Museum Lessons: You Dont Know Sh*t About F*ck All!
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Rise Against
More Lessons from the Museum There are many reasons to be grateful for the museum: being surrounded by all of these important items, meeting and connecting with so many unexpected people who have a love for this ground breaking period of music (Rise Against visited yesterday!). But one unexpected gift […]
Pre Depeche Mode Open House + More
Events, MmX - Midwest Music Expo, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Depeche Mode
Wednesday April 5, 2023 3PM-6PM CST We are located 3.5 Miles from the United Center! Come hang and BYOB for a couple of hours pre-show, and steep yourselves in some post-punk and industrial memories! Also, bring something Depeche Mode to donate, because we don’t have anything yet! PiL, Killing Joke, […]
Free Shirt Friday All Weekend!
Free Shirt Friday Whaaaat! Yes, its back – with a twist! Every once in a while we have ‘Free Shirt Friday’ basically a free shirt of OUR choice – you go to the store, choose your size, pay shipping and a small handling charge and we send you a shirt! FAQ: WHY?? […]
Free Shirt Friday, Auctions, + More
Free Shirt Friday Whaaaat! Yes, its back – with a twist! Every once in a while we have ‘Free Shirt Friday’ basically a free shirt of OUR choice – you go to the store, choose your size, pay shipping and a small handling charge and we send you a shirt! FAQ: WHY?? […]
A Sad Anniversary, Upcoming Events, + More
Events, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Mesa Music Fest, Nipsey Hustle, Pigface
We are coming up on a sad anniversary… Someone who was a huge inspiration for the start of the Museum was Nipsey Hussle, who released Crenshaw as a free download – but also as a $100 mixtape. Honestly, I’m constantly learning STILL and certainly was back then – I thought the […]
Celebrating Bill Rieflin Sept 30 1960 – Mar 24 2020
Events, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter, Pigface
Sad day today as I find myself slowly taking in the museum and thinking about Bill. We met for rehearsals of the Ministry Cage tour and had swiftly imagined Pigface during our warm up sessions; clattering on rubber practice pads away, far away from the main dressing rooms. No one […]
Museum Update + Upcoming Event
The Zak Kuhn Show at the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music Wednesday, March 29 · 6pm CDT Join us at the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music in Chicago for an exciting episode of Zak Kuhn’s music industry podcast featuring two dynamic guests – John Lombardo, Founder […]
Museum Friday Updates
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter NPR, U2
How funny… In 1979, fresh off the front cover of melody maker and the metal box with PiL, I went to see U2 at the Rock Garden in London. Their manager at the time Paul McGuiness and I would always bump into each other at the Virgin Records offices on […]
Free/PWYW Online Story Slam w/ Martin and Steve Silver Today, 2PM
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Killing Joke, Steve Silver
Mouthside #2 with Martin Atkins and Steve Silver Sunday, March 12 Doors 1PM, Event start 2PM CST Prompted by the Killing Joke show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, we’re doing a KJ themed (+ more) MouthSide Story Slam, hosted by Martin Atkins and Steve Silver! Me and Steve […]
Museum Updates + Upcoming Events
Sometimes I just don’t know how to communicate what is happening at the museum… I’ve seen people talk about ‘exponential growth,’ and for sure that is happening. I’ve seen myself on just about every electronic platform talk about it ‘exploding,’ but I am sitting here having experienced ANOTHER amazing week […]
Museum Lessons: You Dont Know Sh*t About F*ck All!
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Rise Against
More Lessons from the Museum There are many reasons to be grateful for the museum: being surrounded by all of these important items, meeting and connecting with so many unexpected people who have a love for this ground breaking period of music (Rise Against visited yesterday!). But one unexpected gift […]
Pre Depeche Mode Open House + More
Events, MmX - Midwest Music Expo, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Depeche Mode
Wednesday April 5, 2023 3PM-6PM CST We are located 3.5 Miles from the United Center! Come hang and BYOB for a couple of hours pre-show, and steep yourselves in some post-punk and industrial memories! Also, bring something Depeche Mode to donate, because we don’t have anything yet! PiL, Killing Joke, […]
Free Shirt Friday All Weekend!
Free Shirt Friday Whaaaat! Yes, its back – with a twist! Every once in a while we have ‘Free Shirt Friday’ basically a free shirt of OUR choice – you go to the store, choose your size, pay shipping and a small handling charge and we send you a shirt! FAQ: WHY?? […]
Free Shirt Friday, Auctions, + More
Free Shirt Friday Whaaaat! Yes, its back – with a twist! Every once in a while we have ‘Free Shirt Friday’ basically a free shirt of OUR choice – you go to the store, choose your size, pay shipping and a small handling charge and we send you a shirt! FAQ: WHY?? […]
A Sad Anniversary, Upcoming Events, + More
Events, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Mesa Music Fest, Nipsey Hustle, Pigface
We are coming up on a sad anniversary… Someone who was a huge inspiration for the start of the Museum was Nipsey Hussle, who released Crenshaw as a free download – but also as a $100 mixtape. Honestly, I’m constantly learning STILL and certainly was back then – I thought the […]
Celebrating Bill Rieflin Sept 30 1960 – Mar 24 2020
Events, Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter, Pigface
Sad day today as I find myself slowly taking in the museum and thinking about Bill. We met for rehearsals of the Ministry Cage tour and had swiftly imagined Pigface during our warm up sessions; clattering on rubber practice pads away, far away from the main dressing rooms. No one […]
Museum Update + Upcoming Event
The Zak Kuhn Show at the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music Wednesday, March 29 · 6pm CDT Join us at the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music in Chicago for an exciting episode of Zak Kuhn’s music industry podcast featuring two dynamic guests – John Lombardo, Founder […]
Museum Friday Updates
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter NPR, U2
How funny… In 1979, fresh off the front cover of melody maker and the metal box with PiL, I went to see U2 at the Rock Garden in London. Their manager at the time Paul McGuiness and I would always bump into each other at the Virgin Records offices on […]
Free/PWYW Online Story Slam w/ Martin and Steve Silver Today, 2PM
Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music, Newsletter Killing Joke, Steve Silver
Mouthside #2 with Martin Atkins and Steve Silver Sunday, March 12 Doors 1PM, Event start 2PM CST Prompted by the Killing Joke show at the Royal Albert Hall in London, we’re doing a KJ themed (+ more) MouthSide Story Slam, hosted by Martin Atkins and Steve Silver! Me and Steve […]
Museum Updates + Upcoming Events
Sometimes I just don’t know how to communicate what is happening at the museum… I’ve seen people talk about ‘exponential growth,’ and for sure that is happening. I’ve seen myself on just about every electronic platform talk about it ‘exploding,’ but I am sitting here having experienced ANOTHER amazing week […]