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WAX TRAX RECORDS / 2449 N. Lincoln Ave / Chicago | 1982 Front counter with Rick Buscher of Ray Milland | 1982 Lou D’Angelo having a confab with a Real Doll | Upstairs at WAX TRAX Import Buyer Mark Clifton is taken political prisoner | 1982-‘83 Ruth Goes To Lunch Solo WAX TRAX Recording Star DIVINE Does In-Store (Jenny Doll, Lou D’Angelo, Ruth Pellicore-Mainey, DIVINE, Dannie Flesher, Steve Paul) Sean Dylan Joyce pre-roadie days, working the front counter | Early ‘80s Party Boys—Jim & Dannie & Aaron Nash | Mid '80s


Law School Living & Riding | Apt next to governor’s Chicago residence, 1987 With Paul at Franke & Dave’s | 1987 Paul’s Morini waiting for the next ride to Chicago Trax | 1987



Shadowing the TACKHEAD tour | Fall 1987 Paul and Al | Late '80s That time KMFDM opened for MINISTRY | Late '80s Law School Graduation Party | John Hancock Center (with Rick Buscher), May 1988
Just another Las Vegas Wedding | June 21, 1989 Michael Short & Ellen Fairey as Witnesses | Las Vegas, June 21, 1989 Bikini on the Beach | Kauai 1990 Cuz It’s Hot | Kauai 1990 Sunny Chapman Feigning Intoxication | Early '90s
Rooftop Party at Martin & Leila Atkins’ Place | Chicago, July 4, 1990 Coconspirator Leila Eminson | Chicago, July 4, 1990 Coconspirator Jessica Villines | Chicago, July 4, 1990 What’s more American than Baseball & the Revolting Cocks? | Roland Barker, Al Jourgensen, Mark Grace, 1990 Beers Steers & Queers | Revolting Cocks Tour, 1990

Christmas Dinner Prep 1990 with Michael Short | Logan Square apartment with Ellen Fairey & Adrienne Jourgenson


Following intense negotiations MINISTRY signs with Crazed Management | 1991

Studio Singles & Doubly Exposed | MINSTRY Sessions Chicago, 1991-92



Paul Barker, MTV Brazil appearance | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992 Riding the tram up to see Christ the Redeemer | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992 Maria Ferrero, PR genius for MINISTRY | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992 Paul Barker, in front of green screen | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1992 Jello Biafra exercises his 1st Amendment rights on a Brazilian beach (with Greg Werckman) | 1992 Our Brazilian host Andre Barcinski with Paul | MTV Brazil shoot 1992

Chicago Blackhawks souvenir in commemoration of the day the author was called on to “Name That Tune” | Early 1992

Paul’s insurance policies for MINISTRY’s 1992 “Psalm 69” tour.



Visiting Grandfather Gordon Post-Hurricane Iniki | Kauai, Hawaii 1992


Limo Chats with Chris Connelly and Ursula | December 1992 Limo Chats with Paul and Ursula | December 1992 Random Stage Shot | NY Paramount at Madison Square Garden

Francesca Sundsten, aka “Frankie”, suggested we should move to Seattle close to her place & Bill’s (Rieflin) instead of moving to Austin. I wonder how our lives would have been different had that happened. Frankie was a great artist and someone whose opinion I trusted. KMFDM, The MELVINS and others commissioned her artwork. Here she is in a rare photo, along with detail from her painting, ”Walking Naked Through The World” (1993).

Francesca Sundsten, aka “Frankie” | 1993 Detail of ”Walking Naked Through The World” by Francesca Sundsten

Patty Jourgensen | Wall of Shame | Barker House, Austin 1993 Dannie Flesher redesigns the Austin house interior in 20 minutes! | Austin 1994 Jim Nash holds Dannie's coat and approves! | Austin 1994 Who’s More Punk Rock | Version 1994


Al Jourgensen commandeers a boat & we all survive! | Horseshoe Bay, Texas 1994


Some came to visit, some to PLAY. (Austin summer high jinks with Bill Rieflin & Rick Buscher) | August, 1994 Bill recording for MINISTRY | August, 1994


Japan Welcomes Ministry | February 1995 Osaka Aquarium (with Georgette Bienvenu & Barker kids) | Feb. 1995 Big Hair Family/ On the deck outside our Austin home | 1995


Star Top Cafe friends borrow the silver Alfa for a day | Bill Ammons & Annette D’Anna, Austin mid-‘90s

Swan Whispering | Town Lake, Austin 1996


A Dancing Debut (with Claude Gordon & Ursula first recital) | 1996 MINISTRY In New Orleans (with Paul Elledge) | 1996


Paul rescues children from the clutches of Big Tex! | Texas State Fair, Dallas 1996 Ferris Wheel Getaway | State Fair 1996



Who’s more Punk—Couple #1 or Couple #2?


Boxed In | 1996 Undisclosed Location | 1996

Paul & Al in drag for MINISTRY “Reload” video | 1996-‘97 With Director Doug Freel | 1996-‘97


Paul & Al Take A Hotel Break | MINISTRY Sphinctour, 1996 Dannie Flesher backstage at MINISTRY's Sphinctour | 1996, with Erica Medinger Paul & Al search for a gondola | Venice, Italy 1996 Sphinctour When in Amsterdam, do as the natives do | MINISTRY Sphinctour, June 1996

Paul with children & Ogre Nivek | Ogre's wedding, Sptember 1997 CUBS Bleacher Bums | Chicago 1998 WAX TRAX New Year’s Loft Party | Chris Connelly, William Tucker, Chicago 1997-98 WAX TRAX New Year’s Loft Party | Marydee Reynolds, Paul Barker Chicago 1997-98

When big hairdos crashed sister Georgette's wedding Part 1 | Oct 1999 Part 2

Paul & Al work on Jude Law at Spielberg’s “A.I.” New York Premiere for MTV | June 2001


Chicago Reading at the GMan Tavern | February, 2024


Time to get serious before GMan Tavern reading! | Marina Towers, Chicago—February 7, 2024 Chicago, February 10, 2024 We get all simpatico with Wieners Circle | Clark St. Chicago, February 8, 2024 We spot a hidden tribute to Wax Trax recording artist DIVINE! | Pink Flamingos—Lincoln Park Zoo, February 9, 2024 The ultimate Humboldt Park Pilgrimage—Roeser’s! | North Ave. & Kedzie, Chicago, February 8, 2024
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