Tag Archives: Jim Kerr

Simple Minds @ 9:30 Club 10-18-13 [part 4]

Posted on November 1, 2013 by postpunkmonk

After the plateau that “This Fear Of Gods” through “Love Song” delivered, it was time to come back to earth. “See The Lights” is a great choice to nudge the concert into the home stretch since their biggest US hits … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds @ 9:30 Club 10-18-13 [part 3]

Posted on October 31, 2013 by postpunkmonk

By this time the event kicked into high gear for me. Next they peeled the awe inspiring title track from “New Gold Dream” off of the set list like green poker players telegraphing their hand. If the band were letting … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds @ 9:30 Club 10-18-13 [part 2]

Posted on October 30, 2013 by postpunkmonk

This tour not only brought Simple Minds back to US shores for the first time in over a decade, it also let Americans experience the band with backing vocalist Sarah Brown. She was their first backing vocalist since Annie McCaig … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds @ 9:30 Club 10-18-13 [part 1]

Posted on October 29, 2013 by postpunkmonk

This had been a long time coming. It had been over a decade since I had last seen Simple Minds, at the exact same club, interestingly enough. In 2002, during a rough period in my life professionally, I drove the … Continue reading →

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After Over A Decade, Simple Minds Return to the US

Posted on July 16, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Yes!!! After over a decade of false starts and best laid plans gone awry, Scot Post-Punk gods Simple Minds are hitting these shores for a handful of North American dates! Let’s get right down to it: Simple Minds North American … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: Simple Minds Compilations [part 2]

Posted on February 27, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Yesterday we stopped at the 1992 “Glittering Prize” compilation, that rounded up most of the singles made for Virgin Records from ’81/’92 and it makes a nice pair with the preceding “Celebration” compilation to get an idea of the band’s … Continue reading →

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Not Bryan Ferry …But An Incredible Simulation!

Posted on November 10, 2010 by postpunkmonk

In these days of a new Bryan Ferry solo opus, [“Olympia”], thoughts turn to the smaller fish that follow, like pilot fish, in the wake of the great grey whale of art that is Mister Ferry. Like his contemporary, David … Continue reading →

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