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Les Longs Adieux Cover a Lou Reed Classic With “Perfect Day”

Posted on May 20, 2025 by postpunkmonk

We just got notice last Saturday that the Roman Post-Punk-slash-Darkwave band Les Longs Adieux had covered Lou Reed’s classic bittersweet ballad, “Perfect Day” and there was a video for it. I wondered if this was an upcoming Bandcamp release but … Continue reading →

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New Shriekback Viddy For “The Wolfman Whinesplains”

Posted on March 15, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Gloryoski! We got notice a few days ago that the new Shriekback viddy was online in …that place. The Hodah-helmed clip was actually shot and featured the very real and not at all simulated Barry Andrews in the clip itself, … Continue reading →

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Looking Back At Music Videos [part 4]

Posted on April 15, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] MTV Alternatives With MTV getting fat and middle aged by its third year, we made the effort to look elsewhere for our music video kicks. One alternative actually pre-dated MTV. Night Flight was a four hour … Continue reading →

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Looking Back At Music Videos [part 2]

Posted on April 12, 2022 by postpunkmonk

MTV Shakes Things Up MTV didn’t spread that quickly at first. Cable TV spectrum was valuable, and limited with cable systems having about 20-30 channels at the time as typical in my area. That was up from the five channels … Continue reading →

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Looking Back At Music Videos [part 1]

Posted on April 11, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Music Videos were certainly a huge thing 40 years ago. I can recall seeing proto-MTV music video programming in the ’79-’80 window. Syndicated music programs were bubbling up at the end of the 70s as bands were embracing a visual … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 15]

Posted on December 16, 2021 by postpunkmonk

When “Animal Magic” was a hit in 1986, the thing that labels did at that time was to create a home video to sell for more than the cost of the album. After all, those videos cost money that should … Continue reading →

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Record Review: The Cure – The Head On The Door GER CD [part 1]

Posted on September 10, 2019 by postpunkmonk

The Cure: The Head On The Door GER CD [1985] In Between Days Kyoto Song The Blood Six Different Ways Push The Baby Screams Close To Me A Night Like This Screw Sinking I cannot believe that in nearly 2000 … Continue reading →

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