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Lynn Breedlove is the SINGER/founder of the first American out dyke punk band rocking for queer, trans, POC, and working class visibility. (Tribe 8. Rise Above: The Tribe8 Documentary)
AUTHOR of an autobiographical novel, a philosophy of punk and gender (Godspeed, 2001, St. Martin’s Press)
COMIC with a solo show on his trans body, feminism, and community, touring the world in five languages (One Freak Show)
FILMMAKER with a short based on his novel, and a feature length screenplay ready to shop. (Godspeed)
A JOURNALIST with interviews, music and book reviews, and blogs on life in Europe as a queer. (Girlfriends, various publications, Myspace)
A RADIO HOST discussing and spinning all things queer and trans from 2003-2007 (The Unka Lynnee Show, Piratecat Radio)
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My Interests



ONE FREAK SHOW
Touring U.S. and Europe.
[email protected]

GODSPEED THE SHORT FILM
Based on the novel. Punks bikes n babes with LYNNEE as Jim, ADROC (BEASTIE BOYS) as the dispatcher, JILLIAN LAUREN as Ally, at festivals now.

GODSPEED THE FEATURE screenplay.

GOETTERSPEED
German translation of the novel Godspeed.

GODSPEED MP3 AUDIOBOOK
Read by the author. 8.2 hours of sheer punkrock joy. If you were too ADD to read the book, which is pretty fuckin ADD, then certainly you can listen to a brilliant motherfucker readin to ya about sex drugs and rock n roll.

THANKS FOR THE MAMMARIES
Tribe 8: postbreakup CD w/ all new songs and a twisted cover of Rebel Girl, complete with 2 videos: Femme Bitch Top and Radar Love Download at Tribe8.com

I'd like to meet:

For Movie makin:' Producers, Crew, Actors.

For One Freak Show: Booking agents.

For rockin out: Bangin' musicians.

For Dog Walking: Doggies!

For Life Coaching: Artists.

For Mediation: Bands, Couples, Small businesses.

Music:

TRIBE8

Pig Bitch, Harp Records(1992)

By the Time We Get to Colorado , Outpunk (1993)

Fist City, Alternative Tentacles (1994)

Roadkill Cafe, Live in NY, Alternative Tentacles (1995)

Snarkism, Alternative Tentacles (1996)

Mom, Outpunk (1996) Allen’s Mom

Role Models For Amerika, Alternative Tentacles(1998)

Thanx For The Mammaries, self(2005)

COMPILATIONS

There’s a Dyke in the Pit , w/ Bikini Kill, Lucy Stoners, 7 Year Bitch, on Outpunk(1993)

Outpunk Dance Party: A Queer Punk Compilation, on Outpunk Records(1995)

Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense, w/ Jello Biafra, Lydia Lunch, Exene Cervenka, Jim Carroll, Joan Jett, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, on Sony Music(1996)

The New Women’s Music Sampler, w/The Need, the Butchies, on Mr Lady Records(1999)

Homocore Minneapolis: Live and Loud w/The Need, Lucifag, Fagatron, The Butchies, On Lefty Records (Ed Varga, 1999)

Live from the Laundromat III:Bay Area Songwriters Hung Out to Dry, Produced by Ian Brennan, On TGM Records (1999)

SPOKEN WORD COMPILATIONS

Sister Spit’s Ramblin Road Show, w/Michelle Tea, Sini Anderson, Shar Rednour, Beth Lissick, Stanya Kahn (1998)

What’s the Word, Volume 1,Spoken Word by Lead Singers w/ Jello Biafra, On Deezal Records (1999)

Sister Spit’s Ramblin Road Show Greatest Spits w Harriet Dodge, Marci Blackman, Eileen Myles, on Mr Lady Records(2000)

Tribe Spit Deep w/ Sini Anderson and DDC, (2002)

Movies:

GODSPEED the short
16 1/2 minutes of punks bikes and babes, a teaser for the upcoming feature.
Starring Lynn Breedlove Leslie Mah, Jillian Lauren (Sparkle Diamond of Velvet Hammer), and the voice of Adam Horowitz (Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys) as The Dispatcher.
Music by Katastrophe, Tribe 8, Le Tigre, Lunachicks, Bikini Kill, MDC, Blatz, and Dirtbox.
Cameos by Meliza Banales, Jewelle Gomez, and Bucky Sinister.
For festival screenings: [email protected]
GODSPEED the feature. Screenplay adaptation by Lynn Breedlove, ready to produce.
Accepted for Second Round at Outfest Screenwriter's Lab.
RISE ABOVE: THE TRIBE 8 DOCUMENTARY.
For info, screenings, and DVDs: Riseabovethetribe8documentary.com
FILM EXPERIENCE
Actor
Jennifer’s Got a Gun, band, feature film, 1996
Femme Bitch Top, Tribe 8 music video, 1997
Mango Me, extra, feature, 2000
By Hook or By Crook, bit part, feature, 2000
Godspeed, lead, short, 2007
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Godspeed, short, 2007
Other Documentaries
Step Up and Be Vocal, Interviews on Queer Punk and Feminism, Documentary, Sandra Ortman, German, 2000
DIY or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist, Michael Dean, SF CA, Intersection for the Arts, 2001
Wrong Bathroom, Documentary, SF, Shani Heckman, 2004Theater

Television:

LYNNEE BREEDLOVE'S ONE FREAK SHOW

Trans-Up Comedy. Ground zero queer analysis of gender, bodies, feminism, family, and "community." His plan for world peace includes gender nesting dolls, cross-dressing stuffed animals, and a new edition of Our Bodies Ourselves for men. Knives and body parts still part of the show.

For booking colleges, conferences, theaters, and other spaces, contact [email protected]

Books:

GODSPEED
NY, NY, St. Martin's Press, 2002. Memoire fiction punkpoet philosophy of love, gender and evolution.
GOETTERSPEED
German translation of the novel Godspeed by Andrea Rick, Bremen, Germany, Mox und Maritz, 2007
Lynn Breedloves Romandebüt zieht den Leser vom ersten Augenblick an in seinen Sog und lässt ihn bis zur letzten Seite nicht los. TOLLES BUCH UND WAHRSCHEINLICH DER BESTE PUNK-ROMAN DER LETZTEN ZEHN JAHRE. (stone) 17,80 Euro bei Mox & Maritz
GODSPEED MP3 AUDIOBOOK.
Read by the author. All 285 pages. Easy to stop and restart. Great for long drives on tour.
Download: lynnbreedlove.com
Anthologies
“Angry Women in Rock,” Volume 1, Andrea Juno, ed., Juno Books 1997
“Lips Tits Hits Power?”, Anette Baldauf, Katharina Weingartner, eds., Popkultur und Feminismus, Vienna: Folio Press 1998
Peops, Portraits and Stories, Fly; Softskull 2003
“Good Advice for Young Trendy People of All Ages," Jennifer Blowdryer, ed., 2005
"Word Warriors," Alix Olsen, ed., Seal Press 2007

Heroes:

Articles and reviews:

"Götterspeed"

German reviewshttp://www.jungewelt.de/2007/07-24/018.php
http://literaturkritik.de/public/rezension.php?rez_id=10864& amp;ausg ,
http://www.ox-fanzine.de/literaturox73/goetterspeed.13965.ht ml ,
http://www.intro.de/magazin/buecher/23041678 ,
Götterspeed ,

English interview: http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews35_36/page25.cfm ,

lynnbreedlove.com ,

godspeedfilm.com ,

tribe8.com ,

riseabovethedocumentary.com

My Blog

Confessions of a poseur

Front cover of French monthly news mag, BIRTH OF GOD, next to a picture of the OG fat femme, Venus of Willendorf.That was a Ms. headline in '69 and '89. Ten years behind us and trickling down to the m...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:44:00 PST

The Gossip Rocks Paris

Beth Ditto has the most control over a crowd and two 300-pound security guys since I saw Marlene Dietrich in San Francisco in 1970. Marlene, 65 years old, walked out in her notorious see-through eveni...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:59:00 PST

Update des Chiens et Enfants

children and small dogs. theyre not just for grandmas anymore. my punkster pals get annoyed by my happiness over cuteness. i no longer have to prove i am badass by scowling, wearing all black, draggi...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:53:00 PST

meat mission

fanta is my fave german soda cuz it's most like orangina, french orange pop which comes in mango and grapefruit. all euro orange pop has actual fruit in it, unlike american pop, where "orange" refers ...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:39:00 PST

dont fuck with my babies

last night played with scream club and lorena and the bobbits in a berlin at a queer punk wagenplatz called schwarzer canal. a wagen platz is a squatter punk gypsy caravan trailer park. me and cindy ...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:57:00 PST

the french sneer and the americans callin it like they see it

scream club played paris last night and they were awesome. the entire american gang was there, which was a sweet respite from the parisian drama crowd. deborah degouts played for the first time with a...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:27:00 PST

The Frenchy Puts Me in a Time Machine.

"What kind of crowd is it?"I'm digging through the closet, trying on the twentieth T-shirt. Is it a sleeveless, short sleeved, white, black, grey, baggy or tight affair?"Queer. It's a show for this ol...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:22:00 PST

parisian dogs n biyotches

in paris dogs don't chase balls or stix. nope. they chase wine corks. i shit u not.i see one running after something in the lil park behind the sacre coeur and he looks kinda crazy like when you think...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:19:00 PST

au revoir les etats unis, a la prochaine.

PAris here i come.... screenwriting! hot babeage! second hand smoke! woohoo! no dogs, cats, children, troubled teens, dysfunctional pirate radio families, no. cheap medical care, a pharmacy on every b...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:05:00 PST

quit cryin

one thing i cant stand is one o those sensitive fucking white boys who listens to nick cave all alanon salute hand over forehead "after all i've done for you." quit cryin, ya lil bitch! yer boys made ...
Posted by Lynn Breedlove on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:06:00 PST