Tag Archives: 2017

2017 – The Year In Buying Music

Posted on January 2, 2018 by postpunkmonk

“Going into 2017, I’d like to see a slight paring back of music bought in the upcoming year. Last year I bought a release for every post made in the year [210] and that’s a bit too much stuff. I know for … Continue reading →

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Ron Kane: 1958-2017 [part 8]

Posted on December 15, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] The last few years of my correspondence with Ron he mentioned his concern for his health. He was diagnosed as borderline diabetic and he was pretty vigilant about following his doctor’s instructions. In later years, he … Continue reading →

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Ron Kane: 1958-2017 [part 6]

Posted on December 12, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[continued from previous post] I next saw Ron four years after Ron-Kon, when we were planning a get together for chasinvictoria’s own 50th birthday in 2012. My wife put the call out and Ron and Dorothy made the rare trip … Continue reading →

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Ron Kane: 1958-2017 [part 5]

Posted on December 7, 2017 by postpunkmonk

Ron had an amazingly w-i-d-e range of musical tastes. Honestly, on a Venn Diagram, our tastes probably looked like this: I might like a much wider range of music now than I did at the age of 16, but Ron’s … Continue reading →

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Ron Kane: 1958-2017 [part 4]

Posted on December 6, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[continued from previous post] In 1990, our paradigm got shaken up when Ron moved from his home in Long Beach [whose address is the only other one besides my current and childhood home addresses, I have memorized from decades of … Continue reading →

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Ron Kane: 1958-2017 [part 3]

Posted on December 5, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[continued from previous post] Many were the bands I am now obsessed whose fandom of was all down to Ron’s predilection for “apple seeding” as he called it. Sometimes it did not even come from Ron directly. I seem to … Continue reading →

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King Crimson @ Duke Energy Center 10-26-17 [part 8]

Posted on November 20, 2017 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] After seeing a performance of such talent and intensity the thought occurred that much of what made this concert exemplary was down to its ability to sift through the entire history of King Crimson and not … Continue reading →

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