Tag Archives: Thompson Twins

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

The Totally Tubular Festival Came To Raleigh – We Came, We Saw, It Conquered [pt. 4]

Posted on July 18, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…Continued from last post] MODERN ENGLISH Modern English played next after a short break as the harsh summer sun was finally receding behind the trees on the horizon. One of Raleigh’s best attributes were the numerous trees downtown which were … Continue reading →

Posted in Concert Review, Core Collection, New Wave Blind Spots | Tagged 2024, Modern English, Thompson Twins | 17 Comments

“Totally Tubular Festival” Curates Bitchin’ Summer Soundtrack For 2024

Posted on January 12, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Last week I got a rare post from the Thomas Dolby mailing list. Was the Professor of Technopop planning new curriculum? No! He was looking to skip school this summer and ht the road on one of those “80s Package Tours.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Tourdates | Tagged 2024, Bow Wow Wow, Men Without Hats, Modern English, Package Tour, Plimsouls, The Romantics, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Tommy Tutone | 4 Comments

Post-Punk MVP – Matthew Seligman: 1955-2020

Posted on April 23, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Seligman was exceptionally active in the UK Post-Punk scene when it mattered most before becoming a lawyer in recent years. photo by Karen Frances Eng Damn it, COVID-19 has claimed another musician who was all over my Record Cell, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, New Wave MVP, obituary | Tagged Bruce Woolley, David Bowie, Gardening By Moonlight, Kevin Armstrong, Low Noise, Matthew Seligman, pandemic, Peter Murphy, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins | 31 Comments

Record Review: Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up UK 12″

Posted on January 29, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Thompson Twins: You Take Me Up UK 12″ [1984] You Take Me Up/Machines Take Me Over Down Tools Leopard Ray Passion Planet I somehow knew when I saw the video clip for “Hold Me Now” a few months before it … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review, Records I Used To Own | Tagged 12" single, 1984, Thompson Twins, You Take Me Up | 32 Comments

A Young Person’s Guide To: Thompson Twins – In The Name Of Love US LP/CD

Posted on November 12, 2019 by postpunkmonk

I first heard Thompson Twins like most “hip” Americans. In the summer of 1982 I was hearing “In The Name Of Love” a lot on college radio. The single would go on to be the Billboard “dance single” of the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Young Person's Guide | Tagged 1981, 1982, 1988, Compilation Albums, Thompson Twins | 25 Comments

Rock GPA: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [part 25]

Posted on January 9, 2018 by postpunkmonk

[continued from last post] Commenter Jordan in the previous post made a supremely cogent comment about OMD’s creative conundrum by 1985: “What was the missing link? It could not have been just trying to write bland music for the market. … Continue reading →