Glad to see that this LiveJournal continues to shape opinion, as Simple Minds have clearly been reading it lately: they've just finished a tour of gigs based solely upon their first five albums, and a boxed set of same to accompany.

Bit late to post this, sorry, but you can still catch them at T in the Park this summer…

I've been listening to a load of Simple Minds just recently, in honour of Charlie Burchill's birthday, and am still bemused by the enigma that is their career path ( Read more... )

Ah yes, where was I with this, before I was so rudely interrupted having to write a load of games and stuff?

"My only topic of inquiry is: which young female is your jogging partner?"

And, for a bonus:

"Thank you for your offer of a match ticket at Stamford Bridge; but I find the prospect undiverting."

I guess you're all probably familiar, if only by repute, with the traditional song that starts:
Four-and-twenty virgins came down from Inverness;
And when the ball was over, there were four-and-twenty less.
It will not have escaped the sharp-eyed, though, that the second line contains what some consider a grammatical solecism ( Read more... )

An ophidian alliance thrives. It will speed, fracture and approach a national boundary.

And for a bonus:

We may encounter one another en promenade. Should I appear consistently lachrymose, please pass me without acknowledgement.

I survey the Divine handiwork from a high vantage. My sole theory is:
Discovered amorousness contingent upon your proximity has thus elevated me.

How would you assess my inferior musical performance -- would you boycott it?

And for a bonus:

A wealthy metropolitan appreciated his fortune but found his life generally hollow and unhealthy.

OK, this one's still pretty easy but not quite so (I think): somewhat older.

I put in a 24-hour shift to meet my unavoidable expenses (it's rather grim),
Which leaves me with a zero discretionary income (what a pity).

My deliberately blank expression is inscrutable, inscrutable; inscrutable to him.

An easy one to start off with...

(I think it was venta who came up with this idea.)

Person is trying to make film about "the story of Radiohead, Ride, Supergrass, Foals, Swervedriver, Talulah Gosh and the tiny local music scene that spawned them". You can give him money to do so, in exchange for various enticements from a copy of the DVD upwards. Up to and including an Executive Producer credit - how nice! And who knows, you might ( Read more... )