Robin's music ephemera

Dammit I missed 3 days of music posts! And I'm about to travel so I'll miss more. I'll do penance by letting my kid choose the bad music in the car so it won't happen again.

an art print that says the magnetic fields 50 song memoir and signed just Stephin (by Stephin Merritt)

What even is the point of jobs if you can't get time to post music ephemera to the internet

This is just a signed print that came with Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir in 2017.

Genesis P-Orridge with Hafler Trio - Alaura / Slave Priest View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 CD release of "Alaura / Slave Priest" on Discogs.

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front of the book with psychadelic colors and the PTV logo. Photograph is very off-center, new lows reached with my bad photography

random page inside with Godstar lyrics and a photo

random page inside with images and lyrics in English and Italian

back cover of the book in bright colors with the mini-cd of Alaura / Slave Priest (listed as GPO and Hafler Trio as artists)

I missed yesterday because my job is Too Much, so today I'll post the 2nd lyric book + music item from the same series as the Bauhaus book I posted on Tuesday. Here's the Psychic TV version (1990), same English/Italian lyrics and background material, but this time with a mini cd instead of a 7"

Omg! I still love his bands so much!!

Oh damn, nice! I've only ever seen 2 from the series (the 2 I have- Bauhaus and Psychic TV).

Chris Van Wagner introduced me to this thing and I was gleeful when I eventually found a copy in the pre-internet-buying days

A random page with some of the history of the band and images

a random page of the book in Italian with artwork

a random lyric page with Spirit and The Three Shadows Part II in both English and Italian

It has more than just lyrics inside - some text about the history of the band, etc. In the early 90s, this was literally the only place to find their cover of Spirit in the Sky outside of a 7" no one had, and this was not easy to find, either!

the cover of the book - black bauhaus logo and their name

the book next to the 7"

the back of the book next to the 7"

a random page inside with lurics for Hollow Hills and Kick in the Eye in both English and Italian

1990 Bauhaus lyric book, with lyrics in both English and Italian. It came with a 7" of them covering Spirit in the Sky. A friend reverently played this for me around 1991, and I lost my mind because I loved the cover so much. I can't recall where I actually found this thing sometime in the late 90s!

Time's up! Superchunk Grenadine Lungfish Sea Tiger Versus hollAnd Danielle Howle Rob Christlansen & Andrew Beaujon Simple Machines the Finale March 27-29, 1998 The Black Cat . Washington, DC Rocket from the Crypt Franklin Bruno Tsunami Retsin Scrawl Secret Stars The Raymond Brake Treiops Treyfid & Friends The Whales Liquorice Godzuki Shipping News Archer Prewitt Telegraph Melts

bad audience photo of the band in old timey wigs - Rob Christiansen, Andrew Beaujon, I think Jeaninne Durfree, and someone else! I can't tell who anyone is in most of these photos because everyone was SO YOUNG

Quick one today - a goodbye poster from the Simple Machines goodbye weekend! What a fuckin lineup! As a bonus, here's also one of the photos I took that weekend in DC, of Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers who I still adore and who were so much fun! (So many ad hoc versions of bands played)

a colorful page with butterflies and text

title page of a book that says Toby Snax, with an image of a cute bunny. Written and illustrated by Kristin Hersh

Here's a random page from the first edition, and the title page from the University of Texas Press edition.

A yellow book with a white bunny that's titled Toby Snax, written and illustrated by Kristin Hersh

The inner binding with a little hand-drawn bunny by Kristin Hersh in pencil, and it's signed and numbered in the same pencil. Maybe 8 of 50?

Title page of Toby Snax, written and illustrated by Kristin Hersh, on Delicate Press from Portsmouth, RI - published creative commons!

2 copies of Toby Snax by Kristin Hersh next to one another - the copies look almost identical with slightly different fonts

In 2007 (?) @kristinhersh.bsky.social released what I think is her first children's book, Toby Snax, on Delicate Press. This limited first edition is signed and numbered (out of some number I can't quite read now - 8/50?) Then in 2016 (?) U of Texas Press re-printed it. Here are both editions!

Review/Pop; Mix-and-Match Show With Snarling and Anger (Published 1991)

Radio City Music Hall, July 24, 1991. Sometimes I think I hallucinated this entire night. I've been to a lot (a LOT) of concerts in my life, but this one was pretty easily the weirdest shit ever. The NY Times review really undersells the insanity.

very faded blue and white ticketmaster ticket stub for Sisters of Mercy and Public Enemy at Radio City Music Hall on July 24, 1991.

If my records are correct (debateable) this marks my 100th post of music stuff! How about a ticket stub from the most bonkers concert ever conceived? Sisters of Mercy and Public Enemy co-headlining. Opening bands included Gang of Four, Warrior Soul, and Young Black American Teenagers. BONKERS.

I hadn't seen them in the wild before I got one at a hotel in Barcelona over the summer! I think they must be cheap but designed to look respectable

a wood toothbrush that says xiu xiu in your mouth on the handle, on a brown paper package

a wood toothbrush that says xiu xiu in your mouth on the handle

a wood toothbrush that says xiu xiu in your mouth on the handle, on a brown paper package

I have Xiu Xiu in my mouth. Do you? (Xiu Xiu has really leaned into weird nonsensical merch in the last 10 or 15 years. I posted their tasty hot sauce like 2 months ago and I definitely still have at least a flask in my cabinet of wonders).

A handwritten note with a doodle of the teenbeat logo that says ROBIN! Thank you! Bye Mark

One of my absolute favorite things about ordering from TeenBeat is that Mark Robinson always writes a little thank you note and I save them all. I probably have 50 of these in a box.

A patch with a black background and white lines around the center teenbeat logo. It is outlines in red and cool af. I need a denim jacket for this bad boy.

Brand new @teenbeat.bsky.social patch! Arrived today!

a tag that reads Ada Binks Made in England attached to a wood-grained butterfly (on the back) with a metal hair clip

the hair clip from the front - an orange and yellow acrylic butterfly that matches the butterflies on the album cover to Heavenly's Le Jardin de Heavenly

I am almost guaranteed to miss tomorrow's post because it's a long insane day and today was a long insane day but not so insane that I can't post a cute hairclip from Heavenly! You can see it's a butterfly from Le Jardin de Heavenly - it's a nice heavy acrylic (maybe too heavy) and outrageously cute

Agreed!

poorly lit sheet music with bad lighting reflections

poorly lit sheet music with bad lighting reflections

poorly lit sheet music with bad lighting reflections

I don't remember how they funded it, but it was definitely offered with some limited items, and because I'm still convinced Caroline Crawley had the voice of god, I got some sort of special deluxe version. With it came 3 11x17(ish) pages of sheetmusic for Cavalry of Cloud. This is that! (2/2)

Today's post may set new records for the worst photography. In my defense these hang on the wall of my music room and the lighting in there is moody at best.

In 2017, Shelleyan Orphan put out a boxed set compiling their first 3 albums and a bunch of bonus material. (1/2)

Tiny actual matchbook next to the identical 7"

the matchbook next to the back of the matchbook 7"

Here it is next to the inspiration, their 1993 Matchbook 7". (Listen, that 7" is squeezed in to 2 protective sleeves so tightly that I just could not be convinced to take it out for photos. You can find them on discogs!) (2/2)

Yellow matchbook that says Tsunami

the back of the matchbook

the inside of the matchbook, in the style of their 7" for In a Name

Ok my kid was yelling at Fortnite so I went and took some photos earlier.

April 5, 2025, Tsunami and Ida played their Coin Toss show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago. I bought the adorable Tsunami matchbook, pictured here. (1/2)

Every now and then a facebook memory pops up of me because I was posting utter dismay and shame that the bar wasn't packed to the gills! It was a fabulous night! (Saw you this year playing with Tsunami and it was also fabulous!)

The cover of the oversized glossy package of LPD's Chemical Playschool 3 and 4

The back of the oversized glossy package of LPD's Chemical Playschool 3 and 4 showing the tracklists

The back of the oversized glossy package of LPD's Chemical Playschool 3 and 4 showing the tracklists, with the cassettes on top for scale

Chemical Playschool 3&4, Staaltape.

Cover of an oversized glossy package of Legendary Pink Dots Chemical Playschool 1&2.

The back of an oversized glossy package of Legendary Pink Dots Chemical Playschool 1&2, showing the tracklistings

The cover of the set with both cassettes on top for scale

More Staaltape - here's Legendary Pink Dots Chemical Playschool 1&2, and separately 3&4. They apparently had a whole LPD series, of which these are a part! 1&2 here, 3&4 in next post! These are legit a hassle to store well but I still adore them for having interesting packaging.

round coasters with an orange paper band around them stamped with No. 237

round coasters with an orange paper band around them stamped with No. 237

Teenbeat Records No. 237: coasters. I dunno what else to say about these! Teenbeat design has always been A+

It looks like there were just a few promo tapes in this series www.discogs.com/label/230536...

the spine of the tape showing THROWING MUSES The Soap Opera Saga 2nd Episode

The details of the cassette with notes about each of the songs

The cassette in an open case so you can see the track list

I'm basically on 12-hour workdays for a bit - it will calm down in a week or two but in the meantime we're working off what I've already photographed for now!

Maybe more cassettes? How about this: Throwing Muses Soap Opera Saga 2nd Episode. Single-sided promo tape from Warner Brothers/Sire.