Tag Archives: The Residents

Record Store Day 2025 Dangles Bright, Shiny Musical Objects

Posted on April 10, 2025 by postpunkmonk

It’s been such a whirlwind of activity that I only came to realize that Record Store Day was bearing down like a runaway freight train! It is happening in less than 48 hours and as always, we have to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Store Day, Want List | Tagged 2025, a-ha, David Bowie, Dead Or Alive, Duran Duran, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Lou Reed, Nick Lowe, OMD, PIL, Suede, Talking Heads, The Colourfield, The Cure, The Hate Bombs, The Ramones, The Residents, Thompson Twins, Wall Of Voodoo, Wire | 4 Comments

Collecting Lene Lovich Marginalia [part 1]

Posted on September 22, 2021 by postpunkmonk

I’ve already looked into the early pre-history of the iconic Lene Lovich. There’s a lot more where that came from if we instead turn our attention to, let’s say, the year 1978 when she was signed to Stiff Records. She’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Want List | Tagged Lemmy, Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, Rachel Sweet, soundtrack, The Residents, Thomas Dolby, Tom Verlaine | 8 Comments

Residents Shadowland Tour Hits All The Right Stops

Posted on February 11, 2016 by postpunkmonk

I remember my first exposure to The Residents. It was in 1978 and Dr. Demento played their tooth-grinding song “Constantinople” from their “Duck Stab” EP on his weekly radio show. The song was anxiety-provoking like nothing I had ever heard before, … Continue reading →