Category Archives: A Young Person’s Guide

A Young Person’s Guide To: Cabaret Voltaire – Drinking Gasoline/Gasoline In Your Eye

Posted on May 23, 2013 by postpunkmonk

It was sometime in 1984 that I crossed over from being interested in Sheffield’s pioneering Cabaret Voltaire to being obsessed with them. The spark that pushed me over the edge was seeing their brain-melting video for “Sensoria” on “Night Flight” … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: OMD – Joan Of Arc [Maid of Orleans]

Posted on March 25, 2013 by postpunkmonk

In January of 1982, the third single from OMD’s best selling [in the UK] album “Architecture + Moralilty” was released in 1982. And the 12″ has a fascinating variation story behind it. I first bought the most common 12″ single, … 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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A Young Person’s Guide To: Simple Minds Compilations [part 1]

Posted on February 26, 2013 by postpunkmonk

This Monk has been remiss in not yet blogging about the new Simple Minds compilation that is being prepped for release any day now. But the fact of the matter is, that this band with a 35 year lifespan has … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: Heaven 17 – Temptation

Posted on February 14, 2013 by postpunkmonk

There are many examples of a song which started out its life strongly enough, only to get mixed and remixed within an inch of its life so that each subsequent iteration removes something from the song until it lies dead … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy – The Ups + Downs

Posted on December 26, 2012 by postpunkmonk

It was some time in 1985 when I spotted the cover to the album in the import bins at my local Peaches Records. The haughtiness of the cover photo spoke volumes to me. The character on the cover had the … Continue reading →

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A Young Person’s Guide To: Heaven 17 – Penthouse + Pavement

Posted on December 19, 2012 by postpunkmonk

Today I have been listening to an album that has many incarnations in the Record Cell. When the Heaven 17 debut album appeared, my good friend chasinvictoria glommed onto it immediately. Given that I was hip deep in The Human … Continue reading →

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