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A weekly podcast from Ben Lee and Ione Skye about culture and being eccentric, married, artists.
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Live from our Sydney bedroom once again - we discuss the new Daniel Johnston art book from Rizzoli, Sally Seltmann’s 50th “Old Hollywood” party, the Charlie Sheen doco on netflix, “Open Borders” the graphic novel by Bryan Caplan that explains the economics and ethics of immigration, Sarah McLaughlin’s vision for the future of Lilith Fair, and Ben’s new single “The Fall of America” out today!Listen to “The Fall of America” here https://open.spotify.com/artist/06y1hH4hu3rcTUXHJevPCf?si=tOoNxfhKQZ2_ItnPoxXhxQTake a deeper dive into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com
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Live from our bedroom! We chat about what the music industry can learn from Keli Holiday's #1 single, Ian Rogers' take on brand-building, the complexities of Rick Rubin's guru shtick, the Tennant Creek Brio show at the Cassandra Bird Gallery, the 24 hr Astral People party at Bar Freda's/The Abercrombie, classic doco The Cruise, and the healing power of a trip to Blackheath for Ione and her mom.To dive deeper into our world visit us at http://weirdertogether.substack.com/
Send in listener questions to weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com. To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
Full PTSD episode as we are back filming at home while the new studio work is being done. We talk about why Taylor Swift is Ben’s favourite musical Supervillain, the new doco “Vice is Broke” by Eddie Huang, and why The Vors are challenging our belief systems about aging and punk rock.Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
Send in listener questions to weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com. To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
We report from our room at the Standard Hotel in Bangkok for a special lo-fi tourist episode! We chat Manahkon, Peninsula Tailors, the Red Building vintage mall, Naam 1608, hanging with Amrita Hepi and Abdul Abdullah, dupe handbags and consumer culture, Bo.lan, Yunimori Onsen, Doma, being polite on trains and why degustation menus leading to fighting couples.Dive deeper into our world at http://weirdertogether.substack.com
Send in listener questions to weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com. To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
We’re back at home doing an audio-only pod while Curious Media moves studios. But we still eat a bunch of pop culture and digest it for you: Keli Holiday’s romantic performance art with Abbie Chatfield. Gerry Beckley sitting in at the Eveleigh. The Preatures at Liberty Hall. Nicki Minaj falling in love with Lana Del Rey’s snippet of her beef-starting next single “Ethel Cain”.To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
To ask a question please email weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com
Meg Washington joins us in studio to discuss her new album GEM, why Aussie musicians aren’t horny enough, her thoughts on the stomp clap hey discourse, jazz porn, the ARIA awards and why she’s not a billionaire even though she voices a character on Bluey. Take a deeper dive into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
To ask a question please email weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com
We joined 90,000+ Sydney-siders this past weekend to walk across the Harbour Bridge and protest the inhumane treatment of citizens of Gaza. We also watched the new Jeff Buckley documentary, which hit pretty close to home for Ione. We also got down to the bottom of why 70s rockers loved brass beds. Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/
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Marital discord stikes via Rummy tiles. Marketing goes meta as Gwyneth grabs the bag as a spokespeson for Astronomer and Sydney Sweeney dog whistles to White Nationalists. Byron Bay has gotten creepier and how do you be a leader if you don’t have any answers. We are excited about Folk Bitch Trio’s new album and We Intend To Cause Havoc coming to Sydney. Larry Charles hears about our AI misadventures and sends Ben a copy of his book “Comedy Samurai”. Dive deeper into our universe at http://weirdertogether.substack.com
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We spent the last week catching up with our old pal, Hedwig composer Stephen Trask, in Sydney for the launch of the Australian Hedwig & The Angry Inch production. We chat queer culture, Kurt Cobain and how counter culture phenomena age over time. Ione is thriled that Monchichis are back and Labubus are on the way out. Bob Dylan doesnt want to talk about the past or the future. Paramount axes Stephen Colbert and we keep our eye on Channel 10 Australia. Ben gets corrected by both Olivia Rodrigo fans and Swifties but his biggest challege is being more liked in public these days. Ione reviews the Jayne Mansfied/Mariska Hargitay doco. Dive deeper into our universe at http://weirdertogether.substack.com
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