Tag Archives: Associates

Billy MacKenzie: The Posthumous Era [part 4]

Posted on January 26, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 4: The Aftermath… Billy’s mother Lily had died the previous summer and the already mercurial singer was capable of wild mood swings as his attitude to his singing career had already showed. On January 22nd, 1997, he went into … Continue reading →

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Making Up For Lost Time In The 90s With Associates [part 3]

Posted on January 25, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 3: Obsession MAGNIFICENT… With my perceptions permanently altered by my encounter with Associates, I really started purchasing vinyl records once again after pretty much a five year layoff. By the early 90s, it was apparent that whole swaths of … Continue reading →

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My Tragically Late Recognition of Associates Changed Everything [part 2]

Posted on January 24, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Part 2: The EPIPHANY… As we was in said last post, I had many opportunities to be exposed to both Billy MacKenzie and The Associates and I was curiously deaf to the evidence. Nothing clicked for me. Until that fateful … Continue reading →

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REDUX: A Young Person’s Guide To Associates – “Heart Of Glass”

Posted on August 29, 2019 by postpunkmonk

October 10, 2014 I think I actually first heart The Associates expansive cover of Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” being played in a club! This was the pre-show disco for some show at Visage in Orlando during the late 80s-early 90s … Continue reading →

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REDUX: The Eventual Joy of Orphaned Albums

Posted on January 19, 2017 by postpunkmonk

June 20, 2013 Last week a CD arrived in the mail that I only recently became aware of, and it got me thinking on an interesting tangent. The album was The Sound Barrier’s “The Suburban Suite” and the main reason … Continue reading →

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Monk Agog: Flexipop! Tome Crowdsourced And No One Told Me

Posted on January 6, 2016 by postpunkmonk

So I hope you saw this coming from yesterday. I was writing about the Boomtown Rats flexidisc that came with issue #3 of Flexipop! Magazine, and in case anyone reading the post didn’t have a clue as to what I … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Retro:Active 3

Posted on February 27, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Various Artists: Retro:Active 3 CAN CD [2005] When In Rome – The Promise (Coliseum Mix) – 6:29 Simple Minds – Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime) (Extended Version) – 6:05 Big Pig – Breakaway (Popper Mix) – 6:02 INXS – The One … Continue reading →

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