May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
There’s a recording I have from Sydney but there is one on YT from Melbourne – same tour, around 10 days apart. To me, when I listen to both these recordings, Jim sounds thoroughly exhausted – especially on both recordings of Hunter And The Hunted – and they both are placed early in the set….
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So…my Facebook feed tonight threw this one up at me. A piece of poetry I wrote. It was based on going out for a meal in Sydney’s northern suburbs with my sister to a place called Sambal. There we are outside it. One of my favourite dishes is laksa and this place were doing a…
Here is a selection of the things that were on the Oz TV SM DVD that arrived the other day. I put them up on YouTube to save space on my blog. Here goes… And the interview from yesterday – minus the bit of Prince Charles I snuck into it yesterday.
Currently at Sydney Airport. Shortly about to board a United Airlines flight to San Francisco. About 30 plus hours of travel ahead with connections included. See you on the other side. Time for hame…
It’s now 4 years since this happened and I know Jim will be utterly bloody bored with it, so I’ll just keep the memory here on the blog. This anniversary I find myself back in Oz, so this year feels just a little more special, yet painfully sad. Kyoto might well still be in snow,…
Okay. I know it’s Christmas and Sir has got to have his family time. And I know the tour needs to be pushed. But!! FUCKING HELL – I MISS HIM! I miss how Simple Minds Official was. What’s happened? Why has he stepped away from it so much? I thought it was because of his…
Christmas 2019 was spent with my sister, brother-in-law, three nieces, one nephew (and their partners) and my nine great nieces and nephews. Beautiful chaos…
I was in the city today and purely by chance walked by the venue that Simple Minds will play at in Sydney next year… the First State Super Theatre. There was advertising for the gig outside…
I arrived in Sydney nearly 24 hours ago. The smoke haze on the approach stretched on for miles. It started long before the plane’s descent. Of course I arrived on a scorching hot day. I got some rest on the plane. I had my first (and what will probably be my only) experience as a…
Today I booked a Lufthansa flight home. From newest home to first home… Glasgow to Frankfurt Frankfurt to Hong Kong Hong Kong to Sydney A total of around 28 hours travel time with 22 and a half hours of flying time. I leave on December 8th – which is now cancelling my trip to Germany…