Tag Archives: Magazine

Rock GPA: Magazine [part 4]

Posted on November 30, 2011 by postpunkmonk

Magazine – The Correct Use Of Soap | 1980 – 4 There are some times when the stars are in alignment and a band walks into the studio and out pours perfection. When Magazine convened for their make or break … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Magazine [part 3]

Posted on November 28, 2011 by postpunkmonk

Magazine – Secondhand Daylight | 1979 – 3.5 For the longest time, this album didn’t make much of an impression on me. I bought it at the same time as “Real Life” and I chalk it up to the wider … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Magazine [part 2]

Posted on November 22, 2011 by postpunkmonk

Magazine – Real Life | 1978 – 4 It’s fitting and proper that the Post-Punk era was duly ushered in by the debut Magazine album “Real Life” in the Spring of 1978. Having enabled indie punk the previous year with … Continue reading →

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Rock GPA: Magazine [part 1]

Posted on November 18, 2011 by postpunkmonk

I first encountered Magazine within the pages of the seminal Orlando New Wave paper, Dogfood. It was a review of the third Magazine album, “The Correct Use of Soap,” and it certainly sounded like a group that I should be … Continue reading →

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Post-Punk MVP: Robin Simon

Posted on October 13, 2011 by postpunkmonk

Robin Simon is a guitarist with only two things going for him; impeccable talent and excellent taste. His CV is not incredibly excessive, but almost everything I can see that he played on is in my Record Cell. His style … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Magazine | The Biography – Helen Chase

Posted on October 10, 2011 by postpunkmonk

Helen Chase’s biography of Magazine was a book that I was eager to buy. That says reams, since over the last decade, I’ve thinned many books out of my “library.” This is because I have come to realize that music … Continue reading →

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The Ones That Got Away… pt. 2

Posted on December 6, 2010 by postpunkmonk

As continued from Friday, what other acts that I collect have I not had the pleasure of seeing perform? Step right up! Roll up! The hits just keep on coming!   More to come later…

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