music collection nerdery - SWANS / related

this is a picture of my collection of SWANS / related material that i've been collecting since 1998.  it's not incredibly impressive, but it's not too shabby either, especially considering the amount of rare, signed one off pressings in the lower right corner.  

STATS:

7 slabs of wax (1 single, 3 2LPs)

36 cds [9 signed by mg, 2 by jarboe] (i lost an early jarboe cd single along the way)

7 tapes (i lost my copy of OMNISCIENCE, a live soundboard tape from the final tour in 1996, and a jarboe 'sound sketches' tape that i brought from the old school swans.pair.com site )

a package from uncle jimmy thirlwell

having not taken a ride on the jim thrilwell express in way too many years, i decided to take a plunge and buy up some premium foetus stock like it was going out of style... 

today, i got a nice little package in the mail: 

where is it from, i wonder?

you don't say!  what were the contents?  

why, it was some brand new foetus material...

besides using a spare piece of manorexia or steroid maximus musical notation as printer paper for my address, i also got a huge sticker for the new album, signed by the master of disaster himself...

check out the awesome minimalist artwork for HIDE:

seriously, jg thirlwell's graphic designs are so completely underrated. just look at some of this amazing packaging for LIMB, which was a double cd/dvd package: 

i might as well show off my newly redecorated arcade stick too, since i recently got the urge to  "foetus-ize" that as well... 

sticker detail:

SUCKONTHISSQUAREHEAD.