Proud owner of the ‘Queen of Siam’ LP, which I love unreservedly. Just obtained a CD comp of 8-Eyed Spy, a project of her singing over an intense and good backing band. Their cover of Beefheart’s “Diddy Wah Diddy” is wonderful; their cover of “I Want Candy” is completely skewed and ridiculous but likable.
― Josefa, Friday, 22 April 2022 03:29 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videos
Never knew she had this podcast.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 September 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmDJJZ2maz
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 September 2022 18:41 (two years ago) link
As usual they don't link to the actual channelshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg31WhxRgmQAll the rest are interviews
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 3 September 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
guess i now need to dig out the Stinkfist cd ep ... not so sure i have ever listened to it all the way through.
― mark e, Saturday, 3 September 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
Before I ever heard any solo LL I read about the killing a cat with a shovel boast so I never really bothered after that
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 4 September 2022 01:17 (two years ago) link
she's not a nice person
― sarahell, Sunday, 4 September 2022 04:06 (two years ago) link
Shocking, truly.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 4 September 2022 14:26 (two years ago) link
Wait, Beefheart's Diddy Wah Diddy? A fine cover, but when did the cap'n get to own this one?
― Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Monday, 5 September 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link
My bad! I guess I heard the Beefheart one first, or somehow forgot that Bo Diddley did it before, or some other excuse
― Josefa, Monday, 5 September 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
I listened to one episode of this, had Wolf Eyes on. Yeah, it was kinda just uncomfortable and cringe-y more than anything. The repeated horndog come-on’s directed to the band were blech. Show might be unlistenable if it weren’t for the cohost mediating and directing things along. But… it’s Lydia Lunch, so I guess none of that’s surprising.
I enjoyed her set when she came through a few years ago.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 02:05 (two years ago) link
She was a bit like that in the Thirlwell interview and she's lived with him for 7 years
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 6 September 2022 13:47 (two years ago) link
The best episodes of her podcast are the ones where the guest knows how to work with her and throw back, otherwise she'll just steamroller through it all until she gets bored. I recall that episodes with Byron Coley, Martin Rev, and Jerry Stahl were great.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 September 2022 05:02 (two years ago) link
Ran across this interview with her on the Women of Rock Oral History Project YT channel. It's worth the time, especially if you thought The War Is Never Over doc was good, but not great. She's more funny, honest and open here than I've seen in other interviews.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwvQx2Wzas
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 September 2022 05:12 (two years ago) link
Kino Lorber just put The War Is Never Over on their YT channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgDa55EslRA
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Unexpected line-up of Lydia Lunch and David J at the Monty Bar in downtown LA last night. Difficult and mostly negative vibes - the guitarist backing LL wasn't really paying attention to her words and playing the wrong kind of riffs. She was getting pissed (in both meanings), but from out of nowhere she broke into Bowie's "Time" and when she got to the "Time, he flexes like a whore" verse it was kinda brilliant and transcendent in a fractured way. She should record it.David J came on with a band and played two songs: a destructo cover of The Birthday Party's "Deep In The Woods" and a straight-up glam cabaret version of "Alabama Song." Thank you good night?
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 20 October 2023 05:37 (eleven months ago) link