app01 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:16:18 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Control” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/control Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:15:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 159: Three Songs, with Meredith Michael https://www.weirdstudies.com/159 1a326131-a99d-42fe-96d4-df6673bfea65 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:15:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 159 Three Songs, with Meredith Michael full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Music scholar Meredith Michael joins Phil and JF to discuss songs by Vienna Teng, Lili Boulanger, and Iron & Wine. 1:30:34 yes <p>Every once in a while, JF and Phil like to do a “song swap.” Each picks a song, and the ensuing conversation locates linkages and correspondences where none was previously thought to exist. In this episode, they are joined by the music scholar Meredith Michael – Weird Studies assistant, and co-host of Cosmophonia, a podcast about music and outer space – to discuss songs by Lili Boulanger, Vienna Teng, and Iron &amp; Wine. Before long, this disparate assortment personal favourites occasions a weirdly focused dialogue on time, impermanence, control, (mis)recognition, and the affinity of art and synchronicity. </p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>.<br> Buy the Weird Studies sountrack, volumes <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, <em><a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong><br> Iron and Wine, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0dP7iZv9K0&amp;ab_channel=PsyPars" rel="nofollow noopener">“Passing Afternoon”</a> <br> Vienna Teng, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF-7WiLykGM&amp;ab_channel=ViennaTeng-Topic" rel="nofollow noopener">“The Hymn of Acxiom”</a>, (and here is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJyheSPtjoU&amp;ab_channel=ViennaTeng" rel="nofollow noopener">live version</a>) <br> Lili Boulanger, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evn3bkK2W3o&amp;ab_channel=CHORWERKRUHR" rel="nofollow noopener">Vieille Priére Bouddhique</a></em> <br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106145/" rel="nofollow noopener">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a> <br> Karol Berger, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780520257979" rel="nofollow noopener">Bach’s Cycle Mozart’s Arrow</a></em> <br> William Shakespeare, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780743477123" rel="nofollow noopener">Hamlet</a></em> <br> Charles Darwin, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780451529060" rel="nofollow noopener">The Origin of Species</a></em> <br> Immanuel Kant, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780140447477" rel="nofollow noopener">Critique of Pure Reason</a></em><br> Vladimir Jankelevitch, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780691090474" rel="nofollow noopener">Music and the Ineffable</a></em><br> Hector Berlioz, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChgJsOdNYSo&amp;ab_channel=JulesBastin-Topic" rel="nofollow noopener">Fugue on “amen” from <em>La Damnation du Faust</em></a> <br> Slavoj Zizek, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152198/" rel="nofollow noopener">A Pervert’s Guide to Idiology</a></em> <br> Federico Campagna, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781350044029" rel="nofollow noopener">Technic and Magic</a></em> <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzNzgsAE4F0&amp;ab_channel=J_II" rel="nofollow noopener">Shepard Tone</a> <br> Rudolf Steiner, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780880103756" rel="nofollow noopener">The Influces of Lucifer and Ahriman</a></em> Special Guest: Meredith Michael.</p> Vienna teng, hymn of axciom, iron and wine, passing afternoon, lili boulanger, vieille priere bouddhique, music, analysis, meaning, weird studies, Meredith Michael Every once in a while, JF and Phil like to do a “song swap.” Each picks a song, and the ensuing conversation locates linkages and correspondences where none was previously thought to exist. In this episode, they are joined by the music scholar Meredith Michael – Weird Studies assistant, and co-host of Cosmophonia, a podcast about music and outer space – to discuss songs by Lili Boulanger, Vienna Teng, and Iron & Wine. Before long, this disparate assortment personal favourites occasions a weirdly focused dialogue on time, impermanence, control, (mis)recognition, and the affinity of art and synchronicity.

Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies sountrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES
Iron and Wine, “Passing Afternoon”
Vienna Teng, “The Hymn of Acxiom”, (and here is the live version)
Lili Boulanger, Vieille Priére Bouddhique
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Karol Berger, Bach’s Cycle Mozart’s Arrow
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Vladimir Jankelevitch, Music and the Ineffable
Hector Berlioz, Fugue on “amen” from La Damnation du Faust
Slavoj Zizek, A Pervert’s Guide to Idiology
Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic
Shepard Tone
Rudolf Steiner, The Influces of Lucifer and Ahriman

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

]]> Every once in a while, JF and Phil like to do a “song swap.” Each picks a song, and the ensuing conversation locates linkages and correspondences where none was previously thought to exist. In this episode, they are joined by the music scholar Meredith Michael – Weird Studies assistant, and co-host of Cosmophonia, a podcast about music and outer space – to discuss songs by Lili Boulanger, Vienna Teng, and Iron & Wine. Before long, this disparate assortment personal favourites occasions a weirdly focused dialogue on time, impermanence, control, (mis)recognition, and the affinity of art and synchronicity.

Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies sountrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES
Iron and Wine, “Passing Afternoon”
Vienna Teng, “The Hymn of Acxiom”, (and here is the live version)
Lili Boulanger, Vieille Priére Bouddhique
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Karol Berger, Bach’s Cycle Mozart’s Arrow
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Vladimir Jankelevitch, Music and the Ineffable
Hector Berlioz, Fugue on “amen” from La Damnation du Faust
Slavoj Zizek, A Pervert’s Guide to Idiology
Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic
Shepard Tone
Rudolf Steiner, The Influces of Lucifer and Ahriman

Special Guest: Meredith Michael.

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