Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants: Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 1992-1995

Description

From June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in New York, an extraordinary theatrical collective emerged from the queer underground. Blacklips Performance Cult, initiated by ANOHNI and joined by a cabal of artists, drag queens, punks, nightlife veterans and students, staged original weekly plays at the Pyramid Club. Blacklips never attracted the attention of the general public. However, the band left a lasting impression within New York’s underground nightlife culture by mixing hypnotic dragshow, surreal horror and disconcerting tenderness.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Shoot Yer Load – Meng & Ecker
2. Good Morning Heartache – Joey Arias
3. Punks, Get Off the Grass – Edith Massey
4. Ladies and Gentlemen – ANOHNI
5. Satan’s Lil’ Lamb – James F. Murphy
6. Janet Vampire – Anohni & Pearls
7. Stairs/Uncertain Journey – Christian Death
8. Disrupt Their Lives (Feat. Gary Reynolds) – Vito Russo
9. Rapture – ANOHNI
10. Double-barrel Prayer – Diamanda Gal s
11. Sister Morphine – Sissy Fitt
12. Natasha – Tammy Taste Test
13. You Think You’re a Man – Divine
14. So Disgraceful – Marilyna and The Movie Stars
Disc 2
1. Satellite of Love – Ebony Jet
2. Fuck You – Dean and The Weenies
3. People Are Small – ANOHNI
4. Angels in Pain – Princess Tinymeat
5. Your Cigarette – Coke
6. Tenterhook – Dave Vanian
7. Suspecting Mrs. Shyster – Sissy Fitt
8. The Yellowing Angel (Feat. Johanna Constantine) – ANOHNI
9. 13 Ways to Die – Dr. Clark Render
10. Useless Man – Minty
11. My Final Moments – Kabuki Starshine
12. Golden Showers – Meng & Ecker
13. Love Letters – ANOHNI
14. Blacklips – ANOHNI