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.

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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It Was The Ultimate New Wave Tour: Lene Lovich, The B-52’s & DEVO @ PNC Music Pavilion, October 24, 2025 (Part 1)

Posted on November 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

This concert had been very long-awaited with three acts I loved on a single bill. I’d only seen The B-52’s prior in 1989-1990. I had muffed my one chance to have seen both Lene Lovich and DEVO on the occasion … Continue reading →

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Mitch Easter + Gang To Revisit Let’s Active Catalog Of Prime Pop/Rock Next Month In Winston-Salem

Posted on October 22, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Great Googley Moogley! Last Friday I got a text message from my wacky neighbor Steve. His buddy had just gotten him a ticket to see Let’s Active and he was mentioning it to me. As we’d enjoyed the dBs show … Continue reading →

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Ultravox Go There: “The Collection” In Ultrabox Form Coming In December ’25

Posted on October 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Knock me over with a feather! When the Blank + Jones remix EP of “Love’s Great Adventure” manifested last month I mistakenly pegged it for the very last tracks to be issued from the “Lament” ultrabox campaign. What it really … Continue reading →

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Steven Jones And Fluid Japan Lovingly Scratch An Elegant Post-Punk Itch With New Single “Truth”

Posted on October 13, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Timing, as they say, is everything. On September 24th, I reviewed the latest offerings from both Fluid Japan and one of their collaborative efforts. Wouldn’t you know it, the very next day another Fluid Japan collaboration was released and I … Continue reading →

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Thomas Dolby Expands His “Iconic” 80s Recollections Tour Nationwide

Posted on October 8, 2025 by postpunkmonk

When we last looked it felt like Professor Thomas Dolby was taking a quick Fall Break Tour in between classes at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches. But the Prof. is taking time off for a much wider tour judging … Continue reading →

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Heaven 17 Drop First New Single In 9 Years With Sleek “There’s Something About You”

Posted on October 6, 2025 by postpunkmonk

What do I often say? That it’s better to be late than never? That goes quintuple when the new Heaven 17 single is being discussed! We loved the last H17 singles to come our way in…[whistles] 2014 and 2016! “Pray” … Continue reading →

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