The Psychedelic Furs – Midnight to Midnight
Well, things have been chugging along just fine on the Psych Furs front. Even if I wasn’t overly enthused about Mirror Moves, it had some really good songs, and really stuck with me. In...
Category: New Wave
The Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
So even though I was already aware of The Psychedelic Furs as a concept, having seen that first record hanging around at Desert Shore, it wasn’t until “Forever Now” was released in 1982 and...
The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl
As with most acts, it would seem, I came late to The Pretenders. Not that I didn’t hear their first two records, or at least the singles. I cannot for the life of me...
Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi
In my personal opinion, “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” was the greatest late night talk show of all time – and I’m including the very first years of David Letterman’s show, which...
1.4.5. – Pink Invasion
This one took a while to write, because in my entire record collection, there isn’t a record with a more personal connection – because this is the only record I ever designed a cover...
New Order – Blue Monday
This is just a 12″ single of another big song for New Order – which actually hit number 5 on the US dance charts, where nothing else they did previously ever made a mark....
New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
As I said last time, for some reason or other, these New Order records were a gift from my college roommate, who I believe brought them back from Italy (two of these are Italian...
New Order – 1981-Factus 8-1982
My New Order records were all (as far as I can remember) a gift from my friend, former roommate and companion on our five-year musical journey, after he had moved across the country. I...
Missing Persons — Spring Session M
From 1982, the exact moment that MTV exploded and bands like Missing Persons were able to break through a very tired soundscape. New Wave and synth bands were suddenly everywhere, with bright music, bright...
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