Lydia Lunch spoken word

Publication: Scan of publication, sourced from Hallways.

Photo: Photo, credit Robert Collignon.

Flyer: Photo of Flyer with a photo by Julia Gorton.

Listing 1: Scan of listing from Buffalo News 12-Nov-79.

Listing 2: Scan of listing from Buffalo Courier Express 13-Nov-79.

Review: Scan of review from Buffalo Courier Express 25-Nov-79.

Note: Lydia doing a lecture on "Music Theory" and presenting her "Queen of Siam" album (ZE Records). On 20-Nov-79 Vivienne Dick screens her "Beauty Becomes The Beast" Super-8 film (41 mins) in which Lydia Lunch has the main role.

Setlist: Daddy Dearest/ and others..

Card: Scan of card.

Article: Xerox taken from the New York Times 03-Nov-82.

Note: First spoken word performance. Lydia's telling a disturbing tale (about a girl who gets raped in front of her eyes) and Thurston Moore [Sonic Youth] is playing the 'straight' man responding each time with "Oh really?!". According to Stevie Chick in his "Phsychic Confusion" book this happened @ the Life Café, a restaurant on the corner of Tompkins Square Park.

Photo: Photo credit Stefan Kominsky.

Note: "Adulterers Anonymous" book signing session.

Setlist: Daddy Dearest/ and others..

Note: Second spoken word performance.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Photo credit unknown.

Ad: Scan of advert from LA Weekly 03-Dec-82.

Note: "Adulterers Anonymous" book signing session.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert from LA Weekly 12-Dec-82.

Flyer: Scan of flyer, courtesy of Nick Soulsby (who received it from Robin Hall [Jack Ruby]).

Photo: Photo credit Catherine Ceresole, taken from "Beauty Lies in the Eye", photobook (Edition Patrick Frey 2013).

Note: Impossible that Nick Cave performed. He was touring Scandinavia with The Birthday Party. "It's the poetry division of No Wave. Lydia organized a reading at Mudd in March, 1982 [sic, 1983]. I'm not sure Nick Cave showed up [he didn't, he was touring with The Birthday Party]. Bill Rice was a downtown artist and actor who had appeared in "Vortex" [movie, by Scott B. and Beth B.] with Lydia. Steve Barth was a friend of George Scott's [8 Eyed Spy] who had replaced me in Jack Ruby when I was forced to take an unplanned leave of absence from NYC. Lydia and I spent a drunken night plastering these flyers to whatever surfaces they would stick to. Then we went to a back room bar somewhere on Avenue A where I dimly recall sitting on a cardboard box drinking many shots of vodka. Mudd was packed. The flyer neglected to mention that we would be reading, not playing music, which created a bit of friction between the audience and the performers. Mudd had recently had a fire [...]. The fire had burned a hole in the floor of the VIP room above the main floor, so Steve Mass [Mudd club owner] enlarged the hole and made the main floor the stage and put the audience in stadium seating on the floor above. [...] People kept yelling things at us (and maybe throwing things) as we read or recited. I had brought a boom box and was reciting lyrics to drum tracks I had created using a record called Drum Drops. It did not go over well. The booing was plentiful. A friend of mine in the audience got in a fight with the person sitting next to him. I wish I could say I remembered the performances of the other artists on the bill but as I said, I was a touch drunk. Nevertheless, it was a night I shall remember (as best I can) with fondness." Account by Robin Hall [Jack Ruby], Facebook 2020.

Flyer: Scan of flyer. Photo of alternative flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from Los Angeles Times 27-Mar-83.

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia Lunch with Jim Sclavunos (sax/keyboard) and pre-recorded backing tapes. Setlist also included tracks from the "In Limbo" mini album (recorded November 1982, released September 1984).

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia Lunch with Jim Sclavunos (sax/keyboard) and pre-recorded backing tapes. Setlist also included tracks from the "In Limbo" mini album (recorded November 1982, released September 1984).

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia Lunch with Jim Sclavunos (sax/keyboard) and pre-recorded backing tapes. Setlist also included tracks from the "In Limbo" mini album (recorded November 1982, released September 1984).

Ad: Scan of advert sourced from No Wave Facebook group.

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia Lunch with Jim Sclavunos (sax/keyboard) and pre-recorded backing tapes. Setlist also included tracks from the "In Limbo" mini album (recorded November 1982, released September 1984).

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Part of a US reading tour. Lydia Lunch with Jim Sclavunos (sax/keyboard) and pre-recorded backing tapes. Setlist also included tracks from the "In Limbo" mini album (recorded November 1982, released September 1984).

Setlist: Main Kelly And Me On A Bender/ and more..

Ad: Scan of ad.

Photo: Scan of photo, credit likely by Catherine Ceresole.

Note: Second day of a 6 day festival. Above track available on the V/A: "Speed Trials" LP.

"Main Kelly" is one of the "50 One Act" plays that Lydia and Nick Cave wrote together.

Performed by Lydia Lunch (vocals,voice) and Norman Westberg [Swans] (voice,guitar) with Michael Gira [Swans] (metal)/ Roli Mosimann [Swans] (percussion] and Frankie (a.k.a. Jim G.Thirlwell) (pig calls).

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Volkskrant 25-Jun-83.

Article: Scan of article, taken from Telegraaf 27-Jun-83.

Note: First (covering "Romance") in a series of 4 (01/08/15/22 June 1983). Broadcast by Dutch VPRO TV.
Lydia performs from a bed on stage.

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 16-Dec-83.

Note: Henry Rollins [Black Flag] attends the show. Lydia calls him up the next day. This is when their collaboration starts.

Flyer: Photo of flyer, sourced from @obsolete_universe.

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 16-Dec-83.

Note: Spoken word with John 'Tex' Tottenham and Cinders Ole.

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of Edgar.

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 06-Jan-84.

Note 1: "Why you murder me productions presents the dynamic team of Lunch and Rollins versus you. Are you one of the chosen few and will you survive the test? Think and then think again. First in a series of multiple assaults yet to come." Assault theater in which a bouncer would pick unsuspecting people from the audience/street, escort them to a pitch black room of the club where they would be subjected to a special performance by Lydia and Henry. One-off performance, never repeated.

Note 2: L.A. Weekly's "La Dee Da" column the next weeks were full of outrage directed at Lunch and Rollins. LA Weekly 13-Jan-84 and LA Weekly 03-Feb-84 and LA Weekly 17-Feb-84.

Ad: Scan from ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 08-Jan-84.

February 1984
US Release of the "Hard Rock" cassette album (Ecstatic Peace).

Card: Scan of invitation card.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: By May 1984 Lydia had returned from a 2-year stay in London and she meets film maker Richard Kern with whom she would be collaborating a lot for the next 3 years. "The first [reading] I witnessed was in the basement of the Pyramid club in the East Village. During Lydia's monologue, [Tommy] Bloodboy [Turner] ran out of the crowd screaming at Lydia that what she was doing was not real art and then proceed to [supposedly] chop his hand off with an axe, his arm shooting blood everywhere. People were freaked. It was very impressive." Quote from Thurston Moore [Sonic Youth] as noted in "Ripped, t-shirts from the underground", a book edited by Cesar Padilla.

Ad: Scan of advert.

Photo: Credit Tom Besoir. Photo of Lydia joining Sonic Youth for their encore.

Note: Lydia does a spoken word show and later joins Sonic Youth on "Death Valley '69". She ends up getting paid twice by the promoter, Ruth Polsky. Ruth died in 1986, when she was hit by a runaway taxi that left her pinned against the front of the Limelight club. She was thirty one years old. (from "Lydia Lunch- The War Is Never Over", a book by Nick Soulsby (Jawbone, 2020).

Setlist: Dear Whores/ Ugly Notes On Dirty Brown Paper/ Shotgun/ ?/ Black Romeo(*)/ Maine Kelly (And Me On A Bender)/ One Day On A Bus/ Daddy Dearest.

Photo: Screen capture taken from CRTC TV - Much Music in 1985 (which broadcast some excerpts and an interview).

Article: Scan of article from Toronto Star 07-Aug-84.

Note: (*) Broadcast on Canadian CKLN radio as part of a one hour interview with Lydia Lunch.

Ad: Scan from Toronto Star 10-Aug-84.

Note: Part of a 5-day residency at the Pyramid Club. By then, about the 25th spoken word performance.

Poster: Courtesy of David M.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Buffalo News 14-Sep-84.

Setlist: "Exposed".

Ad: Scan from ad, taken from The Gazette 13-Sep-84.

Invitation: Scan of invitation.

Note: With music by Clint Ruin (a.k.a. Jim G. Thirlwell). All three are at the same time (August/October 1984) working at the "Right Side Of My Brain" film.

Ad: Taken from NME mag 29-Sep-84.

Note: Lydia Lunch is supporting Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners on some dates of their "Vermine in Ermine" tour.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Lydia Lunch is supporting Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners on some dates of their "Vermine in Ermine" tour.

Ad: Taken from NME mag 29-Sep-84.

Note: Lydia Lunch is supporting Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners on some dates of their "Vermine in Ermine" tour.

Ad: Taken from Sounds mag 27-Oct-84.

Note: Support for Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners "Vermine in Ermine" tour.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant 07-Nov-84.

Review: Scan of review, taken from De Volkskrant 09-Nov-84.

Note: Lydia and Exene Cervenka's performance was written during the afternoon before the show and the rest largely improvised during the set. Broadcast by VPRO FM Radio during the "Evenement" progam on 13-Nov-84. One World Poetry Festival 1984, took place between November 2 and November 11, 1984.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from De Volkskrant 09-Nov-84.

Note: Repeat of the Amsterdam event.

14-Feb-85
UK Release of "The Uncensored" cassette album(Widowspeak/Rough Trade).

Setlist: The Intimate Diaries of the Sexualy Insane

Review: Scan taken from The Boston Phoenix 05-Mar-85.

Setlist: Dear Whores/ .../ Black Romeo/ Daddy Dearest.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 03-Mar-85.

Photo: Photo credit Anne Sconfield. Taken from Birth Of Tragedy mag #3 May/Jul '85.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "The Manhatten Love Suicides" and "Goodbye 42nd Street" movies. During the performance a staged heckler starts a fight with Lydia, Richard Kern then takes out a fake knife and cuts the heckler's forehead. A fight (not staged) with the bouncers ensues. Foetus performs the next day. Broadcast live on radio.

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Article: Scan of article from LA Weekly 08-Mar-85.

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 08-Mar-85.

Review: Scan of review from The Los Angeles Times 11-Mar-85.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "The Manhatten Love Suicides" and "Goodbye 42nd Street" movies. "One time in LA with Lydia at the Anti-Club I stood at the back, just heckling Lydia, really hard core heckling, and I got right up in the audience and she's shouting at me and I'm shouting at her and the audience didn't know it was fake. She had a bodyguard on stage and I say: "I'm gonna fucking kill you" and I go running up there and start stabbing this guy repeatedly, and the whole club cleared out." Richard Kern interviewed by Jack Sargeant for his book "Deathtripping-The Cinema of Transgression" (Creation, 1995).

Listing: Scan of listing from Chicago Tribune 01-Feb-85.

Setlist: Have Mouth Will Travel.

Program: Scan of program.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Right Side Of My Brain", premiere.

Note: Lydia's first concert with No Trend. Lydia is also doing a spoken word show.

"..Jeff [Mentges] was determined to get some random member of the audience thrown out of the club – for no particular reason. We played our opening number, and throughout it he and Lydia would wildly point to some unfortunate in the audience and complain about his behavior instead of singing. We started the second song, and half way through Jeff stopped the band altogether. He announced that the band would refuse to play until until security came along and escorted this innocent out. Of course, this person was bounced out, but he did not miss much. We played a terrible show." Taken from an interview with Buck Parr and published by yellowgreenred .

Photo: Photo credit Suzy Sputnik. Used with kind permission.

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.

Note: Lydia's second concert with No Trend. Lydia is also doing a spoken word show.

"[The band] played behind an opaque plastic dropcloth, so you could barely see them. Jeff was opening cans of paint and throwing their contents onto this drop cloth. There was A LOT OF PAINT being thrown around. Eventually the dropcloth got pulled down and fell off the stage, getting paint on some of the audience. Jeff and Lydia were slipping in the paint on stage and falling all over the place. Eventually they both slid off the stage, embracing, and rolled around on the floor together entwined and wriggling, completely covered in paint. It was thoroughly disgusting. The club was furious, there was real damage." Taken from an interview with Buck Parr and published by yellowgreenred .

Setlist: Have Mouth Will Travel.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Democrat and Chronicle 31-Mar-85.

Review: Scan of review , taken from Democrat and Chronicle, April 1,1985. "Wearing flaming red hair, a black leather motorcycle jacket, cowboy boots and a small ring through her nose, Lunch —born Lydia Koch in Rochester before she dropped out of high school and ran away— was waiting in a dressing room at the University of Rochester. A half hour later, she walked out and delivered a brief performance before an audience of perhaps 200 —telling a series of harrowing tales of lust, greed, perversion and sexual degradation."

Calendar: Scan of April calendar.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Would have been Lydia's third with No Trend, but for some reason she cancelled.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of advert from UK mag.

Note: Lydia Lunch replaced by The Moodists.

Article: Scan of article, taken from Nye Takter music magazine #124, 1985.

Note: Support on the Foetus "Crotch Monster Live '85" tour, which starts in Denmark.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Foetus "Crotch Monster Live '85" tour. Lydia just joins Jim, but doesn't do any spoken word.

Setlist: The Anatomy of Melancholy.

Ad: Scan of ad from City Papers, courtesy of Jay Kern.

Article: Scan of article from City Pages, courtesy of Jay Kern.

Article: Scan of article from Star Tribune 27-Sep-85, courtesy of Jay Kern.

Note: Prededed by the screening on Friday 27th of some films Lydia appears in, followed by an in-store appearance on Saturday 28th at Northern Lights Music record shop (4PM).

Ad: Scan of advert.

Note: Only time in Japan. 3 Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel shows. Lydia just joins Jim, but doesn't do any spoken word.

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Note: Only spoken word for Lydia Lunch in Japan.

Photo: Credit Laubach/Mediapunch/REX/ Shutterstock.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie. Start of a tour to finance and film the "Fingered" movie (in California) with Richard Kern, who joined the tour.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Calendar: Scan of calendar from The Rocket 01-Mar-86.

Note: Lydia Lunch participates to a panel discussion titled "Porn in the U.S.A.". Moderated by Robert Costa, the panel also include Seattle's Cathy Hillenbrand, publisher of the Real Comet Press; Selma Waldman, Seattle artist and social activist; Linda Jordan of the National Organization for Women; New York artists Ena Swansea and John Copoulos, from the Center for Constitutional Rights. Lydia delivers an anti-Censorship/pro Porn speech. The discussion is preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's movie "The Right Side of My Brain" and perhaps also "Submit To Me".

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 09-Mar-86.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie. Part of tour to finance and film the "Fingered" movie (in California) with Richard Kern, who joined the tour.

Photo: Credit © Michael Conen. Used with kind permission.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie. Part of tour to finance and film the "Fingered" movie (in California) with Richard Kern, who joined the tour.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins).

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from LA Weekly, 28-Feb-86.

Ticket: Scan of ticket for the 11PM show.

Review: Scan of review, taken from LA Weekly, 28-Mar-86.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Submit To Me" movie. During the performance a staged heckler (Richard Kern) starts a fight with Lydia and the bouncers.

Note: Lydia, Jim and Richard (Kern) are guest at a late night talk show.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from The Record 27-Feb-86.

Note: Audio tape archived at the The James Brawley Collection, which was received by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as a gift from Lenny Kaye on October 23, 2009.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Daily News 21-Apr-86.

Note: Hosted by (New York culture critic and curator) Carlo McCormick.

Review: Scan of review taken from The Boston Globe 26-Oct-86.

Listing: Scan of listing taken from The Atlanta Constitution 02-May-86.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Ad: Scan of ad from UK mag.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Lydia also joins Sonic Youth for "Death Valley '69" and "Expressway To Yr Skull".

Setlist: In Defence Of Filth.

Photo: Credit © Michael Conen. Used with kind permission.

Ad: Scan of advert from San Francisco Examiner 22-Jun-86.

Note: Finley and Lunch are offered the double fee not to perform. Scan of interview with Finley from The Los Angeles Times 17-Oct-85. Unlikely they accepted the offer.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Photo: Photo credit Bennett Beanit.

Note: Preceeded by a screening of Richard Kern's "Fingered" movie, premiere.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Photo: Credit © Thomas Meyer . Used with kind permission.

Review: Scan of review from German mag.

Note: Start of the "Yank 'Em, Crank 'Em, Don't Stick Around To Thank 'Em" European tour.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Ticket: Original ticket.

Note: Screening of a Survival Research Laboratories film, followed by Lydia's spoken word, then the screening of "Fingered", a film directed by Richard Kern. Then the live concert by Wiseblood.

Ad: Scan of ad from SPEX mag September 1986.

Listing: Scan of listing from Journal de Genève 05-Sep-86.

Review: Scan of review from La Liberté 09-Sep-86.

Note: Lydia does not perform.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Review: Scan of (negative) review of both shows and films, taken from NRC Handelsblad 10-Sep-86. Scan of (another negative) review, taken from Volkskrant 13-Sep-86.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from Parool 03-Sep-86.

Note: Screening of a Survival Research Laboratories film, followed by Lydia's spoken word, then the screening of "Fingered", a film directed by Richard Kern. Then the live concert by Wiseblood. Lydia Lunch's spoken word recorded by Dutch VPRO FM radio and broadcast on the "Backline" program of 10-Sep-86. Wiseblood was also recorded and broadcast on 24-Sep-86.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 26-Oct-86.

Note: Postponed to 11-Jan-87.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Toronto Star 21-Nov-86.

Note: Also screening of Richard Kern's "Right Side Of My Brain and "Fingered" movies.

Handbill: Scan of handbill.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Also screening of Richard Kern's "Right Side Of My Brain and "Fingered" movies. 33 people attend the show.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Gazette 27-Nov-86.

Note: Also screening of Richard Kern's "Right Side Of My Brain and "Fingered" movies.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: "The Uncensored Lydia Lunch: a discource on sex, money, politics and the American way of life". Emilio Cubeiro performs "Mr Officer, Sir!".

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 09-Jan-87.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 11-Jan-87.

Note: Labeled as "Feral Theatre". Wolfgang's was Bill Graham's nightclub.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Hosted by Dave Warmbier and Bob Madigan [Slaughterhouse].

Listing: Scan of listing from The Star-Ledger 03-Apr-87.

Setlist: Meat Meat Meat (10mins)

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Lydia is mistress of ceremony at this event. Lydia joins Big Stick. Screening of Death Trip films, cut short by the management. Mr. Kern and his films were ejected from the premises.

Setlist: The Gun Is Loaded

Photo: Credit Rita Barros, taken on the 7th.

Note: Spoken word accompanied by taped music composed by Jim G.Thirlwell. Bob Bert [Sonic Youth/Retrovirus] attends.

Setlist: The Gun Is Loaded

Note: Spoken word performance (without audience) filmed by Merril Aldighieri and Joe Tripician for the "Gun Is Loaded" video.

Ad: Scan of ad from City Pages 17-Jun-87, courtesy of Jay Kern.

Setlist: Incriminating Evidence.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Chicago Tribune 26-Jun-87.

Ad: Scan of ad from The Boston Phoenix Vol16 Issue 30 (July 24-30, 1987).

Review: Scan of review from The Boston Globe 30-Jul-87.

Note: Lydia MC's the event.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Spoken word with Marty Nation. Also screening of Richard Kern's Deathtrip films.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 31-Jul-87.

Review: Scan of review from LA Weekly 14-Aug-87.

Letter 1: Scan of letter from Lydia to the LA Weekly 14-Aug-87.

Letter 2: Scan of letter from booking agent and sound responsible to the LA Weekly 28-Aug-87.

Note: Also screening of Richard Kern's Deathtrip films.

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.

Photo: Screen capture from private video.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Setlist: The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious

Poster: Photo of poster, designed by Mark O.

Note: Above track released on the V/A: Tellus #18 tape and sampled by (Irish band) The Floors on their "No Excuses" track. Siberia opened on September 10,1987.

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious.

Ad: Taken from NME 14-Nov-87. Another ad from same mag.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: Released on the "Lock 'n' Load" bootleg cassette, available from the ULU (other side of cassette contains Jeffrey Lee Pierce).

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious.

Ad: Taken from Volkskrant newspaper 24-Nov-87.

Setlist: The Battle Of Sex.../ The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious

Setlist: The Cancer Has Finally Become Contagious/ The Battle Of Sex.../ Stop The World I Wanna Get Off..

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Photo: Screen capture from a video made by The Lhasa Foundation.

Review: Scan of review from LA Weekly 25-Dec-87.

Article: Scan of article about the closing of the Lhasa Club, taken from LA Times 21-Dec-87.

Note: Performance at the closing weekend of the 100-people capacity Lhasa Club located on a small, dark side street off Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The club was opened in 1981 by Paris (FR) expat Jean-Pierre Boccara. In 1989 Boccara opened the Cafe Largo on La Cienega Blvd.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Scan of advert, taken from San Francisco Examiner 20-Dec-87.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Villager 24-Dec-87.

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Ad: Scan of ad, from Detroit Free Press 07-Jan-88.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Detroit Free Press 26-Jan-88.

Note: Above track released on the "Oral Fixation" album.

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Photo: Shot in a disused room in the Silver Dollar club. Credit © Rick McGinnis . Used with kind permission.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Gazette 27-Jan-88.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Baltimore Sun 19-Feb-88.

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Photo: Credit unknown.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Courier-News 25Feb-88.

Note: Tour for No Trend's 1987 released "Tritonian Nash - Vegas Polyester Complex " (Touch & Go) album. It's possible that Lydia joined No Trend during their set. She did a spoken word show.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Article: Scan of article from The Winnipeg Sun 20-Apr-88.

Setlist: It's A Man's World.

Photo: Still taken from DVD.

Note: Filmed by Babeth Van Loo (Mondini), a (4min) excerpt has appeared as bonus track ("It's A Man's World") on the "Kiss Napolean Goodbye" DVD (2009).

Setlist: Oral Fixation.

Note: One-off date, just after the Harry Crews European tour of September.

September 1989
UK/US Release of the "Oral Fixation" album (Widowspeak).

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Photo: Credit unknown.

Ad: Photo of advert.

Note: with Marcia Scofield [The Fall], Jessamy Calkin, Pat and Liz Naylor [Blast! First's press agents] on stage.

Review 1: Cartoon by Rick Trembles, as published in Montreal’s Reargarde Magazine.

Review 2: Scan of review from The Gazette 22-Oct-89.

Photo: Credit Derek Von Essen.

Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 05-Nov-89.

Note: Audio tape archived at the The James Brawley Collection, which was received by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, as a gift from Lenny Kaye on October 23, 2009.

Setlist: Great Ogro/ Harry Crews/ Full Metal/ Oil drum/ It's All Desert/ Coleman Skronk/ X-Xile.

Note: Spoken word with Pepe Sarto [Raeo] on piano and backing tapes by Jim G.Thirlwell. Above tracks available on the "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (Widowspeak 2005). Excerpt also available on the "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not the VHS).

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Setlist: The International Theatre of Poetry and Pain.

Listing: Scan of listing from Daily News 04-Feb-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Los Angeles Times.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 23-Feb-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 02-Mar-90.

Note: Released on the "C.O.W." VHS video (Widowspeak 2001).

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from San Francisco Examiner 11-Mar-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Flyer: Original flyer.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: First show of the tour.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Released on the "Conspiracy Of Women" spoken word album (Widowspeak 1991).

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Photo: Screen capture from private video by Monokell Productions.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ticket: Original ticket.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Taken from Vrije Volk 12-Apr-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Taken from Oor magazine 07-Apr-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Taken from Trouw 12-Apr-90.

Note: Broadcast by Dutch VPRO FM-radio during the Onrust! program on 22-Apr-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Taken from NRC 12-Apr-90.

Note: Accompanied by Gary Lucas [Captain Beefheart] on guitar.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: In München also joins Caspar Brötzmann.

May 1990
UK/US Release of the "The Uncensored/Oral Fixation" CD album (Widowspeak).

May 1990
UK/US Release of the "V/A: "Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven" album (Widowspeak).

Listing: Scan of listing from The Bellingham Herald 11-May-90.

Flyer: Reproduction taken from "Up Is Up, But So Is Down" (NY University Press 2006).

Note: The spoken word festival ran from the 5th till the 9th of June and also had Kathy Acker and Richard Hell.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Note: Not a spoken word, but a DJ set.

Note: Poet Lorri Jackson succumbed to a heroin addiction that took her life on October 9th, 1990, at the age of 28.

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.

Photo: Screen capture from a post gig interview by Vidmag Media.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Note: Josh later became Danzig's bass player.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Listing: Scan from The Villager 30-Aug-90.

Listing: Scan from The Rocket October 1990.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Press release: Scan of press release.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Villager 08-Nov-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Flyer: Original flyer.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad from Daily Times-Advocate 29-Nov-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 14-Dec-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Original ad from US magazine.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Video: Video.

Note: Broadcast date. Hosted by Carmi Raynsford Paulson and produced by (18 years old) Lawrence T. Lewis.

Note: On the day the US declare war with Iraq (1st Gulf war).

Note: Casandra Stark was one of the stars in Richard Kern's movies.

Note: Brian Moran stars in Richard Kern/Lydia Lunch's 1984 "The Right Side Of My Brain" movie.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 20-Jan-90.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

14-Feb-91
UK/US Release of the "The Conspiracy Of Women" spoken word album (Widowspeak).

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Ad: Scan of ad from Chicago Tribune 03-Feb-91.

Note: 2 tracks from this performance were broadcast on 30-Mar-91 by Austrian Ö3 FM radio during the Music Box programme.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Volkskrant 22-Feb-91.

Setlist: P.O.W.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Volkskrant 21-Feb-91.

Note: Released on the "P.O.W." CD (Staalplaat 1992).

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of ad.

Note: Recorded between March-June for PBS/WNET TV "Alive From Off Center". Date is the broadcast date. Lydia Lunch is one of 20 American poets, rappers, performance artists and playwrights who appear.
Directed by Mark Pellington.

Setlist: Acts of Terrorism.

Setlist: Blood is Memory without Language.

Program:Scan of program booklet.

Line-up: Anne Bean (U.F.O.'s)/ John Duncan (aural ambiance)/ Peter Fink (archi-textures)/ Beth Hardesty (illumination)/ Erik Hobijn (Dante organ)/ Lydia Lunch (sighs and whispers)/ Hans Meijaard (Dante organ)/ Barry Schwartz (liquid nitrogen) and Z'EV( sound sculpting).

Setlist: Blood is Memory without Language.

Photo: Screen capture taken from the "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (2005), on which the above track is available.

Video: Video by Josep M. Jordana for Habitual Video Team (tape #0036).

Note: Mark Cunningham: music, trumpet and sounds.

Poster: Xerox of poster.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from San Francisco Examiner 23-Feb-92.

Feb-92
NL Release of the "P.O.W." spoken word CD (Staalplaat).

Listing: Scan of listing from The Orlando Sentinel 23-Mar-92.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Tampa Tribune 24-Mar-92.

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Flyer: Xerox of flyer.

Setlist: The Right To Revolt.

Handbill: Photo of handbill.

Setlist: The Right To Revolt.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Austin American Statesman September 3, 1992.

Note: Excerpt available on the "Crimes Against Nature" 3CD (Triple X Records 1993/ Atavistic 1999).

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Listing: Scan of listing from Hartford Courant 03-Sep-92.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women.

Flyer: Original flyer for the New Brunswick show.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the San Francisco Examiner 28-Feb-93.

Note: A 6 weeks class taking over from teacher Karen Finley, who was pregnant. SICK is one of her students. He would join Lydia for a 2 day performance @ the Knitting Factory in New York in July 1993.

Setlist: The Beast.

Article: Scan of article from LA Weekly 12-Mar-93.

Note: Above track available on the "Malicious Intent" VHS video (Film Threat 1994). Taped music by Jim G.Thirlwell.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from the San Francisco Examiner 21-Mar-93.

Note: Benefit for Above Brainwash theatre.

Setlist: Conspiracy Of Women/Crimes Against Nature.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from the San Francisco Examiner 26-Mar-93.

Note: Closing workshop.

June 1993
US Release of the "Crimes Against Nature" 3CD (Triple X Records).

Note: A few more spoken word shows in the UK.

Photo: Courtsesy of Gene T. From l-r: Sadie Mae [Harry Crews], John 'Johnny Lanz' Lanzillotto, Lydia Lunch, Sick, Emilio Cubeiro and Russel Gonzaga.

Note: The International Theater of Poetry and Pain. Excerpts from Lydia Lunch's 2 shows on the 16th are available on the "Malicious Intent" VHS video (Film Threat 1994). Taped music by Jim G.Thirlwell.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Austin American Statesman 29-Jul-93.

Setlist: Crimes Against Nature.

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Ad: Scan of advert, taken from the San Francisco Examiner 19-Sep-93.

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Orlando Sentinel 06-May-94.

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Weekly 20-May-94.

Note: On the 20th screening of "The Right Side of My Brain", "The Smell Of Guilt" and "Kiss Napoleon Goodbye".

Poster: Photo of poster -created by Frank Kozik (born in Madrid, Spain in 1962), courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Rocket 11-May-94.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Oregonian 20-May-94.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Guardian 28-May-94.

Setlist: Unearthly Delights/Universal Infiltrators.

Note: Released on the "Universal Infiltrators" album (1996).

Setlist: Unearthly Delights/Universal Infiltrators.

Ticket: Xerox of ticket.

Note: Off date, during the (only) Australian Shotgun Wedding dates.

Note: Lydia guests at "Denton", a late night show hosted by Andrew Denton.

Photo: Screen capture.

Setlist: Crimes Against Nature.

Ad: Scan of ad from Sydney Morning Herald 02-Sep-94.

Note: Off date, during the (only) Australian Shotgun Wedding dates. The day of the show, artist Jasmine Hirst meets Lydia (photo Judy Trim) for the first time. In the years to come Lydia and Jasmine would often be working together.

Setlist: Crimes Against Nature.

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Note: Off date, during the (only) Australian Shotgun Wedding tour.

Listing: Scan of listing taken from Star Tribune 09-Oct-94.

Note: In 1997 Lydia will record in Minneapolis "Witchy Woman" for the V/A "Songs Of The Witchblade" album with Lori Barbero and other members of Babes In Toyland.

Article: Scan of article, taken from Wisconsin State Journal 13-Oct-94.

Listing: Scan of listing from Northwest Herald 07-Oct-94.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Flint Journal 14-Oct-94.

Note: In 1997 Lydia would record "Witchy Woman" [The Eagles] in Minneapolis for the V/A "Songs Of The Witchblade" album with Lori Barbero and other members of Babes In Toyland.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Rocket 26-Oct-94.

Article: Scan of article from The Rocket 26-Oct-94.

Poster: Photo of a poster created by Frank Kozik.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Central New Jersey Home News 27-Jan-95.

Note: Start of a spoken word tour that would span a year, and in which Lydia and Exene do about 27 dates in the North America, 10 in Europe and 8 more in US at the end of the year. Starting off in February with "A reading with the Terror Twins".

Ad: Scan of ad from the Boston Phoenix 03-Feb-95.

Note: Show cancelled due to a snow storm in DC, which prevented them to fly in.

Listing: Scan of listing from the Boston Phoenix 03-Feb-95.

Article: Scan of article, taken from Burlington Free Press, February 2, 1995.

Article: Scan of article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 03-Feb-95.

Poster: Photo of poster, design by Derek Hess.

Listing: Scan of listing from Detroit Free Press, 09-Feb-95.

Article: Scan of article from The Toronto Star, 09-Feb-95.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco, 12-Feb-95.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from LA Weekly 03-Feb-95.

Article: Scan of ad, taken from The Los Angeles Times February 2, 1995.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco Examiner 05-Feb-95.

Note: TMarch tour labeled as the "Terror Twins" tour.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from St.Louis Post Dispatch 09-Mar-95.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Atlanta Constitution 17-Mar-95.

Review: Scan of review from The Atlanta Journal 20-Mar-95.

Setlist: Orlando show: Woman Destroyed/ Tropic of Cancer/ Fear and Trembling/ Being and Nothingness/ Beyond Good and Evil/ Executioners Song/ Gypsy's Curse/ Bell Jar/ Lady in a Cage/ Port of Saints/ Delicate Prey/ Funeral Rites/ Death Watch/ No Exit No Exit/ That's Right There Is No Fucking Exit/ Waiting on Another Jesus Come Lately.

Poster: Photo of tour poster.

Note: The show @ the Sapphire Supper Club, Orlando is available on the "Rude Hieroglyphics" album (1995).

Poster: Photo of poster.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Austin American Statesman 16-Mar-95.

Review: Scan of review, taken from the Austin American Statesman 30-Mar-95.

Note: Last date of "Terror Twins" tour.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the Philadelphia Daily News 06-Apr-95.

Review: Scan of review, taken from the Philadelphia Inquirer 10-Apr-95.

Note: By April 1995, Lydia had moved to Pittsburgh (PA) where she would reside until March 1999. She had been living in San Francisco (CA) from June 1993 until March 1995.

Note: Available on the "Rude Hieroglyphics" VHS video (2001).

17-Oct-95
US Release of the "Rude Hieroglyphics" album (Rykodisc).

Ticket: Photo of ticket.

Note: Screening of Deathtrip films, likely attended by Richard Kern and Lydia Lunch.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Guardian 28-Oct-95.

Note: Start of European tour, about 10 dates.

Article: Scan of article from The Reformer 26-Oct-95.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Book signing "New York Girls", a photobook by Richard Kern, with forword by Lydia Lunch.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Several more dates.

Note: Labeled as the The Wyrd Sisters. Lydia had an exhibition at the gallery "Willing Victims", which presented her photos, voodoo boxes and body casts. Ran from 27-Oct-95 till 26-Nov-95. Photographer Bart D.Frescura also exhibited.

Article: Scan of article, taken from the Courier News, 30-Nov-95.

Note: Continuation of the "Terror Twins" tour, 8 dates.

Scan: Scan of ad from the Boston Phoenix 24-Nov-95.

Article: Scan of article, taken from the Boston Globe, 01-Dec-95.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Ithaca Journal 30-Nov-95.

Article: Scan of article from Portland Press Herald 30-Nov-95.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Daily Times 24-Nov-95.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Brattleboro Reformer 30-Nov-95.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Lydia and Exene's set cancelled.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Province 05-Jan-96.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Review: Scan of review from The Oregonian 13-Jan-96.

Poster: Scan of poster.

Ad: Scan of ad from San Francisco Examiner 16-Jan-96.

Article: Scan of interview with Exene from The San Francisco Examiner 14-Jan-96.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 12-Jan-96.

Ad: Scan of ad from Santa Cruz Sentinel 12-Jan-96.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Article: Scan of article from Syracuse Herald-Journal 25-Feb-96

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Democrat & Chronicle 29-Feb-96.

Article: Scan of article from Democrat & Chronicle 01-Mar-96.

Note: Benefit for Pyramid Arts Center.

Ad: Scan of ad from Tampa Bay Times 08-Mar-96.

Note: Continuation of the tour with Exene Cervenka. Free admittance show.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Orlando Sentinel 01-Mar-96.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Atlanta Constitution 15-Mar-96.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Austin American Statesman 07-Mar-96.

Ad: Scan of ad from El Paso Herald-Post 07-Mar-96.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Austin American Statesman 07-Mar-96.

Listing: Scan of listing from Fort Worth Star-Telegram 15-Mar-96.

26-Mar-96
US Release of the "Universal Infiltrators" album (Atavistic).

Article: Scan of article from The Toronto Star 24-Apr-96.

Review: Scan of review from The Rocket 15-May-96.

Ad: Scan of ad from The Rocket 24-Apr-96.

Setlist: A Short History of Decay.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from Detroit Free Press 04-May-97.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" book, which was then not yet published. It would be released in the UK on 01-Nov-97, by Creation books. Only 10 years later it would be publised in the US, by Akashic books.

Listing: Scan of listing from Chicago Tribune 30-May-97.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" book.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the LA weekly 06-Jun-97.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" book.

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from the San Francisco Examiner 08-Jun-97.

Note: Broadcast live on Mediacast.com. Reading from her "Paradoxia" book.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Orlando Sentinel 22-Jun-97.

Note: At 7PM Bart D.Frescura (Lydia's then boyfriend) opens his "A Symphony of Shadows" art exhibition at The Sapphire Club. At 8PM opens her "Blessings from the Bayou Ghoulah" exhibition (of photos, voodoo boxes and body casts) at Harold & Maude's Expresso bar.

Listing: Scan of listing from Democrat and Chronicle 08-Aug-97.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" book.

01-Nov-97
UK Publication of the "Pradoxia -A Predator's Diary" book (Creation books ).

Article: Scan of article from The Independent 26-Oct-97.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel.

Flyer: Scan of flyer.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel.

Article: Scan of article from The Observer 02-Nov-97.

Note: "Paradoxia" book signing. Lydia splits after 20 minutes.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Independent 01-Nov-97.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia".

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.

Photo: Screen capture from private video.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". (*) on these dates there was also an exhibition of Lydia's photographs.

Listing: Scan of listing from The San Francisco Examiner 30-Nov-97.

Listing: Scan of listing from The Rocket 03-Dec-97.

Note: On December 6 Lydia is interviewed for Maren Hancunts' "Lady Lazarus" book.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 05-Dec-97.

Article: Scan of article from Tallahassee Democrat 23-Jan-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia".

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Florida Today 30-Jan-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". Followed by screening of New York No Wave movies.

Poster: Scan of poster.

Ad: Scan of advert from The Age 17-Jul-98.

Article: Scan of article from The Age 10-Jul-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia".

Ad: Scan of ad from the Sydney Morning Herald 16-Jul-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". Followed by screening of New York No Wave movies: "G-Man" and "Beauty Becomes The Beast" (Beth B), "Men In Orbit" (John Lurie) and "Fingered" (Richard Kern). Preceding the last ever Shotgun Wedding concert, which took place in Melbourne on 23-Jul-98.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 04-Sep-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia".

Listing: Scan of listing from The Courier-News 08-Oct-98.

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia".

Note: Reading from "Paradoxia". Part of the København performance is available on the "Devil's Racetrack" album (2000).

Ad: Scan of ad, taken from San Francisco 11-Apr-99.

Ad: Scan of ad from LA Weekly 16-Apr-99.

19-Oct-99
US Release of "Crimes Against Nature" 2CD album (Atavistic).

Listing: Scan of listing from LA Times 14-Nov-99. By now Lydia had relocated from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from The Record 26-Nov-99.

Listing: Scan of listing from The San Francisco Examiner 11-Feb-00.

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love". Several more dates in the US.

Notice: Scan of cancellation notice (due to low ticket sales) from Edmonton Journal 16-Feb-00.

Article: Scan of article from Edmonton Journal 27-Feb-00.

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love".

Listing: Scan of listing from Calgary Herald 10-Feb-00.

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love".

Article: Scan of article, taken from Times Colonist 19-Feb-00.

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love".

Ad: Scan of advert from The Province 17-Feb-00.

Note: 'Dirty Little Secrets' tour. Lydia reads excerpts from her autobiography/novel "Paradoxia" and from her internet sex advice column "Tough Love".

Listing: Scan of listing from The State 28-Apr-00.

Article: Scan of article, taken from Tallahassee Democrat 16-Jun-00.

Review: Review of Cow House show, taken from Tallahassee Democrat 23-Jun-00. Review of Orpheum show, taken from Tampa Bay Times 25-Jun-00.

Note: "Tough Love 2000" tour. Excerpts from the Sapphire Supper Club and Jim Faherty's house performances are available on "The Devil's Racetrack" album (2000). Jim Faherty ran Figurehead Records and the Sapphire Supper Club.

Article: Scan of article from The Daily News-Journal 10-Sep-00.

Note: "The Spitfire Tour".

Article: Scan of article from Intelligencer Journal 08-Sep-00.

Note: "The Spitfire Tour". Free admittance show.

Ticket: Scan of ticket.

Note: "Johnny Behind The Deuce" was a joint novel/film project with Gene Gregorits that eventuelly never got made.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Program: e-Program.

Note: One track from the Cagliari show (with Mauro Teho Teardo [Meathead/Here]) is available on the "Hangover Hotel" compilation album (2001).

27-Nov-00
UK Release of the "The Devil's Racetrack" album (Almafame).

Listing: Scan of listing from The Bellingham Herald 01-Mar-00.

Note: Reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce".

Note: Reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce".

Listing: Scan of listing from Oakland Tribune 02-Mar-00.

Note: Reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce".

Note: Reading from "Johnny Behind The Deuce".

Note: All cancelled due to the '9/11' attacks in New York and moved to April 2002.

Note: Lydia DJ's at the opening night's party.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Los Angeles Times 28-Mar-02.

Note: 'The UnHappy Hour' is a spoken word series, every Sunday night (between 6PM-9PM), organized by Lydia Lunch and Andrew Gould, which ran for 7 months until 22-Sep-02. Lydia performs herself on 03-Feb-02.

Note: Not a spoken word, but a DJ set.

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Star Tribune 01-Jun-02.

Ticket: Photo of ticket, credit Scott A.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Boston Globe 21-Mar-02.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Review: Scan of review, taken from Los Angeles Times 16-Mar-02.

Note: Curated by Sonic Youth. Originally scheduled for October 19-21, 2001, ATP LA 2001 was postponed due to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.

Note: Moved from September 2001. Lydia teaches about spoken work. Her performance of the 18th contained "Women & Children First" and "In My Time of Dying" (an anti war protest).

Setlist: Women & Children First.

Setlist: Women & Children First.

Setlist: In Our Time Of Dying.

Note: Work shop and spoken word performance.

Flyer: Photo of flyer.

Setlist: In Our Time Of Dying.

Setlist: a.o. Invalids Of Duration/ Destiny/ Murdered Sons/ and more...

Note: Accompanied by Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk] on trumpet. Above tracks available on the "In Our Time Of Dying" album (2003). Excerpt included in Emma Hedditch's "Her Noise" documentary (2007).

Setlist: In My Time Of Dying(*)/ Women and Children First: War Is Menstrual Envy - God Was (The First Cop) - America (Bush, CIA, DEA,..)/ Invalids of Duration (Same It Ever Was)/ Murdered Sons: We Might Not Have Much Time Left - It's All Desert Now - Death Of The Individual.

Photo: Screen capture from video.

Video: Video by Josep M. Jordana.

Note: Accompanied by Marc Cunningham [Mars] on trumpet. (*) track available on the "In Our Time Of Dying" album (Widowspeak, 2003).

Poster: Photo of poster, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Listing: Scan of listing, taken from Tampa Bay Times 27-Mar-03.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: The New York show also has "Wanted", a photo exhibition of Lydia's photographic work.

Setlist: In Our Time Of Dying: Bitter Champagne/ The Root Of Hysteria/ Wet Nurse In The Trauma Unit/ Sick With Need/ Dirty White Honeysuckle/ Miserable Bastard/ Tiny’s Tite Spot/ Static/ Memory And Madness/ Wretched Possibility.

Note: Accompanied by Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk] on trumpet. Available on the "Memory and Madness" album (Widowspeak, 2003).

Note: Accompanied by David Knight and Karl Blake [of Shock Headed Peters] and Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk] on trumpet.

15-Oct-03
UK Release of the "Memory and Madness" album (Sartorial records).

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" US tour.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour. Before her set Lydia does two acoustic songs with Chris Connelly. "Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed" [David Bowie] and "Oh Jim" [Lou Reed].

Flyer: Photo of flyer courtesy of EaViL.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster. Photo on poster is taken by David Arnoff and was used on the inner sleeve of Lydia's "13.13" album (1982).

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Part of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Last date of the 15 date "Memory and Madness" tour.

Note: "Memory and Madness".

Note: "Memory and Madness".

Setlist: Memory and Madness.

Flyer: e-Flyer for the Exeter show.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Setlist: In Our Time of Dying

Poster: Photo of poster for the Portland show.

Note: 90mins interview filmed at the RE/Search headquarters, probably in February 2005. Broadcast in 2 parts. Dates are broadcast dates. The Counter Culture Hour is hosted by V. Vale and produced by Marian Wallace and Marian Wilde.

Note: Colloquium with Jaume Sisa, Lydia Lunch, Manolo Martínez, Reyul, and many more..

Note: Lydia Lunch lectures and shows the following films: "Like Dawn to Dust", "Submit To Me", "The Right Side of My Brain" and "Fingered".

Setlist: Ecstasy At The Mouth Of The Abyss.

Note: A spoken word dissertation on lust and longing in time of war. This could be a precursor to Lydia's "Ghosts of Spain" project.

Photo: Credit Fernando Martín de la Hoz.

Note: A spoken word performance and discussion forum.

Note: Spoken word and projection of films.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Note: Book/CD/DVD signing session.

Note: Also screening of the "Video Hysterie" compilation.

Ad: Cover of program booklet.

Note: Lydia Lunch event with music, videos, posters etc... Lydia is not present.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel followed by a book signing session.
"Paradoxia" was finally published in the US on 18-Oct-07, 10 years after its first publication in the UK.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel followed by a book signing session. Later that evening Lydia performs her "Hangover Hotel" piece at the Empty Bottle.

Flyer: Original flyer.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel followed by a book signing session.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel.

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: Reading from her "Paradoxia" novel, followed by a book signing session.

Flyer: e-Flyer.

Photo: Still from private video.

Note: Lydia Lunch reads texts from Elfriede Jelinek (with sounds by Mia Zabelka and Christina Nemec).

Note: Labeled as "Horribly True Confessions". John reads from his poems "Inertia Variations", Cathi from "Bad Penny Blues", Bibbe reads "Gaton Rhymes With Satan", Martyn reads "Love", Jake reads "The Devil’s Paintbrush" and Lydia reads from "Will Work For Drugs".

Photo: Credit Sean Carrillo.

Flyer: e-Flyer .