Weirder Together with Ben Lee and Ione Skye

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! Liste...

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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...

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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/

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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://...

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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...

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 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/

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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 misadventur...

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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 S...

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We crawl up and down King Street Newtown watching bands, and still find time to compare and contrast the two big album releases this week from Clipse and Justin Bieber. Tim Robinson’s “Friendship” review. Olivia Rodrigo pays for therapy for her crew but could Ione do employe-mandated therapy? Ben reads Peter Beinart’s “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza”.To take a deeper dive into our worl...

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Ben misjudges the “micro” part of micro-dosing. Ione learns about the Indonesian Boat Boy Aura Farmers. The Hard-Ons documentary. Jason Blum addressing Megan 2 being a flop. Ione loses her brooch at a fab party. To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at  https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

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Caveh Zahedi releases Season 3 of the beloved “The Show About the Show”. Pavement get meta. Allday takes aim at K-Pop. We love community radio even though it can’t solve all of our problems. Ione contemplates the challenges of beating Howard Stern at his own game. Ben believes the community table at Paradise is a game-changer. To take a deeper dive into our world visit us at  https://weirdertogeth...

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On this week’s pod we discuss the new John & Yoko doco “One to One”, an Arts Matter salon with composer Nico Muhly and choreographer Chloe Leong, Jacob Collier’s chat to students at the Sydney Conservatorium, why the Aussie music biz keeps missing acts like Ecca Vandal, and more. Take a deeper dive into our world at  www.weirdertogether.substack.com