Tag Archives: 2023

Ardala’s Superb “Halls Of Antiquity” Album Is Back In Print In A DLX RM

Posted on November 6, 2025 by postpunkmonk

It was not one of my finest moments when I got the Ardala album in its original, luxurious CD-R format back in 2023 on its release. The decadent 7″ x 7″ folio package was not quite as superb as the … Continue reading →

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Monastic Music Mining: More Parenthesisdotdotdot? Yes, Please!!

Posted on September 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

A few weeks ago we discovered that Popmeister Tim Benton was active under a branding new to me, Parenthesisdotdotdot. But that’s only because I’m old and feeble. Actually, Parenthesisdotdotdot had been active for at least a decade and I was … Continue reading →

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Catching Up With Fluid Japan: From “Don’t Dry Your Eyes” To “Always”

Posted on August 15, 2024 by postpunkmonk

There are always things to keep this Monk busy. Idleness rarely enters the picture. In early March of this year I got the email that announced the “Don’t Dry Your Eyes” single by faves Fluid Japan, but that was in … Continue reading →

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Skids Enthrall On “Destination Düsseldorf”

Posted on August 12, 2024 by postpunkmonk

We haven’t written enough about The Skids here at PPM. There was a week in 2016 where we wrote about nothing but… and then didn’t have a “Theme Week” for it because it was all unplanned! Then we lost The … Continue reading →

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Re/Generation [Leah Lane + Peter Godwin] Revisit Bowie’s “Absolute Beginners”

Posted on August 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

When thoughts turned to Peter Godwin’s upcoming reissue of his Polydor material, the fact is that he’s been making new material that slipped by me. Due to last year being very distracting on the personal side of things. This was … Continue reading →

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Real Life Revisited ’97 Single Last Year…And Nobody Told Me!

Posted on July 11, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Last weekend I was in the company of friends who didn’t recognize the name Men Without Hats [I guess it can happen] when asking about my immediate plans for this weekend, so they asked their always listening speaker to play … Continue reading →

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Vivabeat Back From The Shadows With Reissue of “Party In The War Zone” DLX RM And Compilation LP

Posted on January 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Last year had been a very busy year. The blog had gotten cobwebs and 2023 seemed to be the year where the supremely estimable reissue label Rubellan Remasters have managed to issue eleven LPs, in at least two different color … Continue reading →

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