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That First Taste Of Transvision Vamp On A Freebie Record Mirror EP
There I was. Minding my own business in the late 80s. Trying to get some nourishment from the thin gruel of the UK music scene of the time, when during one of my weekly MTV sessions during 120 Minutes [all … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Surviving The 90s, The Great B-Sides, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1989, Duncan Bridgeman, EP, Transvision Vamp
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My Tragically Late Recognition of Associates Changed Everything [part 2]
Part 2: The EPIPHANY… As we was in said last post, I had many opportunities to be exposed to both Billy MacKenzie and The Associates and I was curiously deaf to the evidence. Nothing clicked for me. Until that fateful … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1990, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, Sire Records
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Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]
Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading
Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 2]
The Blow Monkeys: Live Today, Love Tomorrow – UK – 7″ [1981] Live Today, Love Tomorrow In Cold Blood Every story begins with a first step and the one that matters here is the one that happened when Robert Howard … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Rock GPA, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1981, Blow Monkeys, debut single
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Those First Impressions: Tiger Lily – Ain’t Misbehavin’ UK 7″
I almost can’t believe that I have never written about this debut single, but today’s the day to put that to rest! The fact of the matter was that for every truly stunning band that leapt fully formed, as if … Continue reading
Scooped! When Personal CD Projects Get Superseded By Real Labels [part 1]
For anyone reading this who hasn’t been hanging around for nine years or more, I took the name Post-Punk Monk for blogging when my friend saw an elaborate boxed set of god® that I had made. He likened the one-man … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Remastering, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1999, 2002, 2007, REVO Remastering, The Associates, The Tourists
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Those First Impressions: Visage Debut Single
Visage: Tar UK 7″ [1979] Tar [7″ version] Frequency 7 With a dive into the 7 disc CDX edition of the Visage “Wild Life” compilation/box looming large in the very near future, I felt that it was imperative to make this … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1979, debut single, Martin Rushent, Visage
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