web01.fireside.fm Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:33:21 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Ornette Coleman” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/ornette%20coleman Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:00:00 -0400 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 27: Weird Music, Part One https://www.weirdstudies.com/27 58863288-cb5d-4e64-b8bf-8882d68e0f56 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 27 Weird Music, Part One full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF discuss two powerful pieces of music: Ligeti's Musica Ricercata, second movement, and the opening music to Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, composed by Howard Shore and featuring Ornette Coleman. 1:18:02 yes <p>In this first of two episodes devoted to the music of the weird, Phil and JF discuss two works that have bowled them over: the second movement of Ligeti's <em>Musica Ricercata</em>, used to powerful effect in Stanley Kubrick's <em>Eyes Wide Shut</em>, and the opening music to Cronenberg's film <em>Naked Lunch</em>, composed by Howard Shore and featuring the inimitable stylings of Ornette Coleman. After teasing out the intrinsic weirdness of music in general, the dialogue soars over a strange country rife with shadows, mad geniuses, and skittering insects. And to top it all off, Phil breaks out the grand piano.</p> <p>Header image by Bandan, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danby_Insect.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener">Wikimedia Commons</a></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Ligeti, <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIDN_3EkWN8" rel="nofollow noopener">Musica Ricercata, 2nd movement</a></em> <br> Howard Shore and Ornette Coleman, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liYqmdkS1hw" rel="nofollow noopener">opening music</a> for David Cronenberg's <em>Naked Lunch</em></p> <p>Schopenhauer, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation" rel="nofollow noopener">The World as Will and Representation</a></em><br> Suzanne Langer, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_in_a_New_Key" rel="nofollow noopener">Philosophy in a New Key</a></em><br> Henri Bergson, <em><a href="https://archive.org/stream/creativeevolutio00berguoft/creativeevolutio00berguoft_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow noopener">Creative Evolution</a></em><br> Stanley Kubrick, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/" rel="nofollow noopener">2001: A Space Odyssey</a></em><br> Viktor Shklovsky, <a href="https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fulllist/first/en122/lecturelist-2015-16-2/shklovsky.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener">"Art as Technique"</a><br> Stanley Kubrick, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120663/" rel="nofollow noopener">Eyes Wide Shut</a></em><br> Hitchcock, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/" rel="nofollow noopener">Psycho</a></em><br> Vulture, <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-evolution-of-the-movie-trailer.html" rel="nofollow noopener">"The Evolution of the Movie Trailer"</a> by Granger Willson<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b726feAhdU" rel="nofollow noopener">Official Trailer</a> for <em>The Shining_vs <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXGrTng0gQ" rel="nofollow noopener">teaser</a> for _2012</em><br> Jan Harlan (director), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278736/" rel="nofollow noopener">Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures</a></em><br> David Cronenberg, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115964/" rel="nofollow noopener">Crash</a></em><br> William S. Burroughs, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Lunch" rel="nofollow noopener">Naked Lunch</a></em><br> Gilles Deleuze &amp; Félix Guattari, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Thousand_Plateaus" rel="nofollow noopener">A Thousand Plateaus</a></em><br> <a href="https://ethaniverson.com/interview-with-gunther-schuller-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener">Gunther Schuller's interview</a> with Ethan Iverson<br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/25" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 25: David Cronenberg's <em>Naked Lunch</em></a><br> Deleuze &amp; Guattari, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Oedipus" rel="nofollow noopener">Anti-Oedipus</a></em></p> weird music, ligeti, howard shore, ornette coleman, eyes wide shut, naked lunch In this first of two episodes devoted to the music of the weird, Phil and JF discuss two works that have bowled them over: the second movement of Ligeti's Musica Ricercata, used to powerful effect in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, and the opening music to Cronenberg's film Naked Lunch, composed by Howard Shore and featuring the inimitable stylings of Ornette Coleman. After teasing out the intrinsic weirdness of music in general, the dialogue soars over a strange country rife with shadows, mad geniuses, and skittering insects. And to top it all off, Phil breaks out the grand piano.

Header image by Bandan, Wikimedia Commons

REFERENCES

Ligeti, Musica Ricercata, 2nd movement
Howard Shore and Ornette Coleman, opening music for David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch

Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
Suzanne Langer, Philosophy in a New Key
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Viktor Shklovsky, "Art as Technique"
Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut
Hitchcock, Psycho
Vulture, "The Evolution of the Movie Trailer" by Granger Willson
Official Trailer for The Shining_vs teaser for _2012
Jan Harlan (director), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
David Cronenberg, Crash
William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus
Gunther Schuller's interview with Ethan Iverson
Weird Studies, Episode 25: David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch
Deleuze & Guattari, Anti-Oedipus

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Header image by Bandan, Wikimedia Commons

REFERENCES

Ligeti, Musica Ricercata, 2nd movement
Howard Shore and Ornette Coleman, opening music for David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch

Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
Suzanne Langer, Philosophy in a New Key
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution
Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Viktor Shklovsky, "Art as Technique"
Stanley Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut
Hitchcock, Psycho
Vulture, "The Evolution of the Movie Trailer" by Granger Willson
Official Trailer for The Shining_vs teaser for _2012
Jan Harlan (director), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
David Cronenberg, Crash
William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus
Gunther Schuller's interview with Ethan Iverson
Weird Studies, Episode 25: David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch
Deleuze & Guattari, Anti-Oedipus

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