Tag Archives: 2024

The Totally Tubular Festival Came To Raleigh – We Came, We Saw, It Conquered [pt. 4]

Posted on July 18, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…Continued from last post] MODERN ENGLISH Modern English played next after a short break as the harsh summer sun was finally receding behind the trees on the horizon. One of Raleigh’s best attributes were the numerous trees downtown which were … Continue reading →

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The Totally Tubular Festival Came To Raleigh – We Came, We Saw, It Conquered [pt. 3]

Posted on July 17, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…Continued from last post] MEN WITHOUT HATS Okay, so let’s get this out of the way. I’ve liked Men Without Hats ever since their debut EP got picked up by Stiff in The States in 1980. I have their first … Continue reading →

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The Totally Tubular Festival Came To Raleigh – We Came, We Saw, It Conquered [pt. 2]

Posted on July 16, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…Continued from last post] EDDIE MUNOZ [OF THE PLIMSOULS] What a difference a few months makes. In the case of Eddie Muñoz, the lead guitarist of The Plimsouls, the difference between billing as “The The Plimsouls” and what happened today: … Continue reading →

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ABC★★★, Howard Jones, + Haircut 100 Unite To Trek Across North America This Summer

Posted on July 10, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Against all odds, I got a wild hair to visit abcmartinfry.com for my semiannual visit last week and saw they are undertaking a US tour with HoJo (him again) and the original Haircut 100 lineup and they are in Cleveland … Continue reading →

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Totally Tubular Festival Now Even MORE Tubular With Added Tubes, Wang Chung

Posted on July 9, 2024 by postpunkmonk

The Totally Tubular Festival we got tickets for in January started in Seattle on the 26th of June. Recently, I saw that the story I ran on the festival had been getting a lot of hits in the PPM dashboard. … Continue reading →

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Midge Ure Busily Touring World Stages In 2024

Posted on July 8, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Commenter Schwenko just dropped a note a week or two ago letting me know that Midge Ure is up to his old tricks, touring in America, but a closer look tells us that there’s no stopping the man as he … Continue reading →

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The Heathen Apostles Reclaim Country Music Full Of Blood & Dirt From Pretenders With “The In Between”

Posted on July 6, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Just six months in from the powerful impact of Chopper Franklin’s “Spaghetti Western Dub Vol. 1,” an album I’ve listened to heavily all year, I have to admit that I was already pining for more. The grit-drenched vibe was exactly … Continue reading →

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