Tag Archives: 2005

The Night Of The Proms: Middlebrow Eurokitsch?…Or The Final Frontier Of Your Obsessive Collection?

Posted on April 28, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It was during the medium-high internet record collecting years around the turn of the century, that I became aware of a European phenomenon called “The Night Of The Proms.” This was begun in 1985 in Belgium by two students and … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Your Prog Roots Are Showing | Tagged 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Alphaville, Bryan Ferry, Grace Jones, Heaven 17, Joe Jackson, Kid Creole + The Coconuts, Martin Fry, Midge Ure, OMD, Simple Minds, Tears For Fears | 7 Comments

Billy MacKenzie Remixed [part 7]

Posted on February 1, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2003 brought a shake up to the already established Billy MacKenzie canon of posthumous releases. Nude records had cone out of business at the time, giving One Little Indian some of their catalog titles. In 2003, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock | Tagged 2004, 2005, Associates, Billy Mackenzie | 2 Comments

Billy MacKenzie Fandom In The Aftermath: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst of Times [part 5]

Posted on January 27, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 5: Death As A Career Move… The next seven or eight years following Billy’s death saw all manner of his recordings get a release from various labels and concerns. While MacKenzie was gone and would no longer create music … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s | Tagged 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, Alan Rankine, Associates, BillyMacKenzie | 10 Comments

30 Days: 30 Albums | Ursula 1000 – Here Comes Tomorrow

Posted on September 8, 2018 by postpunkmonk

A few years ago, when tracking down anything…and I mean anything that Cristina Monet might have done in the interminable slog following her 1983 “Sleep It Off” opus, I came across the Ursula 1000 album “Here Comes Tomorrow” ca. 2005, … Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Days - 30 Albums, Deadpan Women, Record Review | Tagged 2005, Cristina Monet, Ursula 1000 | 2 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 53]

Posted on April 4, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from this post] While the Onetwo album had been gestating since the early 2000s, to be released in 2007, there had already been a seismic occurrence with the tentative reformation of OMD in 2005 for the purposes of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA | Tagged 2005, 2006, 2007, OMD, reformed bands | 2 Comments

Record Review: KAS Product – By Pass DLX RM

Posted on November 17, 2016 by postpunkmonk

KAS Product: By Pass DLX RM FRENCH CD [2005] Loony-Bin Seldom, Often Smooth Down Mingled & Tangled Tina Town T.M.T. Devil Fellow W. Infatuation Taking Shape Tape Scape Sweet & Sour Crash Party It was 2006 when I first chanced … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged 1983, 2005, KAS Product | 9 Comments

Collecting Simple Minds In The 21st Century [part 4]

Posted on September 27, 2016 by postpunkmonk

[continued from previous post] We proceed in listing the many singles in many territories that Simple Minds issued like dandelion seeds in the 21st century. Part 4 Simple Minds Home CD#1 EUROPE CD5 | Sanctuary Records ‎– SANXS388 | 2005 Home [edit] 4:03 Bird On A Wire 3:50 … Continue reading →