Tag Archives: 2015

REDUX: A Visage Post Script With Logan Sky and Steven Jones

Posted on July 1, 2022 by postpunkmonk

November 20, 2015 With Visage now concluded, where does that leave us, the fans? There was a lot of talent stirred into Team Visage, and their keyboardist Logan Sky has many irons in the fire that offer ways forward now that the … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 30]

Posted on February 16, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Following a burst of glorious backing vocals singing the refrain “now the sun is in the sky again” I think I heard, yes!… a mellotron! This was immediately shaping up to be a stunner of a … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 29]

Posted on February 15, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I missed this album in its three month crowdfunding phase in 2014. “No problem,” I thought to myself. I’ll just grab it later. Later became seven long years where copies of this for sale even in … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 28]

Posted on February 14, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] “Feels Like A New Morning” was barely cooled off from manufacturing when one of the most thorough Blow Monkeys compilations ever was the first one to be issued now that the band was back in the … Continue reading →

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The Golden Era Of Tower Records Revisited In “All Things Must Pass” Documentary

Posted on September 24, 2021 by postpunkmonk

I had probably heard about the making of this film, by Colin Hanks [scion of Tom] a few years back and my wife came to mention it to me recently as she was buying films on DVD for the library … Continue reading →

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Book Review: JAPAN – A Foreign Place [The Biography 1974-1984] [part 2]

Posted on January 23, 2020 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Writer Reynolds finally shed light on the curious happenstance of JAPAN being first feted in the country of their name. This was put down to the cultural tradition of young Japanese girls being drawn to androgynous … Continue reading →

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Book Review: JAPAN – A Foreign Place [The Biography 1974-1984] [part 1]

Posted on January 22, 2020 by postpunkmonk

I finally bought copies of this book from the UK last summer for gift giving purposes. I knew several friends who should have copies of this in their library and I piggybacked my purchase with one of the others to … Continue reading →

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