Category Archives: Records I Used To Own

How In The Hell Did I Ever Own: Asia – “Asia”

Posted on September 12, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Hello, my name is Post-Punk Monk and I’m an ex-Prog fan. [group welcomes and acknowledges Post-Punk Monk] As a kid who grew up in the 70s listening to AM/Top 40 radio from 1971-1978, I went off Pop radio in that … Continue reading →

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The Chameleons Touring North America With “Strange Times” As Well As New Album “Arctic Moon”

Posted on June 10, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Yow! Saturday morning was evidence of an incredible Chameleons event horizon of some sort for me! I had seen earlier this year, and lamented the fact, that The Chameleons were touring America but not coming within a day’s drive from … Continue reading →

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REDUX: Record Review: Adam + The Ants – Prince Charming

Posted on March 20, 2024 by postpunkmonk

October 26, 2015 Adam + The Ants: Prince Charming US CD [1981] Scorpios Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios Prince Charming 5 Guns West That Voodoo Stand And Deliver Mile High Club Ant Rap Mowhok S.E.X.– The Lost Hawaiians … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Square Records, Akron

Posted on September 19, 2023 by postpunkmonk

You may have noticed that this blog hasn’t been updated in almost a week. Lots of things are pulling me in other directions these days, but last week we had to take a trip to Akron for family business. We … Continue reading →

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Giving Into “Temptation” is Easy…

Posted on June 13, 2023 by postpunkmonk

My point of entry to New Order was with the “Movement” album, which got a lot of airplay on WPRK-FM, which I was listening to heavily in 1981! It sounded pretty good, but I don’t think I went all in … Continue reading →

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FINALLY! A DLX RM of Malcolm McLaren’s “Duck Rock,” But You’d Better Own A Turntable…

Posted on May 9, 2023 by postpunkmonk

I’ve grown whiskers waiting for a DLX RM of the great “Duck Rock” album curated by the master trickster Malcolm McLaren and made with musicians who would soon become Trevor Horn’s ZTT Theam [Anne Dudley, Louis Jordan] as well as … Continue reading →

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Want List: B.E.F. “Music For Stowaways” On LP + CD…Finally!

Posted on April 17, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was some time in February that chatter in the back channels from chasinvictoria and Echorich alerted me to the fact that the famous B.E.F. tape-only album “Music For Stowaways” was coming to both the PVC disc and the silver … Continue reading →

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