Category Archives: Core Collection

Releases by groups that make up the serious bulk of my music collection. There are bands that I have been collecting for around 30 years or so.

Don Was And The Pan-Detroit Ensemble Show Cleveland The Love @ Beachland Ballroom 1/17/26 [part 2]

Posted on January 29, 2026 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The next part of the evening was a leap into the unknown for me. A complete run through of the “Blues For Allah” album by The Grateful Dead. I’d heard four or five Dead songs on … Continue reading →

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Don Was And The Pan-Detroit Ensemble Show Cleveland The Love @ Beachland Ballroom 1/17/26 [part 1]

Posted on January 23, 2026 by postpunkmonk

So this was all down to my loved one asking me if I’d looked to see the concert calendar in Northeast Ohio before heading up there to visit family this week. I had not but when I did I was … Continue reading →

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Electronic Sounds 133: Cover Story on Propaganda – The ZTT Years With New Mixes Of “Dr. Mabuse” and “Duel” On Clear 7″

Posted on January 15, 2026 by postpunkmonk

I can’t believe it but here’s a “dual” Claudia Brücken post within 12 hours of yesterday’s but this is a quick one that needs to be out there as we’re trying to accomplish things here before we take a trip … Continue reading →

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Claudia Brücken + Zeus B. Held Team Up…Finally, To Map “4 Ways To The Blitz”

Posted on January 14, 2026 by postpunkmonk

I was attending a fitness class with my wife last Saturday when the email arrived from Bandcamp and the Claudia Brücken xPropaganda account; stopping me in my tracks. A new single with Zeus B. Held and Claudia had just dropped … Continue reading →

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Ten Years…

Posted on January 10, 2026 by postpunkmonk

When I had the long Bowie obituary thread ten years ago today, it was done as a not-quite-obituary; more of an examination of Bowie’s presence in my timeline, and it was in any case before I adopted the trait of … Continue reading →

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Don Was + The Pan-Detroit Ensemble Begin US Tour Today!

Posted on January 9, 2026 by postpunkmonk

Yow! I had to admit that I was aware of Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble; the new combo put together by Don Was featuring Jazz players from his hometown of Detroit. Full disclosure: I am a Was (Not Was) … Continue reading →

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Sparks Got “Mad!” and “Madder!” In 2025 [pt. 2]

Posted on December 19, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I was immediately enraptured by the formalist fortissimo of “I-405 Rules.” An almost Rococo, orchestrally driven expansion of their “L’il Beethoven®” ethos as resulting in a paean to their local Interstate highway. The subtlety of the … Continue reading →

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