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2025 : The Year In Buying Music [part 4]

Posted on January 8, 2026 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] EPS OF THE YEAR There is always a joy in EPs beyond their modest length of playback. As the late 70s and the calcification of radio in the US brought the EPs to this shore as … Continue reading →

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2025 : The Year In Buying Music [part 3]

Posted on January 7, 2026 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] SINGLES OF THE YEAR There were a lot of singles this year. You’ve got to love them. I know I do! Even if they are mostly immaterial now. The joy of a single is that they … Continue reading →

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2025 : The Year In Buying Music [part 2]

Posted on January 6, 2026 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2025 BUYING STATS Total titles purchased: 154 [↓18% 2024]Total expenditures: $966.65 [↓21% 2024]Average cost: $6.30/title [↑1% 2024] Expenditures were down this year by over 20%. Good, but not great. I always like to shave the costs … Continue reading →

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2025 : The Year In Buying Music [part 1]

Posted on January 5, 2026 by postpunkmonk

The year 2025 has been a weird one. We knew going into it that the US had picked a President who promised to be a “dictator from day one” and then had the temerity to NOT lie for possibly the … Continue reading →

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POST 3000: 15 Years And Counting

Posted on July 29, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I noticed a few months ago that a momentous occasion was coming in a few months. Today marks the 3000th post here at Post-Punk Monk. Sure, sure. We’re bending the rules a little bit as I’ve had a handful of … Continue reading →

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2024: The Year In Buying Music [part 2]

Posted on December 30, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2024 BUYING STATS Total titles purchased: 185 [↑78% 2023]Total expenditures: $1201.55 [↑87% 2023]Average cost: $6.25/title [↑3.6% 2023] I spent a lot of money on music this year. More than I have in a while and more … Continue reading →

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2024: The Year In Buying Music [part 1]

Posted on December 27, 2024 by postpunkmonk

2024 was a watershed year for us. There were so many huge events that distorted the fabric of the year. Most of 2023 was spent preparing for our first excursion into the UK and the second in Europe since 1999. … Continue reading →