Edith
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Simple Minds: Jim Kerr's diary posting of 28-8-2007!This diary was posted on the official Simple Minds site today. And I must say: reading it fills me with hope!
Jim is getting ready to tour again! The vibes are coming back! Yeah!
Have a read:
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On a chilly enough Edinburgh night almost a year ago from now, we played what was to be the last concert date of our quite extensive Black and White tour. It was more than a blast!
Set up bang in the middle of Princess Street Gardens and with Edinburgh castle perched on the rocky precipice above us. There we were live from the craggy rock face! We easily found that night to be a quite electrifying experience and instantly up there among the most memorable of all our concerts.
Among a fair amount of friends and family members we as usual had a more than wonderful audience and I am equally confident that the band delivered on our side of the bargain. It may have been the very last set of an extensive tour, thankfully there was no hint of fatigue evident during the two hour set.
Backstage afterwards, I recall we felt that it was one of the most intense and energetic shows of the whole jaunt and resultantly there was both a quiet pride and a fair amount of relief that an enjoyable and successful tour had concluded with so much good feeling in the air. In fact as concerts go it was almost perfect and a genuinely great way to say thanks and goodbye – albeit for the moment!
As always on those end of tour occasions there were an amount of mixed emotions that the months of touring had eventually come screaming to a stop. Bewilderment even that it was time to once again say bye to the touring life and all that it includes, i.e., the people and the friends, and of course the music and the rituals that make up for so much of it.
Alternately I have to admit that sensing we had easily achieved what we had set out to do with our show, night after night and city after city, I was in a nice way looking forward to stepping out of the group circle, least for a while. Quite ready to take a pause for breath if the truth should be known!
But that was then!
Being back in Edinburgh some days ago I realised that I was in a spot only some metres from where we played on that delightful evening twelve months ago. Simultaneously it was then that something clicked within and almost instantly I was charged up with the renewed want to get out and get to performing as soon as possible. More than that, it felt that some part of me was evidently coming to life again after being put in deep dark storage for...well, for too long.
That feeling has continued over these days that have followed and I don’t expect it to diminish. This time last year we needed the hiatus, and now it is time to throw ourselves deep again in to energetic creativity. Having spoken to Charlie Burchill yesterday I know that he is of the same mind entirely. As is Mel Gaynor and most probably Eddie Duffy too.
My long time friend Martin Hanlin has been asking over these last few months when I felt we would get a working momentum back. Without knowing why, I usually responded that exactly one year from finishing our last campaign, we would cross a psychological divide and only then self propel into the next phase of Simple Minds.
Was merely a notion but it seems more than likely that it has come to pass! I really am now looking forward to the weeks and months ahead!
Jim Kerr |
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dforbes
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Keep it up lads, I'm sure all the fans are 'gantin' 'to see you both.
 
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AFARR
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| dforbes wrote: | Keep it up lads, I'm sure all the fans are 'gantin' 'to see you both.
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Now Derek.....  we love you all  (any room in that camper van next weekend???)
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Jean Genie
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Andrea - feel free to borrow our tent, though I've not a clue where you are going to pitch it..
Answers on a postcard...... LOL
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Edith
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As I told Shirl just now:
If Simple Minds will play at Pinkpop next year (still confusion about whether it will be 2008 or 2009), I will bring our tent that weekend and still have room for a couple of fellow-minders!
What do you say, Derek? Lawrie? James? Andrea? Sandra? (maybe a bit crowded now, but never mind!) 
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AFARR
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| Jean Genie wrote: | Andrea - feel free to borrow our tent, though I've not a clue where you are going to pitch it..
Answers on a postcard...... LOL |
Thanks Shirl got everything for camping except a tent as it was demolished at Glastonbury by my mates sister (she paid me but I didn't replace it - durrh!) Camping probably would be my only option but think I could borrow one local but thanks for the offer (why do I do this to myself - re run of last week eh!!)
Tomorrow will be a busy day!!!!
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dforbes
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what no James tee hee
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AFARR
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| dforbes wrote: | | what no James tee hee |
No afraid he is earning the pennies for me to spend LOL! So if I do appear it will be with another crazy one like me!!! Watch out Or have I got the wrong James/Jim?? (not a retorical question LOL x)
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Edith
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But you will come to Holland if Simple Minds will tour there, Andrea?
I will save you some space in my tent! Plenty of room available still!
Reservations can be done here! lol
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AFARR
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| Edith wrote: | But you will come to Holland if Simple Minds will tour there, Andrea?
I will save you some space in my tent! Plenty of room available still!
Reservations can be done here! lol |
Course I will Edith I will be over like a shot! Time to party girl!!!!
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Edith
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Great, Andrea! I'll have the JD ready!
But first, I'll join you to the 4GM gig in December, hopefully! If they confirm they have one, I'll be there! No matter what!!!
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