From Genesis P-Orridge’s site on October 11, 2008:

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and her reactivated Psychic TV aka PTV3 are terribly sad to announce the cancellation of their November North American tour dates. This decision is entirely due to the unexpected passing of band member Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge.

Lady Jaye died suddenly on Tuesday 9th October 2007 at home in Brooklyn, New York from a previously undiagnosed heart condition which is thought to have been connected with her long-term battle with stomach cancer. Lady Jaye collapsed and died in the arms of her heartbroken “other half” Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.

I had a teenage obsession that has lasted until my current ripe age of 28 with Thee Temple Ov Psychic Youth, COUM Transmissions, the vomit-inducing (yet oddly sexual) noise of Throbbing Gristle, and the sometimes saccharine, always psychedelic pop sounds of Psychic TV. Genesis P-Orridge was my Charlie Manson after reading Helter Skelter one too many times in junior high. I was able to see Psychic TV in 2002 at Chop Suey in Seattle and I must say, my face was rocked off. All of my expectations, everything I had built up in my mind about Genesis/pandrogeny/Psychic TV/Thee-Sacred was there and that show ranks up there in my top 10 shows of all time (so far).*

My condolences go out to Genesis and his family after the death of his wife/other-half.

Genesis and Lady Jaye = Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

now i am older
just a bit bolder
ready to explore my life
ready to ignore the strife
…
i was afraid that i would be made
to try and be a person that i didn’t learn from
oh how i cried when i looked inside
and saw someone else that’s not myself
i say, i don’t think so, i don’t think so
…
you know that it’s true, yes it’s you, oh its you

And since I usually blog about politics, here’s Genesis on politics, from the San Francisco Chronicle on October 31, 2004:

We’re facing potentially a really dark time, a dark ages of bigotry, hypocrisy, plague and destruction of the environment on a scale we’ve never managed before. We have to choose another path … To put it bluntly, being nice is probably the most powerful political action you can take right now