Category Archives: Live Music

REDUX: A Young Person’s Guide To – DEVO Live

Posted on May 25, 2017 by postpunkmonk

July 10, 2013 Devo: The Warner Bros. Music Show US Promo LP [1980] Whip It Snowball It’s Not Right Girl U Want Planet Earth S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) Secret Agent Man Blockhead Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Be Stiff Gates Of Steel … Continue reading →

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Shriekback Reach Kickstarter Goal – Shows Booked – That Simple!

Posted on March 8, 2017 by postpunkmonk

Well, we discussed the notion of Shriekback moving out into the world as a live entity and their Kickstarter campaign. Several days ago, it reached its goal and then three UK dates to kick off the UK/Euro leg of their … Continue reading →

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Roedelius To Return To America in 2017

Posted on January 30, 2017 by postpunkmonk

This Monk makes many errors in judgement. I’ll never be the Post-Punk Pope because I’m all too fallible. I had been feeling the sting of not seeing seminal German musician Hans-Joachim Roedelius back in 2011, when he found himself playing … Continue reading →

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Midge Ure Mystery

Posted on January 13, 2017 by postpunkmonk

As I’m less than two weeks from a return match with Midge Ure in Nashville, thoughts are turning to the upcoming concert as well as a mystery that’s centered around the Scot icon. On the occasion of my birthday last … Continue reading →

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How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Midge Ure

Posted on September 30, 2016 by postpunkmonk

Well, after much deliberation and weighing in with my wife and friends as well as commenters on PPM, the decision was made to accentuate the positive and put to rest my angst regarding Midge Ure. I’ve come to the realization … Continue reading →

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BSOG® Shock! Erasure Release Own Boxed Set Of God® Without Monk Involvement!

Posted on September 7, 2016 by postpunkmonk

Erasure are celebrating 30 years of pop success with the king of BSOG that usually only comes from within the depths of my Record Cell; twelve CDs of material, curated nine ways to Sunday, and a copy of the “Wild!” live … Continue reading →

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Record Review: OMD – Architecture + Morality | Dazzle Ships | 05.16 [part 2]

Posted on June 2, 2016 by postpunkmonk

[continued from previous post] After an intermission, the second disc began with the more popular of the two albums being played that night. As if to draw comparisons, they chose to begin with the musique concrete title track in much … Continue reading →

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