Tag Archives: 2025

Men Without Hats Resurface With New Single And I Love “I ♥ The 80s!”

Posted on July 3, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Yow! I just got an email from Fluid Japan‘s Todd Lewis hipping me to the fact that Canada’s mighty, mighty Men Without Hats, who thoroughly rocked our world last summer, had a new single out! After a pause of about … Continue reading →

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 4]

Posted on July 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Another day, another handful of tour shirts that I once owned, but now have only photos of. These photos were the actual files used to sell them off to new homes in the “wild west” days of eBay. When all … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Shocker: Kerr Shares Memoir With Burchill In “Our Secrets Are The Same”

Posted on July 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I just got the email from the Simple Minds mothership minutes ago and I’m a little shocked at how reality has refused to bend to my expectations. I you can set the Wayback Machine for about five years ago, there … Continue reading →

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John Foxx Focuses On ‘Metamatic’ Era On New Compilation LP And T-Shirt

Posted on June 26, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Three weeks ago we got another missive from the John Foxx mothership. There was a new compilation LP gathering up all of the “Metamatic” era singles/B-sides and adjacent music on a good old fashioned black vinyl LP. 140 g one … Continue reading →

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 3]

Posted on June 25, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Here’s another salvo of tour shirts that I once called mine before a cabinet filled to overflowing forced a culling of the casual wear one is most likely to see this Monk when encountering me in what used to be … Continue reading →

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Thalie Némésis Finds Strength In The Shadows With “Catarsi Apotropaica” EP

Posted on June 24, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Thalie Némésis: Catarsi Apotropaica – FR – DL [2025] Here’s more proof that almost all I need is available in the Bandcamp ecosystem. Last weekend the artist used the contact form on the website and while I had a spare … Continue reading →

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Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 2]

Posted on June 23, 2025 by postpunkmonk

On the cusp of a second culling I’m considering of the Tour Shirt collection, we’re looking at the shirts sold off during the first cull in 2007. A surprising number of these were of what I’d call core collection bands; … Continue reading →

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