Tag Archives: Spandau Ballet

Yet More Band Shirts That This Monk May Need…

Posted on July 30, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Just when we were poring over the tour shirts that we had sold off many years ago, we got a missive from the Spandau Ballet mothership alerting us to a set of t-shirts from every album they released in the … Continue reading →

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Spandau Ballet Early Years Ultrabox Mixes Analog + Digital While Covering All The Bases And More

Posted on June 20, 2025 by postpunkmonk

While I was stunned by the realization yesterday, that I was finally going to get to see Lene Lovich perform live…along with DEVO as as a bonus [!!], in came the missive from Spandau Ballet Central that coming soon was … Continue reading →

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Classic Pop’s New Romantic Special Attempts To Parse the Slippery “Movement”

Posted on July 26, 2022 by postpunkmonk

It’s been a while now, but knowing my predilections, commenter Jordan asked me if I’d be interested in a copy of the Classic Pop “New Romantic Special Edition” from 2019. Not being one to turn down too many free offers, … Continue reading →

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Gary Kemp + Steven Wilson + Mike Garson = …Whaaa…??!

Posted on July 29, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Gary Kemp + Steven Wilson + Mike Garson: Waiting For The Band remix – DL – [2021] Waiting For The Band [remix] 10:37 This came out of nowhere and I had to investigate, given the participants. I have been aware … Continue reading →

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Record Shopping Road Trip: Atlanta, October 2018 – Day 2, Store 2

Posted on October 21, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from previous post] Wax ‘N Facts | Atlanta, GA We strolled the 400 feet from Criminal Records to Wax ‘N Facts, and entered the now open store to hit the CD stock first. The prices were very modest with … Continue reading →

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Heck Freezes Over, Melts, Then Re-Freezes Again: Gary Kemp Joins The Pink Floyd

Posted on October 5, 2018 by postpunkmonk

I caught wind of this a few weeks ago when we were in the middle of the 30Days; 30 Albums thread, so this is the first time I’ve mentioned it in a post, but I saw on the morning of … Continue reading →

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Spandau Shakeup Stabilizes…To What End?

Posted on June 25, 2018 by postpunkmonk

While we have had our head stuck down the OMD rabbit hole for many months, the world has not ceased spinning on its axis. Last July, Tony Hadley beat what seemed like a hasty exit from Spandau Ballet after nine … Continue reading →

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