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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 2h

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

Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 2h

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Jason Webley, it took incredible heat from the disabilities community, who rightly pointed out how the band perpetuated outdated ideas about monstrosity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 · 1d

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

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

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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

I know right??

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

I absolutely cherish my copy! About 27 years ago, on one of the old TM forums, someone was going to sell it and after dozens of us made offers, the seller simply gave it to me because they saw how much I loved the band. It's a treasure in more ways than one.

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

The internet is really awful today so let's have some music. Throwing Muses (self-titled demo). This baby turns 40 this year. I started listening to them about 5 years after this was released, and as outrageous as it seems, I'm still listening to these songs 35 years later. And they still rock.

Cassette with a cartoonishly colorized image of a band, with Throwing Muses written in pink

a hand holding a cassette so the spine is visible, it's black with Throwing Muses written in orange

a cassette next to the open J-card with track listing

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

You can learn more about the box on discogs www.discogs.com/release/9090...

His Name Is Alive - Heart And Hand

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2001 CDr release of "Heart And Hand" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

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

His Name Is Alive: Heart and Hand box (2001). I got in just under the wire with number 49/50. Gorgeous box, gorgeous cds, gorgeous music. HNIA have been releasing things in really creative DIY ways since forever and I have been throwing money at them for just as long.

a wooden box with a heart-shaped lid screwed into the box. his name is alive heart and hand is written on the top

a box with a heart-shaped wooden lid swung open, revealing the contents covered in a blue velvet ribbon. Inside the top of the box it says time stereo 49/50

some of the contents of the box - CDs labeled HNIA 1 and 2 and the booklet with a painted heart on the cover, all resting on the inside of the open box

another shot of the open box that says time stereo 49/50 inside

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

Here's a crazy little thing: Throwing Muses's Anthology, released in 2011, on memory stick. It includes the 43 tracks of the album, and also a live performance from Spain. I love how they consistently do things ahead of the curve and outside the box.

small flash drive with the artwork from Throwing Muses Anthology

the back of the small flash drive, with throwing muses written in the cursive from their first album in white on a red background

the flash drive open to reveal the actual memory stick

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 11d

Here is the limited (500) edition of Neil Halstead's Palindrome Hunches signed to me. The notebook includes handwritten lyrics. I bought this when I saw him play at High Noon Saloon in Madison WI Oct. 13, 2012. It was SUCH a tiny show, and he was so good!!

notebook with brown print owls labeled Neil Halstead Palindrome Hunches; a note scrawled on the front says "dear robin, thanks for all the support, Neil"

The first page of the lyric book with liner notes

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 12d

This right here goes to show just how broken my brain is these days. This is a Chris Bigg watercolor - it came to me only in the last maybe 5 years? And I don't remember how. I have no doubt one of you with a working brain can remind me: was it with a book? A record? I DON'T REMEMBER.

Beautiful watercolor piece signed by Chris Bigg - red and black abstract on white.

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Robin's music ephemera @musicephemera.bsky.social · 12d

And yet I didn't meet him in person until like... 12 (?) years ago?

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