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Sep 30, 2022

Brontez Purnell is a writer, musician, dancer, filmmaker, and performance artist. He is the author of a graphic novel, a novella, a children's book, the novel Since I Laid My Burden Down, and 100 Boyfriends, a collection of stories. Brontez is the recipient of a 2018 Whiting Award in Fiction, he was named one of the...


RIP Kitten Natividad

Sep 25, 2022

We are saddened to learn that actress and burlesque star Kitten Natividad died yesterday. She was the first guest on the Lydian Spin. Kitten was gracious and patient enough to invite us into her home and let us interview her while we tried to figure out how to record a podcast. She was cheerful, whip smart, and very...


Sep 23, 2022

Eric Paul has been in many seminal Providence bands including Arab On Radar, Chinese Stars and Doomsday Student.  He is also a writer who has published several books, the most recent is  A Suitcase Full of Dirt. Eric lives with his wife and child in Providence where he teaches...


Sep 16, 2022

Leila Bordreuil is a Brooklyn-based cellist, composer and sound-artist from France. She accesses concepts as diverse as noise, contemporary classical, free jazz, and experimental traditions, but adheres to none of them. Her music mixes deep melancholia with harsh noise-walls at ear-bleeding levels, and was described by...


Help Lydia and Jasmine Hirst Finish Their Documentary

Sep 10, 2022

Over the last two years, Lydia and Jasmine Hirst have been working on a documentary about artists and mental health titled Anxiety Depression and Rage.  They are currently raising money via GoFundme to finish the film. To donate go to https://gofund.me/2415f0e7 . All help big and small from podcast listeners is welcome...