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The Lydian Spin

A series of lively, deep and often hilarious interviews conducted by Lydia Lunch, one of the most vocal spoken word artists of this or any century and Tim Dahl, musician and general know it all.

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01:07:36

Nate Young and John Olson of Wolf Eyes

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/07/15

Nate Young and John Olson of legendary Michigan noise outfit Wolf Eyes visit the podcast. Since 1998 the band has generated a tidal wave of releases adding up to over 500 titles; mostly limited from 2-100 copies. Released on American Tapes, Hanson, AA, Warzone, and countless other independent/homemade labels.

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Episode 156 Penny Arcade

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/07/08

Photo By: Jasmine Hirst Penny Arcade is an internationally respected performance artist, writer, poet and experimental theatre maker known for her magnetic stage presence, her take no prisoners wit and her content rich plays and one liners. She is the author of 16 scripted plays and hundreds of performance art pieces. Penny's work has always been focused on giving voice to those marginalized by society. Her willingness to speak truth to power at the expense of her career has made her an icon of

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Episode 155 Fourth of July Special

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/07/01

Happy 4th of July! To celebrate we got another prescient 4th of July Special. Note: Sailing Simon Slater made a mistake and added the wrong track at approx 2:20(sorry!). This has now been fixed.

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01:03:56

Episode 154 Jerry Stahl Returns To Discuss His New Book.

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/06/24

Author and good friend of the podcast Jerry Stahl returns to discuss his new book Nein, Nein, Nein!, One Man's Tale of Depression Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust. The book is a hilarious and fearless recounting of a guided bus tour Jerry took to a series of Nazi concentration camps. Nein, Nein, Nein! hits bookstores July 5th. Preorder the book now at the Akashic website.

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Episode 153 Jennifer Herrema Discusses Music, TV and...

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/06/17

Singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist Jennifer Herrema formed the band Royal Trux with Neil Hagerty in 1987. The band split in 2001. Jennifer then went on to form new bands, RTX, and the Black Bananas. She has produced and mixed records with other artists including Bad Wizard. Jennifer has also published numerous articles on music, art, fashion, and lifestyle subjects in various publications including Vice Magazine.

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Episode 152 Troma Studio's Lloyd Kaufman

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/06/10

Self proclaimed herpes of the entertainment industry film director and studio bigwig Lloyd Kaufman and his company Troma Studios are icons of cinema. Lloyd has directed many classics including The Toxic Avenger, Surf Nazis Must Die and Class of Nuke Em High. Troma has produced and or distributed terrific films such as Die You Zombie Bastards, Blood Sucking Freaks and Frankenhooker. Lloyd's newest film #Shakespeare’s Shitstorm is a scatological take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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Episode 151 Michael Zilkha

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/06/03

Michael Zilkha grew up in London and moved to New York in 1975. After interviewing John Cale for Interview Magazine in 1977, he and Cale started a short lived record label, Spy Records. After Spy Records Michael founded Ze Records. Very quickly, Michael signed many No Wave acts such as The Contortions, Cristina, Suicide, The Waitresses, and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. By 1984 Michael stepped back from the record business. He then took a job as an Editor at Atlantic Monthly Press and in 1986 moved

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Next Episode will be released on Friday

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/06/03

Hey All, Because of Lydia's very nice birthday dinner the podcast release this week will be delayed until tomorrow.

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01:16:50

Episode 150 Xiu Xiu Frontman Jamie Stewart Talks to...

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/05/27

Jamie Stewart is the front man and founder of the band Xiu Xiu. Xiu Xiu's music is drawn from British post punk and synth pop, modern Western classical, noise and experimental musics, Asian percussion musics, American folk, torch singers, house, techno and 1950s rock n roll. Jamie and best friend Angela Seo started the band in 2002 while living in San Jose, California. Since then Xiu Xiu has relentlessly toured all over the world since. The music has been called “self flagellating”, “harsh”,

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Episode 149 Artist John Duncan Talks About His Art...

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/05/20

John Duncan is an American multi-platform artist whose body of work includes, performance art, installations, contemporary music, video art and experimental film, often involving the extensive use of recorded sound. His music is composed mainly of recordings from shortwave radio, field recordings and voice. His events and installations are a form of existential research, often confrontational in nature. John currently lives in and operates out of Bologna, Italy.

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Episode 148 Norman Reedus Discusses His New Novel

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/05/13

Actor Norman Reedus is best known for playing The Walking Dead fan favorite Daryl Dixon, and also playing Murphy McManus in the cult classic Boondock Saints. Norman's other gig is host of the motorcycle-themed documentary series on AMC aptly titled Ride With Norman Reedus. Each week, Norman and a different co-rider tour a part of America, stopping to visit with locals along the way. This week marks Norman's debut as a novelist. His book The Ravaged was released this week by Blackstone

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Episode 147 The Satanic Temple

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/05/06

This week Lydia and Tim are joined by Malcolm Jarry and Lucien Greaves from The Satanic Temple. The mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense, oppose injustice, and undertake noble pursuits. The temple has applied their mission to publicly confront hate groups, fight for the abolition of corporal punishment in public schools, apply for equal representation when religious installations are placed on public

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Episode 146 Edgar Oliver

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/04/29

Edgar Oliver is a performer, playwright, and poet who has been active in New York’s downtown theatre scene since the early 1980s. He began his career performing poems and monologues at venues such as The Pyramid Club and ABC No Rio. As a playwright, many of his works have been staged at La MaMa and other downtown NYC theaters. Edgar Oliver was born in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in art history. His film roles include That’s Beautiful Frank, Henry May

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Episode 145 Shilpa Ray

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/04/22

Shilpa Ray released her album Teenage and Torture in 2011 on Knitting Factory Records and found her a fan in Nick Cave who started telling music journalists she was a favorit. Cave brought her on tour as support and recorded the song Pirate Jenny with her. Then Cave hired Shilpa to sing backup on his Bad Seeds tour. Shilpa has also served as main support for Man Man and Acid Mother’s Temple as well as the opening act for Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, and A Place to Bury Strangers. Shilpa just

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Episode 144 Jonathan Toubin

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/04/15

The nicest guy in the DJ business, Jonathan Toubin joins Lydia and Tim this week. Jonathan is best known for is New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, which has been called "the most popular soul dance party in the world" by SXSW. It is the only soul dance party to have had an entire night dedicated to it at Lincoln Center. In 2014, Jeffrey was voted Best New York DJ in the Village Voice Reader's Choice Contest. When you have sometime, go to his club TV EYE in Ridgewood Queens and say

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01:10:54

Episode 143 Live In Detroit

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/04/08

Episode 143 is a special treat. It is the live recording of Lydia's performance with Joseph Keckler and Jex Blackmore at the UFO Factory in Detroit. A special thank you to Casey Schwochow for the recordings of the event.

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Episode 142 Tansey Rosset

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/04/01

Tansey Rosset is the daughter of legendary publisher Barney Rosset, who was one of the most important and influential publishers of the 20th century, and certainly one of the most important figures in the history of the battle against censorship in America. Barney bought Grove Press in 1951 and immediately published some of the most famous and controversial titles of the twentieth century—Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and William S. Burroughs’s Naked

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Episode 141 Tim McLoughlin

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/03/25

Tim McLoughlin’s novel, Heart of the Old Country, was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers series and was the basis for the 2008 film The Narrows. He is the editor of the multiple award-winning anthology Brooklyn Noir, and is the 2003 recipient of Italy’s Premio Penne award. Tim's latest book and compilation of stories and essays is Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Episode 140 Kid Congo Powers

The Lydian Spin ·

2022/03/18

The great Kid Congo Powers returns to discuss the release of his upcoming book.

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Episode 139 William Winant

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2022/03/11

William Winant is a percussionist who describes himself as a technician of the sacred. Spin Magazine describes him as "the avant-elite's go-to percussionist for more than 35 years". In 2014, William was nominated for a Grammy. He has performed with some of the most innovative and creative musicians of our time, including John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Keith Jarrett, Anthony Braxton, James Tenney, Cecil Taylor, George Lewis, Steve Reich and Musicians, Yo-Yo Ma, Frederic Rzewski, Ursula Oppens, Joan

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