Tag Archives: music video

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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Record Review: Thinkman – The Formula

Posted on September 6, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Thinkman: The Formula GER CD [1986] Best Adventures The Formula Legend The Ecstasy Of Free Thought The Conflict The Challenge The Days Of A Champion There Shines Our Promised land When I was in Akron last weekend, I had the … Continue reading →

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Wang Chung Cheekily Revisit Their Biggest Hit

Posted on August 1, 2019 by postpunkmonk

As we mentioned last April, Wang Chung were the latest band to take the orchestral plunge that label August Day offered. The album has since been released in two formats, the ten track album and the boxed set version. Their … Continue reading →

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SoCal VS MTV = MV3

Posted on June 15, 2016 by postpunkmonk

Back in 1982 a lot of music video coming fast and furious and the traditional ways of discovering new bands [radio, press] were not relevant to my non-mainstream tastes.  Music video, for a brief time, skewed the traditional US rock power … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 32]

Posted on March 17, 2016 by postpunkmonk

2002 [continued] The end of 2002 brought with it the inevitable new compilation for the coming Christmas season. It had been 1994 when the Bowie singles had last gotten a push, so there was another comp in the pipeline. “Best … Continue reading →

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David Bowie Memory Palace [part 19]

Posted on February 24, 2016 by postpunkmonk

1994 [continued] With an idea of what I was getting into, I bought “Black Tie, White Noise” the year following its release. Due to the collapse [immediately after release, actually] of the Savage Records label, who had the rights to … Continue reading →

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Song of the Day: Rupert Hine – Surface Tension

Posted on September 23, 2010 by postpunkmonk

Today’s song is from a man better known as a producer of other people’s records. Rupert Hine made his name producing hits for The Fixx and Tina Turner, but I’m indifferent to the merits of those records! Not so for … Continue reading →

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