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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 23h

I don't even know what Don Hill's was! I was so young and naive.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 23h

But ✨magically✨

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah but we had the Limelight and that was really our generation's 54. I meet people who only heard of it and speak of it in the same awed hush tones.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 23h

It was really good. The Ritz must've been magic.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 1d

I've been trying to remember if I saw the New Order one!! I took Ian to PIL at the Ritz in 91 or 92 but I genuinely cannot be sure about the stadium one

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 1d

I kept a journal for some of those years but I'm sure they're long lost.

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, one more. Depeche Mode, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Nitzer Ebb at Giants Stadium June 16, 1990. I've been trying to remember the big stadium shows I saw between 89-91, and this was a good one! (No '89 Cure, Love and Rockets, and Pixies, but still incredible!)

Ticket stub from Tiketmaster for Depeche Mode, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Nitzer Ebb at Giants Stadium, June 16, 1990

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, this one I don't have a backstory for because it's definitely my partner's instead of mine and he isn't here at the moment. (It lives in my cabinet of wonders so it counts.) Gogol Bordello wrist band. I honestly don't know where this came from or when but it *is* stylish as hell.

white knit wrist band with gogol bordello written in very dark blue, also lined top and bottom with dark blue

back of a white knit wrist band with a hand holding a slingshot with a star in it

hand holding white knit wristband with gogol bordello in dark blue on it

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 1d

I am traveling again and it means I lose track of days and forget to do posts (and also that I'm stuck relying on what I already photographed without adventuring back into my archives).

NEVERTHELESS. I'll try to keep up!

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 3d

Evelyn Evelyn released an album and a single. I maybe listened to them once, and shelved it all when it became clear they didn't understand why it was offensive. This deck of cards must've come with either the limited 7" or the vinyl version of the album (sometime between 2007-2010, I think)

a deck of cards with a cartoon of conjoined twins named Evelyn Evelyn that presents them as circus freaks. The line reads "Come play with us. Forever and ever. And ever."

a deck of cards with a carnival theme showing what might be a two-headed elephant. it reads "52 standard playing cards"

the spine of the deck of cards reads Evelyn Evelyn

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 3d

Dammit, I thought I posted already today but apparently I dreamed that.

Today's post is pretty controversial - a side-project of Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley, it took incredible heat from the disabilities community, who rightly pointed out how the band perpetuated outdated ideas about monstrosity

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think any venue can beat "Kristen Hirsch" 😅

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 4d

This was released by Unseen Sketchbooks in 2021. You can see actually decent images of it at the below link, but it doesn't appear to still be for sale on the site. (2/2)

Pasteboard by Timothy O'Donnell • Unseen Sketchbooks

www.unseensketchbooks.co.uk

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 4d

Today: Pasteboard, by Timothy O'Donnell. One of the keenest designers in the business. His name is on SO many of my most beloved 4ad releases, and he's also an absolutely wonderful person. Support the graphic artists who turn our beloved music items into beloved art items! (1/2)

an oversized softcover book with bits of logos superimposed on one another in various colors

an inner page with bits of logos superimposed on one another in various colors

another random page bits of logos superimposed on one another in black and white

the introduction to the book with a facing page of various logos superimposed on one another

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 5d

A thing I just remembered about the October 2001 show is that the subways and PATH trains were not running normally because it was so soon after Sept 11, and I recall it was an extra adventure to get to the Knitting Factory that year.

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 5d

And here's from 2001 and 2002. I've seen KH play with all of her bands and solo probably more than 40 times, but this run of tickets from her solo at the Knitting Factory feels so nice and regular, same artist same location, year after year. And always fabulous!

ticket stub Kristen Hersh (Kristin Hersh), Josh Ritter, Knitting Factory NY 10/26/01

ticket stub Kristin Hersh Knitting Factory NY 5/4/2002

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 5d

I'm glad these posts are bringing joy! That's literally why I started this account. So happy to hear it!

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 5d

And here's from 2001 and 2002. I've seen KH play with all of her bands and solo probably more than 40 times, but this run of tickets from her solo at the Knitting Factory feels so nice and regular, same artist same location, year after year. And always fabulous!

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, I missed yesterday because bluesky was depressing me too much. Today, I'll cram 6 ticket stubs into 2 posts to make up for it.

6 different years of seeing @kristinhersh.bsky.social at the Knitting Factory in NYC, and so many ways of misspelling her name, it's surely a record! (93, 94, 98, 00)

ticket stub: Kristin Hersh, Knitting Factory 03/06/93

ticket stub: Kristen Hirsch (Kristin Hersh) Knitting Factory 07/01/94

ticket stub Kristin Hersh, Knitting Factory, 09 May 98

ticket stub Kristin Hersh Knitting Factory 08/12/2000

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 7d

I strongly suspect at least half my items are Throwing Muses-related. Nothing says "1990s" like a branded CD wallet! Honestly I couldn't give a date on this to save my life, but at some point during the heyday of Throwing Music, they released this incredible relic, and I, a crazy person, kept it!

fabric black cd wallet that says throwing music with their URL

black fabric cd wallet on its side so you can see the empty pages inside

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 8d

PS: it's Bandcamp Friday so throw some money at musicians, most of whom are being pummelled by streaming services. Music has saved my life more than once and musicians deserve nice things.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 8d

Inscribed in silver marker: "A copy of Unnatural Historicalcoil for Robin Zebrowski with love and best wishes from John Balance and Peter Christopherson AKA Sleazy, London 8(crossed out) 10 September 97. This was done because @brainwashed.bsky.social is a perfect human who knew John and Peter (2/2).

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 8d

It's another Friday and the world is still mostly terrible so let's lean in to the awesomeness of loving good music. Here's a special one: It looks like a normal CD copy of Coil's Unnatural History III, but look inside the booklet and BAM. (1/2)

Coil's Unnatural history III cd in the case

The cd case open to reveal an inscription on the booklet that's hard to read

A hand holds the booklet in the light so the inscription is readable

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 9d

It's so well-made and gorgeous, too! I swear if you have disposable income her scarves are a great investment with such great provenance.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about just abandoning my main account that follows all the news and living here in music-land.

Today: Peyrere (various artists) cassette. 1986. I used to try and collect every single release Coil appeared on ever. That's become totally ridiculous with all the current vinyl nonsense.

Oversized black and cream colored packaging with abstract images and the word PEYRERE

oversized plastic case holding the packaging with track list and credits with a black and white tape outside

the booklet open to a page with coil drawings and a photograph

booklet open to the Current 93 page with artwork and a photo

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 10d

Can't decide what to post today. How about this Kelley Deal-made scarf? It's technically my partner's, but it lives in my house so it's fair game. Her scarves are almost as great as her music. (I saved the tag but this scarf gets worn every autumn, except right now when it's literally still 85⁰F)

a folded scarf with reds and olives and yellow squares on one side and a tiny herringbone-ish black and grey pattern on the other side. On top is a tag that says Kelley Deal and orange saturn

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