Tag Archives: 1986

REDUX: Cucumbers Still Fresh 33 Years Later!

April 20, 2016 I vividly remember where I first encountered Hoboken band The Cucumbers. Back in 1986, I caught a fantastic clip on MTV’s 120 Minutes for the band’s wonderful cover version of “All Shook Up.” The Super 8 + … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 4]

[…continued from last post] …AND THEN SOME The first remix of “Sweet Murder,” the “Eek-A-Mix,” is still my favorite one. The band wisely roped in Jamaican DJ Eek-A-Mouse to transform the track from Reggae adjacent to a fully embracing a … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 3]

[…continued from last post] EVERY LAST REMIX Disc four finally reached the last single from “Animal Magic” in remix form. I only ever owned the remix 12″ of “Don’t Be Scared Of Me” [MONK TX3] which came with five tracks, … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 2]

[…continued from last post] MIX IT UNTIL IT HITS Disc three was where the program was deep in remixes of the five singles form the “Animal Magic” album. In fact, the disc was filled with remixes of just four of … Continue reading

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Blow Monkeys Box Full Of “Animal Magic” Exerts Animal Magnetism [part 1]

The Blow Monkeys: Animal Magic SDLX RM – UK – 4xCD [2023] Disc 1 Disc 2 Disc 3 Disc 4 Last month I finally ordered the Blow Monkeys’s DLX RM of “Animal Magic” in its slightly-sprawling-and-we-like-it-that-way 4xCD edition that was … Continue reading

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Corn-Fed New Wave: Pittsburgh’s The Affordable Floors’ Elegant Pop Still Works Thirty Years Later [pt. 1]

Back in 1992 I was in the thick of the videotape trading years, though that would come to a halt by the next year and my divorce with TV. This was done through the medium of Goldmine Magazine want ads. … Continue reading

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The Blow Monkeys Finally Get Decisive 4xCD “Animal Magic” Box In 2023

Back in 2012, Cherry Red had released the first two Blow Monkeys albums in DLX RMs, and the next one also followed suit a year later. Each of them in 2xCD packages with many unreleased tracks as well as remixes … Continue reading

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