Tag Archives: 2016

30 Days: 30 Albums | B-Movie – Climate Of Fear

Posted on September 12, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I first heard B-Movie on a flexidisc from Flexipop magazine that had a version of “Remembrance Day” coupled with Soft Cell’s “Metro Mr. X” and I saw it as a cheap way to check out this “Soft Cell” I’d been … Continue reading →

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30 Days: 30 Albums | Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression

Posted on September 11, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Iggy Pop is one of those artists that I always have the time for. If I one day have every album, that would be just fine with me. While they tend to sprawl all over the place at times, there … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 67]

Posted on May 30, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – Architecture + Morality – Dazzle Ships | 2016 – 3.5 [continued from last post] Disc two opened with the title track to “Architecture + Morality” but that sounded like a playback. The next song, “Sealand” was far from … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 66]

Posted on May 29, 2018 by postpunkmonk

OMD – Architecture + Morality – Dazzle Ships | 2016 – 3.5 [continued from this post] On the face of it, I had to admit that the band had some cheek to release two live albums drawing from the same … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 65]

Posted on May 23, 2018 by postpunkmonk

Having performed at the Museum of Liverpool for the first time since losing Malcolm Holmes as a drummer after his heart attack in 2013, the band opted to replace him with the first OMD drummer… the reel-to-reel tape deck named … Continue reading →

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Book Week – Grace Jones [Paul Morley]: I’ll Never Write My Memoirs

Posted on April 26, 2018 by postpunkmonk

For a very long time, Grace Jones proclaimed that she would never release an autobio, until that point where she suddenly did; taking a famous lyric of hers from “Art Groupie” and turning it on its head. When “semi-famous model … Continue reading →

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Book Week – Bettye Kronstad: Perfect Day; An Intimate Portrait Of Life With Lou Reed

Posted on April 25, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I don’t plan on buying very many books these days. A far cry from my childhood when my mom used to complain that I spent any money she gave me on books instead of other, lesser things! Once, she gave … Continue reading →

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