Conspiracy of Women: Lydia Lunch’s feminist manifesto still echoes louder than ever
It still feels like tomorrow’s headlines.
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Lydia Lunch sells out*
Photo by Jasmine Hirst *As if. As reported at Pitchfork and elsewhere, Lydia Lunch is selling the rights to her life’s work. According to a…
Lydia Lunch vs Donald Trump
If anyone is having a cultural revival these days, it’s Lydia Lunch. It’s not like she’s ever gone away, of course, she’s as productive as ever,…
Genesis P-Orridge, Lydia Lunch, Martin Rev & more celebrate the music of Alan Vega and Suicide
This coming Wednesday night in New York City an event called Suicide Sally will celebrate the music of the late Alan Vega and Suicide, featuring…
‘Lost in Blue’: Anni Hogan’s dark torch songs with Lydia Lunch, Gavin Friday, Soft Cell’s Dave Ball
Anni Hogan by Peter Ashworth There is, I suppose, an almost sort of secret society comprised of the most ardent admirers of Torment and Toreros,…
Lydia Lunch and Penn & Teller in ‘Barbecue Death Squad from Hell,’ directed by Michael Nesmith
In 1986, Penn & Teller put out “Barbecue Death Squad from Hell,” a parody short film purporting to advertise a company whose business model was…
Uhhhhh, WHAT? Lydia Lunch covers Bon Jovi
For the last few years, venerable no-wave provocateur Lydia Lunch has been collaborating with guitarist Cypress Grove, releasing in 2014 a split album with Spiritual…
Angry woman: Lydia Lunch’s gun is loaded
During the decade of the 1980s, I saw Lydia Lunch perform maybe fifteen+ times and I caught some pretty seminal performances of hers, including the…
Henry Rollins and Lydia Lunch in the erotic, violent ‘The Right Side of My Brain’ (NSFW)
Richard Kern was a big part of the underground cinema of the East Village in the 1980s. Among other things, he directed videos for Sonic Youth’s “Death…
Lydia Lunch’s sexy ‘Fashion Calendar,’ 1978
This “fashion calendar” featuring Lydia Lunch, queen of New York’s no wave movement of the late 1970s, was executed by Julia Gorton for a class…