Episodios

  • Episode 225 Author Gary Lippman

    Episode 225 Author Gary Lippman
    Oct 17 2025
    Gary Lippman is a writer, artist, and attorney. He has worked with and is the author of the acclaimed new book . His play Paradox Lust ran off-off-Broadway in 2001, and his writing has appeared in , , and . Gary’s visual art can be found at .
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    1 h y 2 m
  • Episode 224 Dave Naz

    Episode 224 Dave Naz
    Oct 10 2025
    Dave Naz played in various LA punk bands including , , and touring the USA and Europe from 1985 til1997, until an exhibition featuring , and , inspired him to pick up a camera. As a photographer his work revolves around the varied identities and personae of our time. His photos have appeared in GQ, Maxim, Stern, and Salon. Several of Naz’s photos appear in the artwork of Richard Prince. He has published 17 books with the 18th on the way.
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    1 h y 9 m
  • Episode 323 Shane Embury

    Episode 323 Shane Embury
    Oct 3 2025
    () Shane Embury is longtime bassist for the grindcore/death metal band , which he joined in 1987 and has remained with ever since. In addition to Napalm Death, he has been involved in numerous side projects and bands across the extreme metal spectrum, such as , Lock Up, , and . Before his bass‑career, he played drums in early death metal and grindcore efforts like and . He lives in Birmingham and is an enthusiast of horror, science fiction, and comics. The Lydian Spin is more than just a podcast—it’s a living archive of raw conversation, radical thought, and unfiltered voices. Week after week, Lydia Lunch and Tim Dahl dive deep with artists, musicians, and cultural agitators who refuse to be silenced. But keeping this archive alive takes time, energy, and resources. If you’ve ever been moved, inspired, or challenged by the conversations on The Lydian Spin, consider giving back. Your donation helps us cover production costs, keep the episodes free and accessible, and continue amplifying the voices that matter. Click the link above or go to
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  • Episode 322 Harlow Crandall

    Episode 322 Harlow Crandall
    Sep 26 2025
    () Inspired by a lifelong obsession with poetry and prose, channels his obsession with literature and rock music into the release of his new album, Better a New Demon, recorded with the support of Peter Manktelow, Meadow Wyand, and Justin Pallini. As a Ph.D. candidate working in one of America's largest music archives at Middle Tennessee State University, he's presently completing a book tentatively titled The Architects of Punk & No Wave: The Literary Impulses of the New York Underground in the 1970s. The project explores how punk and no wave pioneers from Richard Hell to Lydia Lunch established a new aesthetic and subculture from the wreckage of the 1960s and their own literary aspirations, and it documents their response over the next decades to the changing cultural currency of New York's mythic decade. The Lydian Spin is more than just a podcast—it’s a living archive of raw conversation, radical thought, and unfiltered voices. Week after week, Lydia Lunch and Tim Dahl dive deep with artists, musicians, and cultural agitators who refuse to be silenced. But keeping this archive alive takes time, energy, and resources. If you’ve ever been moved, inspired, or challenged by the conversations on The Lydian Spin, consider giving back. Your donation helps us cover production costs, keep the episodes free and accessible, and continue amplifying the voices that matter. Click the link above or go to
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Episode 321 Banshee Drummer Budgie

    Episode 321 Banshee Drummer Budgie
    Sep 11 2025
    Budgie (born Peter Edward Clarke) is an English drummer recognized for his work with and the percussion-driven project . He lost his mother at age 12, and that early loss becomes a central theme in , where he also writes candidly about his marriage with Siouxsie Sioux, struggles with alcohol, and the power dynamics in both his personal and musical life. His drumming is praised for being offbeat, tom-tom-intensive, and for bringing melodic and rhythmic invention rather than just keeping time. 🎙️ Support The Lydian Spin 🎙️ The Lydian Spin is more than just a podcast—it’s a living archive of raw conversation, radical thought, and unfiltered voices. Week after week, Lydia Lunch and Tim Dahl dive deep with artists, musicians, and cultural agitators who refuse to be silenced. But keeping this archive alive takes time, energy, and resources. If you’ve ever been moved, inspired, or challenged by the conversations on The Lydian Spin, consider giving back. Your donation helps us cover production costs, keep the episodes free and accessible, and continue amplifying the voices that matter.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 320 Composer and Musician Paul Cantelon

    Episode 320 Composer and Musician Paul Cantelon
    Sep 5 2025
    Paul Cantelon grew up with music in his blood—his mother played trumpet in the Philadelphia Symphony, his father was a preacher. A prodigy on violin, he debuted at UCLA’s Royce Hall at 13, then studied piano across Geneva, Juilliard, and Paris. At 17, a bike accident left him in a coma and wiped out his memory; he had to relearn music from scratch. He went on to co-found the band , release solo piano albums, and score films like , The Other Boleyn Girl, and W.. He’s also written for silent film classics like Battleship Potemkin.
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  • Episode 319 Yowie Drummer Shawn O'Connor

    Episode 319 Yowie Drummer Shawn O'Connor
    Aug 29 2025
    Shawn “The Defenestrator” O’Connor is a founding member and drummer of the St. Louis band . Outside of music, he works as a clinical psychologist. Shawn is also something of a luddite, aiming to be the last adult in America without a cell phone.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 318 Pamela Des Barres

    Episode 318 Pamela Des Barres
    Aug 22 2025
    , born in California, emerged from the 1960s Los Angeles rock scene as both participant and witness. Introduced to Captain Beefheart in high school, she soon immersed herself in the vast Los Angeles demimonde, befriending and dating musicians from to . With , she co-founded the performance collective the , documenting her experiences in diaries that became the foundation of her seminal memoir . She later married —also known to television audiences for his role as the assassin on MacGyver. Pamela herself went on to publish multiple books and establish a career as an author, teacher, and chronicler of rock history, in her role as the definitive voice of the “groupie.”
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    1 h y 10 m