Category Archives: Bowie

Billy MacKenzie Remixed [part 7]

Posted on February 1, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2003 brought a shake up to the already established Billy MacKenzie canon of posthumous releases. Nude records had cone out of business at the time, giving One Little Indian some of their catalog titles. In 2003, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock | Tagged 2004, 2005, Associates, Billy Mackenzie | 2 Comments

Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]

Posted on January 22, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading →

Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions | Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary | 18 Comments

Second Childhood: David Bowie’s “Toy:Box” Is Arriving For His 75th Birthday

Posted on October 5, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Bowiephiles were abuzz last Friday when the news of his fifth all-encompassing ultrabox covering the years 1992-2001 of his career dropped after years of speculation. These massive boxes were an annual event from 2015-2018, but went on hold for three … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Buried Treasures, Core Collection, Record Review, Want List | Tagged 2000, 2022, boxed set, David Bowie, Unreleased Record | 7 Comments

Gary Kemp + Steven Wilson + Mike Garson = …Whaaa…??!

Posted on July 29, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Gary Kemp + Steven Wilson + Mike Garson: Waiting For The Band remix – DL – [2021] Waiting For The Band [remix] 10:37 This came out of nowhere and I had to investigate, given the participants. I have been aware … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, New Romantic, Record Review | Tagged 2021, Gary Kemp, Mike Garson, Spandau Ballet, Steven Wilson | 9 Comments

Second Chance For Bowie’s “Brilliant Live Adventures” 1990s Live Sets

Posted on June 3, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Last fall, the news came that a series of 1990s live albums; two from three separate tours of David Bowie would be released under the banner “Brilliant Live Adventures.” At the time the series of six albums was teased with … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Live Music, Want List | Tagged 2021, Brilliant Live Adventures, David Bowie, limited edition | 10 Comments

80s Soundtrack Week: Tuesday – “Party Party” GER CD

Posted on May 18, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Today’s album came from much earlier in the decade and came from a completely different mindset. Instead of US teens living in the “alternative music” scene of the mid-80s, our next soundtrack was from a British holiday comedy about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock, Ska, SOTD | Tagged 1982, A+M Records, Altered Images, Bananarama, Elvis Costello, Midge Ure, New Wave Cover Version, ska, soundtrack | 10 Comments

REVO Remastering: David Werner – Whizz Kid [REVO 092]

Posted on September 1, 2020 by postpunkmonk

David Werner: Whizz Kid – US – CD-R [2020] Another Wild Guitar Whizz Kid The Lady In Waiting The Ballad Of Trixie Silver It’s A Little Bit Sad Love Is Tragic Plan 9 Counting The Ways The Death of Me … Continue reading →