I’m talking about is one of Australia’s most successful bands…

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Minds Music Monday – Happy Anniversary Up On The Catwalk

Minds Music Monday – Happy Anniversary Up On The Catwalk

Released 39 years ago this week (anniversary coming up on March 12th) is the second single from Sparkle In The Rain, Up On The Catwalk. After Waterfront, this was one of the first Simple Minds songs that I truly took any notice of. I think it was the video that captured me more than anything….

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Fanatical Friday – v Spy v Spy

Fanatical Friday – v Spy v Spy

Or, as I know them better as, Spy Vs Spy – but the guys got themselves into trouble from the comic publication of the same name so they had to alter their name for legal reasons.  My love for them started around 1987. They had released the album A.O. Mod. TV Vers. at the end…

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Hump Day History – 1989 (SM Off Topic)

Hump Day History – 1989 (SM Off Topic)

Well… (this comes with a bold **OVERSHARE** warning attached) A lot and not much happened in 1989 in equal measure. I was 18 for most of the year and was in two relationships – if we could deem one of them a relationship – and…yeah. Firstly, and most prominently, for me – the sex obsessed…

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Minds Music Monday – New Gold Dream Tour – Sydney

Minds Music Monday – New Gold Dream Tour – Sydney

The two Edinburgh shows are less than two weeks away now and thoughts are turning to the New Gold Dream anniversary. I’m going through a lull right now with listening to them. I know! It’s all a very sad state of affairs, isn’t it? For nearly 8 years I listened to them every single day….

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