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
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)
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)
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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)
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)
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)
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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)
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)
Chemical Playschool 3&4, Staaltape.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Chemical Playschool 3&4, Staaltape.
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.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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.
Teenbeat Records No. 237: coasters. I dunno what else to say about these! Teenbeat design has always been A+
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Teenbeat Records No. 237: coasters. I dunno what else to say about these! Teenbeat design has always been A+
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.
Maybe more cassettes? How about this: Throwing Muses Soap Opera Saga 2nd Episode. Single-sided promo tape from Warner Brothers/Sire.
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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.
Maybe more cassettes? How about this: Throwing Muses Soap Opera Saga 2nd Episode. Single-sided promo tape from Warner Brothers/Sire.
Here's Savage Republic, Live at the Melkweg 87, on Staaltape. Most of my Staaltape cassettes are Pink Dots, but I always loved this as like a crossover. One day I'll photograph my huge pile of IPR items. I so appreciate these labels who made all releases big & beautiful!!
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Here's Savage Republic, Live at the Melkweg 87, on Staaltape. Most of my Staaltape cassettes are Pink Dots, but I always loved this as like a crossover. One day I'll photograph my huge pile of IPR items. I so appreciate these labels who made all releases big & beautiful!!