Tag Archives: The Cramps

Tour Shirts No Longer With Us [part 7]

Posted on July 28, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Today we finally put the seemingly endless thread of tour shirts we used to own to bed. And just in time, as we’ll see tomorrow [?]. There are a few surprises in this last batch. As in “I can’t believe … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, T-shirt, Uncategorized | Tagged 2025, Bryan Ferry, Cocteau Twins, Frank Sinatra, Nitzer Ebb, Roxy Music, The Cramps, tour shirt | 2 Comments

UK’s Record Store Day 2024 Still Surprises

Posted on February 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

There were so many things of interest in the US that that I wondered… if the US was getting the Core Collection likes of OMD and Ultravox, what, if anything, would be UK-only items of interest? I needn’t have worried, … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged 2024, Bryan Ferry, David Sylvian, Lora Logic, Midge Ure, Pete Wylie, Peter Murphy, Propaganda, Record Store Day, The Cramps, Ultravox | 4 Comments

Chopper Franklin’s “Spaghetti Western Dub Vol. 1” Was The Album I’d Waited Over 40 Years To Hear

Posted on January 25, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Let me begin the tale in the following way. It was 1981 when listening to WPRK-FM the college radio station that I kept my ear glued to in the holiest of musical years. Slipped into the playlists was a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged 2024, Chopper Franklin, Dub, Spaghetti Western, The Cramps | 7 Comments

The Cramps Were Always A Virus No Amount Of Penicillin Could Tame As World Catches Up With “Goo Goo Muck” on “Wednesday”

Posted on December 21, 2022 by postpunkmonk

One of the amusing things about the incessant thirst of the ravening maw of the Entertainment Machine™ for new sources of mood and nuance is how every now and then, an arbitrary spark manages to catch a dusty old chestnut … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Immaterial Music, Uncategorized | Tagged 1981, 2022, The Cramps | 22 Comments

All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 6]

Posted on May 9, 2019 by postpunkmonk

An East Coast Monk In King Wenner’s Court [part the third] […continued from last post] RRHOF – the exhibits We next tried to figure out how to get from one place/level to another in the pyramid that;s the Rock + … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019, Akron, Blondie, Cleveland, David Bowie, DEVO, Howard Devoto, Ian Hunter, RRHOF, The Cramps, The Ramones | Leave a comment

Record Review: The Cramps – Eyeball In My Martini

Posted on March 9, 2017 by postpunkmonk

The Cramps: Eyeball In My Martini UK CD5 [1991] Eyeball In My Martini I Wanna Get In Your Pants Wilder Wilder, Faster Faster I always kept up with The Cramps singles as their B-sides could be simply amazing. The singles … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Record Review | Tagged 1991, CD singles, rockabilly, The Cramps | Leave a comment

A Young Person’s Guide To: Urgh! A Music War [part 2]

Posted on December 4, 2012 by postpunkmonk

So yesterday we took a look at the double album version of “Urgh! A Music War.” Due to the wide ranging tentacles of the Copeland family musical empire, it stands as a rather thoroough snapshot of the New Wave scene … Continue reading →