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.

Ultravox Offer Something Old, Something New With “Love’s Great Adventure” EP

Posted on November 21, 2025 by postpunkmonk

This arrived while I was bouncing between concert destinations like a tennis ball. It’s been a while since we had an Ultravox review. [I’m hopelessly behind on the last two ultraboxes] so why not take the effort today? When this … Continue reading →

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Florian Schneider’s Legacy Goes Under The Gavel Tomorrow

Posted on November 18, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Now that we are in the age where giants go extinct, we’ve seen the estates of large movers and shakers within the PPM ecosystem move out of the private sphere to come up for grabs. Anyone who wants an object … Continue reading →

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Lene Lovich Remains True To Her Artistic Principles In Thrilling Set @ Mount Dora Music Hall, 10-29-25 [pt. 3]

Posted on November 17, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The Ska leanings of “Joan” from “Flex” were up next in the set. It was another chance for Lene to grab her saxophone since the bouncy number was literally built on the sax riff hook that … Continue reading →

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Lene Lovich Remains True To Her Artistic Principles In Thrilling Set @ Mount Dora Music Hall, 10-29-25 [pt. 2]

Posted on November 14, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The opener was a DJ set by Paul Vaine; another familiar face this night as he was the DJ at Visage’s Old Wave nights in the 80s and 90s when my Wednesday nights were all locked … Continue reading →

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Lene Lovich Remains True To Her Artistic Principles In Thrilling Set @ Mount Dora Music Hall, 10-29-25 [pt. 1]

Posted on November 13, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Rare is the artist to get me to double dip on a tour. Acts I’ve seen more than once on the same tour can almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. Off the top of my head, there’s … Continue reading →

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Gary Numan Giving Telekon’s 45th Birthday A Big Party With UK & North American Tours, New Song

Posted on November 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

NEW SONG: LIKE A B-FILM Gloryoski! It was a fortnight ago when commenter Echorich in an offline thread told me that Gary Numan had released an unreleased “Telekon” track to herald a 45th Anniversary DLX RM of that album later … Continue reading →

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It Was The Ultimate New Wave Tour: Lene Lovich, The B-52’s & DEVO @ PNC Music Pavilion, October 24, 2025 (Part 3)

Posted on November 5, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I had fully given up hope that I’d ever see DEVO in concert! I’d come close. In 2018 I got to see Mark Mothersbaugh have a panel discussion with an old Kent State classmate who was … Continue reading →

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