Tag Archives: ABC

Record Shopping Road Trip: McKays – Winston Salem

Posted on December 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

MC KAY’S | WINSTON SALEM I’ve been traveling an awful lot in recent months. For what seemed like most of my life, any travel to other cities came with an autonomous response of looking up what record stores this city … Continue reading →

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A Cleveland Sojourn III: ABC★★★ Wows Monk With Crack Team @ Temple Live Masonic – Aug. 31st, 2024

Posted on September 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] ABC★★★ I am aware that Howard Jones was the headliner, but the fact is, were ABC★★★ not on the bill, this trip would never have happened. That $100 dollars would have stayed in my bank account. … 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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Martin Fry Pens “Lexicon of Life” Autobio

Posted on January 31, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Well, well, well. Now we know what Martin Fry did in Lockdown. I got the news last week from commenter Tim that there was a new autobiography in the celebspace from Mr. Fry…F-r-y. Others have done the deed. I still … Continue reading →

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Superproducer Trevor Horn Recounts “Adventures In Modern Recording” In His Autobiography

Posted on January 5, 2023 by postpunkmonk

I’m not sure that I ever mentioned this one here, but this might have been a case where my wife saw the book was out and ordered it for the library where she works. Due to a shipping snafu, she … Continue reading →

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Record Review: ABC ★★★: “Sixty Seconds Later” B-Side Shines In Gold Vinyl

Posted on June 20, 2022 by postpunkmonk

ABC★★★: Look Good Tonight – UK – 7″ [2022] Look Good Tonight Sixty Seconds Later It’s hard to believe that only eleven days ago we wrote about the desirable new 7″ by ABC★★★ that was bundled with the latest issue … Continue reading →

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Want List: Electronic Sound Issue 90 Bundled With New ABC 7″

Posted on June 9, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Stop the presses! We interrupt this regularly scheduled review for some very timely info. I just got the email from Electronic Sound and I’m sharing it with you because time is of the essence This will sell out sometime today … Continue reading →

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