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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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Episode 308 Protest Quickie

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/06/13

Lydia and Tim are busy this week, so there’s a brief break from guests until next week. With everything happening in the streets, we’ve put together a quick episode along with a couple of song suggestions to help lift your spirits while you're out protesting. Lydia Songs: Time Has Come Today Chamber Brothers Ohio/Machine Gun - The Isley Brothers Ball of Confusion - The Temptations Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Rivival What's Going On - Marvin Gaye Living For the City- Stevie Wonder War -

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Episode 307 Steve Doughton

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/06/06

Steve Doughton is a Portland-based filmmaker whose works explore themes of alienation, connection, and displacement. After establishing himself in New York’s experimental film scene during the 1980s, Steve returned to his hometown, where his filmmaking evolved into something more sustained and emotionally resonant. Earthlings, his latest feature adapted from a short story by longtime collaborator Jon Raymond, continues his exploration of isolated individuals brought into uneasy intimacy—this time

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Episode 306 Pianist Matthew Shipp

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/05/30

Pianist Matthew Shipp makes music where free jazz and modern classical meet. In the early ’90s, he played in the David S. Ware Quartet and soon began leading his own sessions, often with bassist William Parker. He has recorded many duets with musicians such as Roscoe Mitchell and Mat Maneri. He began playing piano at five and focused on jazz by age 12. He studied with Robert “Boisey” Lawrey and later attended the New England Conservatory after brief studies with Dennis Sandole. He moved to New York

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Episode 305 Singer Songwriter Grace Bergere

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/05/22

Grace Bergere is a songwriter and musician from Downtown Manhattan. She will be touring the West Coast with Puzzled Panther in late July, supporting Gogol Bordello for the second time. On June 4th, she’ll appear at Scott Lipps’ Lipps Service Live at The Bitter End with Eugene Hutz, and on June 7th, she’ll perform with Joseph Keckler and Bibbe Hansen at Art Yard in New Jersey. Her debut album A Little Blood was released on Eugene Hutz’s Casa Gogol Records, which also put out her cover of All

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Episode 304 Swiss-born Dejan Gacond

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/05/15

Photo: Augustin Rebetez Swiss-born Dejan Gacond places words at the center of his artistic projects—shared through installations, books, and stage performances. For 15 years, he and Kit Brown have imagined and built A Kaleidoscope of Nothingness. Since 2013, Dejan has collaborated with Lydia, a poetic friendship marked by 13 performances within the installations. He also translated several of her texts into French, including V.I.T.R.I.O.L., published by Au Diable Vauvert in 2022. His collaborations

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Episode 303 Elliot(Eli) Hoffman

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/05/09

Elliot(Eli) Hoffman is the drummer for Car Bomb, a band that formed in the early 2000s from two groups, Neck and Spooge, in Rockville Center, New York. His drumming is influenced by artists like Vinnie Colaiuta and Thomas Haake. Hoffman started playing drums around the age of 10, participated in drum corps during junior high, and later took lessons that shaped his technique. Checkout car Bomb's official site.

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Episode 302 HannahMarcus

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/05/02

Hannah Marcus is a Manhattan-born musician and olfactory artist whose work spans folk, slowcore, Cajun, and experimental sound. The Hannah Marcus Years: 1993–2004 collects recordings with collaborators including Tim Mooney and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. She has since scored films, toured with Matana Roberts, and performed scent-based works.

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Episode 301 Overachievers and Underachievers

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/04/25

In this episode, Overachievers and Underachievers, we sit down with artist Justin Gradin and poet John Tottenham—two creators who dig into the absurd, the anxious, and the unpolished truths of life. From Gradin’s grotesquely layered visual chaos and insomnia-fueled narratives, to Tottenham’s hilariously bitter verses on failure, resentment, and reluctant ambition, this conversation explores the fine line between doing too much and doing just enough. Both Justin and John have new books out in 2025

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Episode 300 Musician and Artist Gavin Friday

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/04/18

Gavin Friday, former Virgin Prunes frontman, has built a solo career rooted in electro-pop and theatrical storytelling, with collaborations including U2, Sinead O’Connor, and Laurie Anderson. He has also composed award-winning film scores and worked with artists like Quincy Jones, Fifty Cent and Scott Walker. Known for constantly evolving rather than revisiting past glories, His latest album, Ecce Homo, was released in 2023.

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Episode 299 Musician Graham Lewis

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/04/11

English musician Graham Lewis is a founding member of the legendary post-punk band Wire. Known for his minimal yet charged presence as bassist, vocalist, and lyricist, Graham helped shape the band’s stark aesthetic since 1976. Beyond Wire, he’s explored experimental sound through projects like Dome, He Said, Hox, and UUUU. An art school background and fascination with the underground shaped his career. Graham is based in Uppsala, Sweden.

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Episode 298 Writer and Historian Pat Thomas

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/04/04

Pat Thomas is a historian and editor whose latest work, Dispatches From The Literary Underground: Evergreen Review, compiles and reprints the first 100 issues of Evergreen Review (1957–1973) in full color. Drawing on interviews with former staff and new essays from cultural commentators, the book documents the magazine’s role in publishing and promoting voices that shaped the postwar counterculture—writers, radicals, musicians. Pat approaches Evergreen not as nostalgia, but as evidence—archival,

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Episode 297 Frank Hurricane

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/03/28

Frank Hurricane is a musician and storyteller blending blues, folk, and spoken word. His album Quintorian Blues showcases his mix of humor, adventure, and spirituality. Recently featured on PBS in an Emmy-nominated documentary, known for his eclectic style, combining country blues with hip-hop influences to create a unique and immersive experience.

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Episode 296 Climate Scientist Adam Sobel

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/03/21

Photo By: Julia Gorton Adam Sobel, nephew of Sumner Crane of the band Mars, studies extreme weather and climate dynamics, focusing on tropical cyclones, severe convection, and precipitation. A professor at Columbia since 2000, he combines theory, observation, and simulation to understand atmospheric behavior and assess risk. Adam also hosts Deep Convection, a podcast featuring conversations with leading climate scientists.

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Episode 295: Artivist, Musician & Journalist Rose Tang

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/03/14

Rose Tang is a musician, multidisciplinary artivist, and event curator who leads over 30 groups in New York and Seattle. Her music, described by record labels and critics as experimental, free jazz, post-punk, noise, and "Weird Shit", blends diverse influences and unconventional sounds. A Mongol from Sichuan, Rose plays piano, electric guitar, and percussion, while also performing vocals, spoken word, and movement. Her music has been released by ESP-Disk’ and 577 Records, and she has organized and

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Episode 294: Film Maker Dave Markey

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/03/07

Dave Markey is a self-taught filmmaker and musician who has documented underground music and punk culture for over four decades. His films, including 1991: The Year Punk Broke and Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, capture the energy of the punk scene with a direct, DIY approach. He has worked with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks, among others. His latest documentary, The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell (2025), explores the influence of a key figure cultural figure, bull rider and cop

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Episode 293 The Big Takeover Editor Jack Rabid

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/02/27

Jack Rabid has spent 40 years documenting underground music as the founder and editor of The Big Takeover. His writing has appeared in Spin, Creem, Village Voice, and dozens more. He drums for Even Worse, Leaving Trains, Last Burning Embers, and Springhouse. He hosts The Big Takeover Show on realpunkradio.com. Based in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids, he remains a fixture in punk journalism and radio.

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Episode 292 Tony O’Neill

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/02/21

Tony O’Neill, a British-born writer now in the U.S., has built a career that moves between fiction, non-fiction, and screenwriting. A former musician who played with Marc Almond and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, he made his literary debut with Digging the Vein in 2005, followed by noir-tinged novels like Sick City—now edging toward a TV adaptation with Bret Easton Ellis. Tony's work has found an eager audience in France, where 13e Note Editions translated much of his output. He’s also co-authored

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Episode 291 Photographer & Writer Ali Smith

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/02/14

Ali Smith, a portrait and documentary photographer, moved to the UK from NYC, where she built a career shooting for The Guardian, The New York Times, and more. She’s shot campaigns for Rimmel, Disney, and Johnson & Johnson and published two acclaimed photography books—Momma Love earned praise from The NY Times and Gloria Steinem. Her work, rooted in gender equality and environmentalism, includes a grant-funded project on incarcerated mothers. She’s exhibited and taught internationally, mentoring

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Episode 290 Bruce Moreland

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/02/07

Bruce Moreland grew up in West Covina California, playing in glam rock bands with his brother Marc before diving into LA’s punk scene in the late ’70s. He hung around The Masque, played bass for The Weirdos, and co-founded Wall of Voodoo, recording on most of their albums between stints in and out of the band. He later formed Black Cherry, played with Nervous Gender, and co-wrote a track for Concrete Blonde. After Marc’s death, he started Ravens Moreland, shifting to vocals and guitar.

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Episode 289 Mad Women/Bad Choices with Matilda Joon &...

The Lydian Spin ·

2025/01/31

Matilda Joon Dominique Stringfellow In this cuntroversial episode we feature the dynamic poetry of Matilda Joon, and an in depth conversation between Lydia and Dominique Stringfellow concerning the need for female empowerment to replace the ever present imbalance in sexual relationships which have spiraled out of control.

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