Speaking of Lydia Lunch...

[Bob Krajewski <lmi-angel!rpk>]

An article in Sunday's New York Times about the mainstreaming of performance
art compared Lily Tomlin's satire of an NYC perf-art type (the piece was
called ``Me'') and a ``patented'' Lydia Lunch tirade, and Lily came out
ahead -- more authentic, even.  There was a letter to _Forced Exposure_
(it rules the world of gnarly 'zines) about certain types being famous for
being famous which didn't name names, though you can guess who he was
thinking of.

I'm not sure if LL really is doing anything worth paying attention these
days -- a lot of ``edge'' stuff (``This is dangerous... offensive...
blood... peppered with Anglo-Saxon terms...  guts... violence... sex... I'm
gonna scream my neuroses at you... My problems turned up to ten...'') I find
boring, pretentious, and dangerously close to taking away the dignity of
those who really do suffer (including the performers themselves).  On the
other hand, she gives great interviews, was brilliantly bratty (her true
self) in Eight-Eyed Spy (or was it Mars... all those No Wave NYC bands seem
to run together), and of course, there is the sex appeal element.