Wax Trax weekend August 8-10
PTGRW's tour bus arrives in southeastern Pennsylvania on August 8 for a Wax Trax! weekend, lauding of one of history’s coolest record labels.
It begins Friday, August 8, with a two-part event masterminded by Dan McCullough, at Lancaster's A Day In The Life Records, where I'll discuss, read from, and sign the book. The (free!) rivethead party then continues in Columbia, at Susquehanna River Creative Conspiracy, where Pigface singer and My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult collaborator Curse Mackey will perform and DJ Lux Saturnine will spin Trax!
Saturday, August 9
The following afternoon, join me in Easton, PA at Mystery Box Games, where I'll talk about the book, the record and the band - with an industrial soundtrack fabricated by DJ Brad Scott.
Sunday, August 10
The weekend's grand finale is Sunday evening at Philly's National Mechanics, where Dancing Ferret Concerts has graciously invited me for a book-chat pre-show prior to its epochal 240 Minutes for August. Joining me will be Julian Herzfeld, who engineered and mixed Ministry's LORAH - and I will be guest VJ for an hour. Big shout-out to Patrick Rodgers for including me and the book in one of DF's iconically cool Philadelphia musical fêtes.
About the book
My contribution to Bloomsbury’s acclaimed 33 1/3 series, The Land Of Rape And Honey - about the making of the groundbreaking 1988 Ministry album - was released May 1, 2025. The next day, I launched the book in (where else?) Chicago, MCing a Skatenigs show at Liar’s Club, speaking at Millikin University's Midwest Music Expo, and holding court with post-punk icon Martin Atkins at the PPIM Museum.
I then went west to meet up with the legendary Paul Barker in Los Angeles to talk about the creation of LORAH (the album and the book) before heading to Pasadena for Cruel World, where I kicked off Club Doom as its first DJ for 2025.
My book exploits will be ongoing, so check here often for updates - and photos of my fugitive dog Arto. Thanks!
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Jason Pettigrew
Through in-depth conversations with legendary Ministry members Al Jourgensen and Paul Barker, and the legion of their collaborators, Jason Pettigrew (PTGRW) has written The Land of Rape and Honey for Bloomsbury Publishing's 33-1/3 book series. Get yours via their site, Amazon - or a bookstore near you.
A chronicle of the pivotal, alchemical 1988 album by the iconic alt-metal-industrial band, PTGRW tells its creation story as only he could, given his decades-long connections to Ministry and the post-punk music scene - forged through more than 30 years as a music journalist, editor and avid music fan.
After 27 years at the editor's desk at Alternative Press magazine, PTGRW is now a contributor for various music outlets, including SPIN. His first book project was as a collaborator on Had To Be There: A Visual History of the Explosive Pittsburgh Underground, released in 2023.
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