Description
//Anthology Recordings//
£34.99 – 2xLP, Limited Edition Vinyl
A Compilation combining original recordings and select DJ tracks from the vaults of Blacklips Performance Cult, a collective of underground performers, artists and drag queens who took to NYC’s Pyramid Club stage every Monday night at 1 am to perform original plays. The broad spectrum of emotional expression, ferocity, humour and transgression evident in these collected recordings are a further indication of the group’s oeuvre. In 1992, ANOHNI founded Blacklips Performance Cult with collaborators Johanna Constantine and Psychotic Eve. Originally intended as a cabaret and DJ night, the constellation of people drawn to Blacklips soon melded into a late night ensemble in which members took turns writing scripts that were then performed by the group. Blacklips continued a tradition of urban queer subcultural resistance embodied within the writings of Jean Genet, John Rechy, and the post-punk feminist Terence Sellers. Inspired by Lotte Lenya, Candy Darling, and Leigh Bowery, Greta Garbo and Sister Dimension, performers took the stage primarily to entertain and address each other, while entertaining late-night thrill seekers.
Tracklisting:
SIDE A
Meng & Ecker – Shoot Yer Load
Joey Arias – Good Morning Heartache
Edith Massey – Punks, Get off the Grass
ANOHNI (as Precious Liar) – Ladies and Gentlemen
James F. Murphy – Satan’s Li’l Lamb
ANOHNI and Pearls – Janet Vampire
Christian Death – Stairs — Uncertain Journey
Vito Russo (with Gary Reynolds) – Disrupt Their Lives
ANOHNI (as Fiona Blue) – Rapture
SIDE B
Diamanda Galás – Double-Barrel Prayer
Sissy Fitt – Sister Morphine
Tammy Taste Test – Natasha
Divine – You Think You’re a Man
Marilyn and The Movie Stars – So Disgraceful
SIDE C
Ebony Jet – Satellite of Love
Dean and the Weenies – Fuck You
ANOHNI (as Justin Grey) – People are Small
Princess Tinymeat – Angels in Pain
coke – Your Cigarette
Dave Vanian – Tenterhook
Sissy Fitt as Carol TooGood – Suspecting Mrs. Shyster
ANOHNI and Johanna Constantine – The Yellowing Angel
SIDE D
Dr. Clark Render – 13 Ways To Die
Minty – Useless Man
Kabuki Starshine – My Final Moments
Meng & Ecker – Golden Showers
ANOHNI (as Fiona Blue) – Love Letters
ANOHNI (as Precious Liar) – Blacklips
