Tag Archives: 2004

Record Review: Altered Images – Happy Birthday …Plus DLX RM UK CD [part 1]

Posted on July 16, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Altered Images: Happy Birthday…Plus UK CD [2004] Intro: Happy Birthday Love And Kisses Real Toys Idols Legionnaire Faithless Beckoning Strings Happy Birthday Midnight A Day’s Wait Leave Me Alone Insects Outro: Happy Birthday Dead Pop Stars Sentimental Who Cares? Happy … Continue reading →

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First Impressions Often Lie

Posted on October 30, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Today my thoughts have gone to revisit those times when I have been disastrously wrong about something that upon revisiting, I will experience a 180 degree opinion switch on. Since I’ll never be Post-Punk Pope [I have no pull with … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 50]

Posted on March 14, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] With OMD kaput as of 1998 with only catalog projects to fulfill their Virgin contract, there was also the prospect of the Claudia Brücken/Paul Humphreys project that perpetually flew under the radar for long years. It … Continue reading →

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Steel Cage Match: Elvis 2003 VS Elvis 2004 [Part 2]

Posted on June 28, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from previous post] Elvis Costello + The Imposters: The Delivery Man US CD [2004] Button My Lip Country Darkness There’s A Story In Your Voice Either Side Of The Same Town The Delivery Man Monkey To Man Nothing Clings … Continue reading →

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Steel Cage Match: Elvis 2003 VS Elvis 2004 [Part 1]

Posted on June 26, 2017 by postpunkmonk

Nearly four years ago in a Gaineville, Georgia thrift store we found a cache of one dollar CDs that beckoned. Among the delights to be had were a pair of Elvis Costello albums of late [for me] vintage. I have … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Rose McDowall – Cut With The Cake Knife

Posted on April 12, 2017 by postpunkmonk

Rose McDowall: Cut With The Cake Knife DLX RM US CD [2015] Tibet Sunboy Wings Of Heaven Sixty Cowboys On The Sun Cut With The Cake Knife Crystal Nights Soldier So Vicious Don’t Fear The Reaper Crystal Days I got … Continue reading →

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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 8]

Posted on October 28, 2016 by postpunkmonk

Following the insular release of “Code Blue,” [there was never a copy sold anywhere but in Australia/New Zealand] the band lineup that had stabilized around guitarist Bob Kretschmer, Andy Qunta, et. al. for several years of success splintered. I thought … Continue reading →

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