lydia lunch worship thread

he wasn't and they wren't a duo.

thank you, Serious Cat

THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD xp

if yr talking about the band, he isn't on any of their recordings.

allegedly

Murder rap is one of my favourite genres of music. I don't think there's any murder rap around at the moment

that was where I started going "DANGER WILL ROBINSON" but I didn't expect the turn that happened

I've always had a place in my heart for Atomic Bongos. Always reminds me of Butt Bongo Fiesta. That's about it though.

ach, i love her anyway. saying ridiculous things and annoying people is her raison d'être. she has made a ton of great records, is a most entertaining live performers and is surprisingly sweet in real life.

she exemplifies a particular strain of loudly transgressive moron. like if you made a papier-maché performance artist out of a stack of re/search books.

Atomic Bongos and the one with Rowland S. Howard are classics, but yeah she always struck me as not being, how to put this, the brightest black crayon in the goth box

Have you heard her current thing, the Big Sexy Bloozehammer thing? It's as painful as a George Thorogood opening act at Rockoberfest. Which pains me especially cause I love the Gallon Drunk guys who are backing her. But as aero says, it's hardly a case of the might having fallen. Amazed at the company she's been able to keep.

Bit rich for ILM to be down on talking about Miley considering the 10,000 post thread on that subject. And if she wants to call herself a Whigger let her. God, ILM has become so fucking sanctimonious lately. It's Lydia Lunch folks. There is no vindication to be had from her "unsettling" you poor saps since being unsettling is her thing.

everything but reading comprehension, apparently

good to know Lydia Lunch has always expressed vaguely racist Mandingo-worship tendencies though, I didn't know this about her

Well, now you know that I guess.

but yeah she always struck me as not being, how to put this, the brightest black crayon in the goth box

f**k this. really!

f**k spelling it whigger on that william henry harrison shit anyway

Xp Why is that? No troll

How about you firstly tell us why you think she is unintelligent.

well there's http://thequietus.com/articles/13483-lydia-lunch-favourite-albums

it sounds more like an older person trying to sound "relevant" than anything else

why would LYDIA LUNCH of all people need to worry about sounding relevant, and why would she big-up Bo$$ if that's what she was trying to do?

what does "need to worry" have to do with it? That's what it sounds like to me -- it's like when older white try to seem "down" and use language that used to be acceptable when discussing black people that now comes off as racist and pandering

This thread is relevant to this discussion (from the part where the Lester Bangs essay comes up):
black people and punk rock

was that language ever really "acceptable"?

the bo$$ bit reads better if you imagine her saying "they gotta go down" in a keanu reeves voice.

she sounds a bit like Bea Arthur in person

the bo$$ bit reads better if you imagine her saying "they gotta go down" in a keanu reeves lord custos voice.

I'm not arguing that what she said wasn't cringeworthy in its use of racist language -- I think we can agree there, crut? Dan?

What I am arguing is that by her selections she is trying to position herself as still culturally relevant and engaged and not a 50-something year old female musician that is best known for things she did about 30 years ago so who gives a shit now? And it is totally in character for her not to pick her top whatever indie albums on some indie blog, because she doesn't want to be "corny indie," and being into "hardcore" rap is a great way to signify that you aren't corny indie -- this is something ilx can relate to.

Is the problem what she likes or how she talks about what she likes?

how she talks about what she likes

It does make me happy that she gave props to Carla Bozulich and Weasel Walter, musicians I think are great and am friends with -- so you can all take my defense with that in mind

it sounds more like an older person trying to sound "relevant" than anything else

sarahell otm. the rap write-ups made me cringe (not to mention the black keys as "the best of junior kimbrough"), but the pathos of age keeps me from getting too worked up about it.

haha, i had the thought, "I wonder if Lydia would like Chief Keef," which then reminded me that I am also getting up there in years so

You guys know that all those rap albums are ancient. Almost 20 years old.

no one is saying that she was successful at her quest for Carlesian relevance

blogito ergo sum

i'm not questioning whether she honestly likes rap - obv she does! - i just think the voice she uses in her Bo$$ anecdote is gross, and the word "wigger" is gross (otoh i'm getting very minor lols from imagining her saying it with an aspirated "wh")

Anybody read Paradoxia? I thought it sounded interesting, some people say she makes herself sound like a terrible person.

This video is creeping me out:

http://vimeo.com/100276935

What is this all about?

She kinda looks good without a nose. Often, when I contemplate the pleasure that certain faces give me, I ruin the moment by thinking how arbitrary the configuration of faces is: two eyes above a nose above a freaky hole of lips and tongue and the horrorshow of teeth. We find it all lovely, of course, but it's easy to put yourself in the shoes of an alien who would find it pretty grotesque! Nevertheless, watching this video, I realise I am OK with moderate adjustments to the standard template.

What is this all about?

she's hitting on some comedian called Louis CK of whom I've never heard

"some comedian"

the video of her artist talk at some art museum in Detroit was pretty good -- I think she's funny, sometimes unintentionally. I know very little about Louis CK but the part about him being a voyeur feels kinda key to the whole thing

Lydia Lunch hates Christmas.

she exemplifies a particular strain of loudly transgressive moron. like if you made a papier-maché performance artist out of a stack of re/search books.

― adam, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:24 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

adam otm

you know that she is interviewed and written about in re/search books, right?

anyway, she is not a moron.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/21/lydia-lunch-no-wave-music-writing-workshop

Teenage Jesus & the Jerks AT NYC’S
TRANS-PECOS DECEMBER 11

FEATURING LYDIA LUNCH,
WEASEL WALTER, TIM DAHL

Plus Live 1977 to 1979 album coming out Nov 27th

I liked 8 Eyed Spy the best of her projects that I have heard

that walter,tim,bob,lydia lineup is fucking killer live.