May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Got some very exciting things happening soon. One involves the band below. I had to share this here! Hamish Hawk started his tour a few nights ago in Newcastle at the fabulous Cluny. The new album, Angel Numbers, has just been released and I was playing my favourite track off the album to share on…
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Someone I follow on Facebook shared a post by John Foxx’s page (actually officially labelled as “John Foxx and The Maths”) in which he posted this image of a letter from David Bowie to Tony Visconti. Foxx added – “Interesting to read this note from David Bowie to Tony Visconti from the 1970s – sending…
Last ditch attempt at getting him to engage in conversation. If this falls flat, imma gonna give up and go home. I am genuinely intrigued by his thoughts. (Ah, the old “Top Fan” badge. Seems to have as much meaning as being deemed “air-breather” or “basic humanoid”.) Other questions I could ask, but feel rhetorical……
From inside the latest Mojo magazine – a big old Talking Heads write-up with extracts from Chris Frantz’s new memoir.
Again. I mean…we’ve got the tour coming next year. LITCoA recently came out. The “40” compilation is released on Friday – the day after I turn 49 (HELP! Lol) They’re at the Scottish Music Awards at the end of November. And of course there are other extenuating circumstances why things have been quiet. And on…
Much like with Simple Minds, I had been aware of Talking Heads for the longest time. My brother had copies of More Songs About Buildings And Food and Fear Of Music. At least in my head these are the TH album covers I remember seeing in his collection. I don’t remember him listening to them…
My brother-in-law was quizzing me about my Simple Minds fandom yesterday. He said “the one’s who did Burning Down The House?” erm…that’s Talking Heads! Lol The strange thing is, he was the one who went to see Stop Making Sense in the cinema in 1985, you’d think he’d know his Simple Minds from his Talking…