Paradoxia : A Predator's Diary - Softcover

Lunch, Lydia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840680083 ISBN 13: 9781840680089

Publisher: Creation Books, 2000

Synopsis

Paradoxia, the sexually explicit autobiography of the legendary underground singer/performer/writer Lydia Lunch, was first published in 1998 and has since gone into many reprints. This new spoken word CD features Lydia performing six passages from the book, recorded live in Scandinavia, as well as a previously unreleased six-minute Quicktime video performance film. Lydia Lunch has fronted bands such as Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and 8-Eyed Spy. Paradoxia will be an essential purchase for her many fans.

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About the Author

Lydia Lunch was the primary instigator of the No Wave Movement, and the focal point of the Cinema of Transgression. A musician, writer, and photographer, she exposes the dark underbelly of passion confronting the lusty demons whose struggle for power and control forever stalk the periphery of our collective obsessions.

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From Chapter 1: "I'd stalk bars, clubs, bookstores, public parks and the Emergency Room. Seeking in lost men a place to lose myself. Searching for a pocket of weakness. Looking for the 'sweet spot', a small tear in the psychic fabric to feast upon. To hide inside. A place to disappear in, manifesting myself in a multiplicity of personalities which all shared the same goal. To trick the next john into relinquishing his moral, financial, spiritual or physical guard, so that no matter what the outcome, I won. I got what I wanted. Whether it was money, conversation, drama - or sex."

About this edition

• Publisher: Creation Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1840680083
• ISBN 13: 9781840680089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160