Category Archives: A Young Person’s Guide

A Young Person’s Guide To: The Dickies – Nights In White Satin

Posted on July 30, 2014 by postpunkmonk

The Dickies: Nights In White Satin UK 7″ [1979] Nights In White Satin Waterslide [remix] Back in the New Wave era we had a crate load of irreverent, smart-assed cover versions. Cover versions usually follow new genres. Disco was filled with … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To Cabaret Voltaire [The Short Form]

Posted on June 26, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Cabaret Voltaire: #7885: Electropunk To Technopop UK CD [2014] Do The Mussolini [Headkick] The Set Up Nag Nag Nag On Every Other Street Silent Command Kneel To The Boss Seconds Too Late Landslide Breath Deep Just Fascination [7″] Crackdown [Radio … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To “Dancing With Tears In My Eyes”

Posted on June 5, 2014 by postpunkmonk

The pre-release single from Ultravox’s “Lament” album was a guitar heavy stomper, which gave me pause, back in the day. I bought the 12″ in the minty fresh, green tinted sleeve, and wondered what the album would offer when it … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Designed By Peter Saville: The Many Faces Of “Rage In Eden”

Posted on November 7, 2013 by postpunkmonk

November 1, 2010 I am a graphic designer. I knew I wanted to be one by the time that I was 10 or 11 years old. Every move I made from junior high onward was to further this goal. I … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: The Tourists – Reality Effect

Posted on July 24, 2013 by postpunkmonk

The Tourists were revealed to me via their video for their New Wave cover version of “I Only Want To Be With You” on the proto-MTV weekly series, Rockworld. I was immediately smitten by the excellent synthetic backbeat the track … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: Devo Live

Posted on July 10, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Devo: The Warner Bros. Music Show US Promo LP [1980] Whip It Snowball It’s Not Right Girl U Want Planet Earth S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) Secret Agent Man Blockhead Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Be Stiff Gates Of Steel Smart Parol / … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: The Absence Of A Canary

Posted on June 19, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Ceramic Hello: The Absence of A Canary CAN LP [1980] The Diesquad Ex / Im Climatic Nouveaux Conversation Between Units Geometry StatiCarnival Symphony Of Shudders A Grey Man Footsteps In The Fog Ringing In The Sane Trio Gestures Little Tune … Continue reading →

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