Tag Archives: 2025

Lost 80s Live A Virtual Top 40 Of New Wave [part 2]

Posted on August 8, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] THE POLECATS Then came something a bit more raucous when The Polecats took to the stage. Lead singer Tim [Worman] Polecat was a flurry of movement. Well, it came with the territory. If you’re standing still … Continue reading →

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Lost 80s Live A Virtual Top 40 Of New Wave [part 1]

Posted on August 7, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I could hardly wait to attend the stop of the Lost 80s Live Tour in Cary, North Carolina last Sunday. Against incredible odds, we would be seeing Peter Godwin, one of our favorite artists who we’ve collected for 43 years. … Continue reading →

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OMD Tease “Crush” Deluxe Editions Coming In October

Posted on August 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

If this Monk had a nose full of nickels for every wag who has been crying out for a Deluxe Remaster of OMD‘s 1985 “Crush” album, I could retire from my labors right now. The tale of how their third … Continue reading →

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Scorpion Milk Hit The Nail On The Head With “Another Day, Another Abyss”

Posted on July 31, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I have to admit…Mat McNerny was not on my musical radar. His roots in the Norwegian Black Metal scene are outside of my realms of interest. But when this song came over the transom it slipped right into that sweet … Continue reading →

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Yet More Band Shirts That This Monk May Need…

Posted on July 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Just when we were poring over the tour shirts that we had sold off many years ago, we got a missive from the Spandau Ballet mothership alerting us to a set of t-shirts from every album they released in the … Continue reading →

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 7]

Posted on July 28, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Today we finally put the seemingly endless thread of tour shirts we used to own to bed. And just in time, as we’ll see tomorrow [?]. There are a few surprises in this last batch. As in “I can’t believe … Continue reading →

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 6]

Posted on July 25, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Just when you thought it was safe to venture back to Post-Punk Monk came The Thread That Would Not Die®…more tour shirts that I used to own from a cull nearly 20 years ago in advance of the next shirt … Continue reading →

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