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

I have never been a *huge* Sugar fan, so if I had to guess, my then-bf convinced me to go because Magnapop and Velocity Girl were opening, and I was a huge fan of both of them! www.setlist.fm/setlist/suga...

Sugar Setlist at Roseland Ballroom, New York

Get the Sugar Setlist of the concert at Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA on November 12, 1994 from the F.U.E.L. tour Tour and other Sugar Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

www.setlist.fm

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

Since Sugar announced new music and shows today, how about a ticket stub from their Roseland show in NYC in November of 1994? I honestly didn't remember this show being in NYC - in my memory it was when I was still living in New Orleans, so I can't trust my memory on this one!

pink and green ticketmaster ticket stub for Sugar at Roseland, Saturday November 12, 1994.

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

Desperately trying to distract myself from kidney stones. Having a wincing time.

Here's a promo photo of @throwingmuses.bsky.social from, I would guess, somewhere around 1986 or 87? I don't know anything else about it - I found it in a manila envelope in my drawer and can't recall its origin!

a slightly-askew photo of 4 people- David Narcizo, Tanya Donnelly, Kristin Hersh, and Leslie Langston

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

The B side's double groove is the TOPY spokesperson in one groove and Jim Jones and Charles Manson in the other. (Basically impossible to choose which you hear). GPO really seemed to want PTV to be a cult, and in the 80s I loved the vibe. Now, not so much. But experimental bands gonna experiment.

The cover - an A4 size wraparound cardboard piece with art on the front

the back of the A4 wraparound piece with the track list and band info on the back, labeled second edition

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

One more since I missed a bunch of days while traveling. Here's Psychic TV & The Temple of Psychick Youth 7" of Roman P. (one of my favorite PTV songs- I have so many versions of it). Second edition, 1984.

A4 sized cover next to the 7" in a Sordide Sentimental bag

the inside of the booklet with photos of the band and info

the 7" next to the sheet with the track list and info

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

Leather Sol Invictus coaster and keychain. The apocalyptic folk bands all had a burst of merch like this around the same time - Sol Invictus put out a watch around this time that I posted previously, and this was also around when Coil and Current 93 released watches (mid-late 90s)

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

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 · 4d

But ✨magically✨

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

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 · 4d

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

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

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 · 4d

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

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

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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

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

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 11d

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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