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  • Episode 253 John Colpitts
    2024/05/17
    John Colpitts, also known as Kid Millions, is a drummer, composer, drum teacher. He is best known for his work in the band and his percussion group . Check out his latest Man Forever album . This coming July, Oneida releases a new album Expensive Air out on the .
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    1 時間 10 分
  • Episode 252 Gary Lindsey
    2024/05/10
    Austin Texas denizen Gary Lindsey, is the dynamic frontman of . He joins Lydia and Tim to discuss his travels, life in music including performances alongside Hank Williams III. Gary is a versatile artist capable of donning different musical personas, from gypsy roots jazz to beatnik poetry, akin to the transformative spirit of Tom Waits.
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    1 時間 3 分
  • Episode 251 Musician Alex Marcelo
    2024/05/03
    New York City pianist/keyboardist believes in the power of music as a positive and uplifting force. He studied at the and then went on to the , where he focused on African-American Music/Jazz Piano Performance and Composition under the tutelage of renowned saxophonist . Alex and Tim were classmates at UMass, and it was there that they became close friends and . Since those halcyon days in Western Massachusetts, he has performed all over the world, including at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Etnafest in Italy, Alice Tully Hall, and more. Alex is featured on recordings with Yusef Lateef, , , and . Currently, he is working on a new album that should be released in the coming year.
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    1 時間 2 分
  • Episode 250 Buzz Osborne
    2024/04/26
    There is a lot happening at the Lydian Spin! Lydia and Tim are both touring and we're recording and editing the next batch of interviews, set to debut next week. Meanwhile, Lydia, a big Melvins fan, is thrilled about the recent release of their new album, To share her excitement, this weeks episode features a new intro combined with a rebroadcast of an interview with Melvins guitarist Buzz Osborne. This interview, conducted during the peak of Covid restrictions, also serves as an interesting snapshot of where we all were just 200 episodes ago. Enjoy!
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    57 分
  • Episode 249 Anne Militello
    2024/04/19
    The cover photograph for the second and final Richard Hell and the Voidoids album, features a woman standing in the background. For years, this woman was unfairly credited as "unknown woman." However, the truth is that the woman is who would go on to become an accomplished lighting designer and professor at CalArts. Anne's journey began while working for the now infamous rapist Harvey Weinstein back when Weinstein and his brother were concert promoters in metro Buffalo. Seeking to leave The Nickel City but not yet prepared for New York City, she embarked on a five-day bus trip to San Francisco, packing a tin of pot brownies, which were completely consumed along the way. Upon arriving on the west coast, Anne leveraged her experience working with lights in college to gain work at a music venue. The manager who hired her was , who later became a disco legend. One night outside the , she encountered a man dressed like a trucker who seemed to be out of place and ignored by her cohort of punker rockers. Feeling sympathetic, she struck up a conversation with him. The man told her he was a playwright and wanted her to read his new play, which she did and really liked. The trucker turned out to be Pulitzer Prize winner and they became great friends. With Shepard's encouragement, she relocated to New York City and immersed herself in the theater scene. Over time, Anne established herself as a world-renowned lighting designer, working with luminaries such as David Lynch, Tom Waits, The Wooster Group, and Lou Reed. Today, Anne resides in Los Angeles, where she operates .
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    55 分
  • Episode 248 Composer and Artist Meredith Monk
    2024/04/12
    is truly an American treasure. She is a composer, performer, and t. Her unique contributions to music and experimental theater have spanned over six decades. Meredith's body of work combines elements of Through these mediums, she explores the myriad ways one can freely as a human express themselves. Meredith's art has made her a visionary of the avant-garde. We are thrilled and lucky to have her on the Lydian Spin.
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Episode 247 Nasal Rod Lead Singer Jeffrey "Chairman" Couch
    2024/04/05
    Jeffrey "Chairman" Couch fronts the Portland, Oregon band , known for their frenetic, genre-bending, manic art-punk style. Nasalrod's music attempts to look beyond punk's boundaries, all the while retaining the genre's adventurous spirit. Jeffrey and Lydia crossed paths at one of her last Portland shows, where he invited her to participate in Nasalrod's latest video. Although Lydia declined, she was impressed by the band's music and invited Jeffrey to appear on the Lydian Spin.
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Artist Dan Levenson
    2024/03/29
    is a visual artist based in Los Angeles who engages in installation, performance, video, painting, and sculpture. His artistic endeavors revolve around the concept of an imagined institution, the (SKZ). Dan's paintings adhere to the formalist teachings of this fictitious academy, employing metrically sized canvases divided geometrically to produce rational and reproducible abstract compositions. Through performance, installation, and video, he further develops the narrative of this fictional institution. Each painting bears a unique title, symbolizing a student from the State Art Academy, Zürich, with no repetition of names. In 2004, Dan used a computer script to generate hundreds of millions of distinct names by combining surnames from the Zürich phone book with common Swiss first names. From this extensive list, 135,000 names were randomly selected and published in a book, with the titles of his paintings drawn from the same pool in random order.
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    59 分