Robin's music ephemera
@musicephemera.bsky.social
Posting blurry photos of items collected by @firepile.bsky.social over 40ish years of being slightly obsessive about music. Particular attention to 4ad, Teenbeat, Simple Machines, Wax Trax, IPR, and related/similar bands/music
I missed 2 days in a row because of family obligations so here's a second one for today to compensate. Another promo VHS tape (1992), from (I think) Warner Bros. And another surprisingly solid track list. Of special note is HNIA's "Are We Still Married" on here, directed by the Brothers Quay. A+++
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I missed 2 days in a row because of family obligations so here's a second one for today to compensate. Another promo VHS tape (1992), from (I think) Warner Bros. And another surprisingly solid track list. Of special note is HNIA's "Are We Still Married" on here, directed by the Brothers Quay. A+++
I wish I could tell you all where I got this, but I no longer remember. It's a promo VHS tape made by Elektra Records with some surprisingly good bands on it. This one is from 1993 and I'm pretty sure I've had it since then. Sadly, I no longer have a VCR to play it!
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I wish I could tell you all where I got this, but I no longer remember. It's a promo VHS tape made by Elektra Records with some surprisingly good bands on it. This one is from 1993 and I'm pretty sure I've had it since then. Sadly, I no longer have a VCR to play it!
10 whole days ago I posted about the Tape Excacation release. Today I'm finally sharing the signed/numbered limited letterpress print from Bruce Licher that hangs on the wall outside my music room. (I want to say this is no. 8/22, but I don't want to go downstairs to double check, don't judge me)
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10 whole days ago I posted about the Tape Excacation release. Today I'm finally sharing the signed/numbered limited letterpress print from Bruce Licher that hangs on the wall outside my music room. (I want to say this is no. 8/22, but I don't want to go downstairs to double check, don't judge me)
It's bandcamp friday!! In honor of it, here's a Bikini Kill tote bag that I likely bought as one of their bandcamp friday fundraisers. There are some today, as well! They've raised over $40k this year for really good charities by doing bandcamp friday fundraisers, so go get a thing!
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's bandcamp friday!! In honor of it, here's a Bikini Kill tote bag that I likely bought as one of their bandcamp friday fundraisers. There are some today, as well! They've raised over $40k this year for really good charities by doing bandcamp friday fundraisers, so go get a thing!
Simple Machines poster! Promo for The Machines (1993)
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Simple Machines poster! Promo for The Machines (1993)
Nearly unreadable set list from Liquorice. I need confirmation from @gcsomeone.bsky.social about even what year this was - the Liquorice album was not out yet, I hadn't even heard of them. We went to see a show at Maxwells and recognized Jenny Toomey's guitar on the stage. (1/2)
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nearly unreadable set list from Liquorice. I need confirmation from @gcsomeone.bsky.social about even what year this was - the Liquorice album was not out yet, I hadn't even heard of them. We went to see a show at Maxwells and recognized Jenny Toomey's guitar on the stage. (1/2)
Death to the Pixies (1997 coaster). It's a heavy cardboard of some sort and I can't be sure where I got it. In 1997 I was still in the 4ad loop and had friends in mailorder and elsewhere that would send promos, so that seems most likely!
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Death to the Pixies (1997 coaster). It's a heavy cardboard of some sort and I can't be sure where I got it. In 1997 I was still in the 4ad loop and had friends in mailorder and elsewhere that would send promos, so that seems most likely!
Mine was cheaper! I had good seats, too
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mine was cheaper! I had good seats, too
I have been so slack over here while I'm traveling for the holiday. How about this 1988 ticket stub, from seeing George Michael on my birthday at the Meadowlands? I was listening mostly to new wave and goth-adjacent stuff at this point but special dispensation was made for Wham, obvs.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have been so slack over here while I'm traveling for the holiday. How about this 1988 ticket stub, from seeing George Michael on my birthday at the Meadowlands? I was listening mostly to new wave and goth-adjacent stuff at this point but special dispensation was made for Wham, obvs.
One more today - this is a Grenadine setlist from when they played Khyber Pass in Philadelphia. There's no record of the show on Setlist, so I can't be sure of the date, but it's possible they were opening for Unrest in 1992. I LOVED this particular mashup of Teenbeat and Simple Machines (still do!)
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
One more today - this is a Grenadine setlist from when they played Khyber Pass in Philadelphia. There's no record of the show on Setlist, so I can't be sure of the date, but it's possible they were opening for Unrest in 1992. I LOVED this particular mashup of Teenbeat and Simple Machines (still do!)
I *think* the original vinyl was released at the same time they were Kickstarting Savage Impressions, the gorgeous art book documenting IPR's history. I also have a gorgeous print of this signed and numbered by Bruce Licher, but I don't have a photo of it yet (it hangs outside my music room). (2/2)
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I *think* the original vinyl was released at the same time they were Kickstarting Savage Impressions, the gorgeous art book documenting IPR's history. I also have a gorgeous print of this signed and numbered by Bruce Licher, but I don't have a photo of it yet (it hangs outside my music room). (2/2)
Ok, let's see if I can make up for slacking here all week using only what I've already photographed since I'm traveling.
Here's IPR's Tape Excavation on CD. This is the gold edition (there's also a silver edition). IPR always understands packaging, SO well. (1/2)
Here's IPR's Tape Excavation on CD. This is the gold edition (there's also a silver edition). IPR always understands packaging, SO well. (1/2)
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ok, let's see if I can make up for slacking here all week using only what I've already photographed since I'm traveling.
Here's IPR's Tape Excavation on CD. This is the gold edition (there's also a silver edition). IPR always understands packaging, SO well. (1/2)
Here's IPR's Tape Excavation on CD. This is the gold edition (there's also a silver edition). IPR always understands packaging, SO well. (1/2)
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.
This is just a signed print that came with Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir in 2017.
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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.
This is just a signed print that came with Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir in 2017.
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"
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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"
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!
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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!
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!
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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!
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)
November 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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)
Here's a random page from the first edition, and the title page from the University of Texas Press edition.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here's a random page from the first edition, and the title page from the University of Texas Press edition.
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!
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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!
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.
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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 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).
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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).
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.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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.
Brand new @teenbeat.bsky.social patch! Arrived today!
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Brand new @teenbeat.bsky.social patch! Arrived today!
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
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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
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)
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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)