Jim’s Diary

I have been looking forward to this Easter more than usual. The reason for that is that immediately after this holiday I know that we are truly approaching the last few weeks leading up to the release of Graffiti Soul. It has been a long...

Went to the cinema last night to see the latest movie featuring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Both of them were good but to be honest I had an idea for a song in my head and due to the distraction of that I could...

I really enjoyed this last week as I toured around some of the European capitals promoting our soonish to be released new album. The journalists made good company and long days passed in a flash before me as I engaged in countless interviews. As you...

At last after many busy months I finally got the chance to return a few days to Sicily, the place that I have looked on as a sort of home from home over the last decade almost. It always happens but somehow this time on return...

Last week with some great shock the Sunday Times stated that my hometown of Glasgow now has the highest murder rate per capita in Western Europe. One week later, I also read that the very same city has been awarded a position within the top ten...

What do I think about nostalgia? Let me think about that a second! Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing when it is of merit, on the other hand somehow these days people seem to get nostalgic about the most whimsical, some are even willing to...

Although things are getting busy as we involve ourselves with the campaign leading up to the new album launch, that doesn’t mean to say that it is all work and no play. This week I hope to get the chance to see the return of...

Did you see Bruce Springsteen’s set during the American Super Bowl? Talk about a master class in making it all look so easy. Fact is, there are no superlatives left to describe Springsteen on top of his game so I will skip that chore and...

January whizzed past in a blur thankfully, awash in colours and smells that can only be found in a tropical forest during the rainy season. Trekking by day and then lying barely comatose for much of the time I got some thinking done. Actually I don’t...

“A great record can not only change your mood, it can literally keep you from committing suicide” so wrote someone whom I can only describe as a passionate fan of the power of music. Leading me to think, l hope that a lot of great records...

At the end of last year I wrote despondently how it had been a year when we did not even nearly manage to get done the things that we had hoped for. This year bears little resemblance in comparison. The stagnation that settled on us last...

I am not great at it but sometimes it is nice to indulge by ‘doing nothing’. Being so I have easily enjoyed hanging around here amidst the sea air of Santa Monica where it is both quiet and peaceful. It has rained more than expected...