web01.fireside.fm Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:15:36 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Pop Culture” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/pop%20culture Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:30:00 -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 104: We'd Love to Turn You On: 'Sgt. Pepper' and the Beatles https://www.weirdstudies.com/104 4064bd31-ceb0-4bf2-a78c-c1acd9721f3a Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:30:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 104 We'd Love to Turn You On: 'Sgt. Pepper' and the Beatles full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil mine the weird in the Beatles' iconic 1967 album. 1:22:32 yes <p>It is said that for several days after the release of <em>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</em> in the spring of 1967, you could have driven from one U.S. coast to the other without ever going out of range of a local radio broadcast of the album. <em>Sgt. Pepper</em> was, in a sense, the first global musical event -- comparable to other sixties game-changers such as the Kennedy assassination and the moon landing. What's more, this event is as every bit as <em>strange</em> as the latter two; it is only custom and habit that blind us to the profound weirdness of <em>Sgt. Pepper</em>. In this episode, Phil and JF reimagine the Beatles' masterpiece as an <em>egregore</em>, a magical operation that changes future and past alike, and a spiritual machine for "turning us on" to the invisible background against which we strut and fret our hours on the stage.</p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>: <br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow noopener">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Buy the Weird Studies <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">soundtrack</a></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/31" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 31 on Glenn Gould’s ‘Prospects of Recording’</a> <br> Nelson Goodman, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Art" rel="nofollow noopener">Languages of Art</a></em> <br> Brian Eno, <em>Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)</em> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/33" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 33 On Duchamp’s Fountain</a> <br> Emmanuel Carrère, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428856/" rel="nofollow noopener">La Moustache</a></em> <br> Rob Reiner, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/" rel="nofollow noopener">This is Spinal Tap</a></em> <br> Richard Lester, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/" rel="nofollow noopener">A Hard Day's Night</a></em> <br> Gilles Deleuze, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780816616770" rel="nofollow noopener">Cinema 2</a></em> <br> James Carse, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781476731711" rel="nofollow noopener">Finite and Infinite Games</a></em> <br> Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780231079891" rel="nofollow noopener">What is Philosophy?</a></em> <br> Arthur Machen, <a href="http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700361h.html" rel="nofollow noopener">“A Fragment of Life”</a> <br> David Lynch, <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116922/" rel="nofollow noopener">Lost Highway</a></em> <br> <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi" rel="nofollow noopener">Zhuangzi</a></em> (Butterfly dream) <br> Ian MacDonald, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781556527333" rel="nofollow noopener">Revolution in the Head</a></em> </p> beatles, sgt pepper and his lonely hearts club band, analysis, meaning, weird, day in the life, magic It is said that for several days after the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in the spring of 1967, you could have driven from one U.S. coast to the other without ever going out of range of a local radio broadcast of the album. Sgt. Pepper was, in a sense, the first global musical event -- comparable to other sixties game-changers such as the Kennedy assassination and the moon landing. What's more, this event is as every bit as strange as the latter two; it is only custom and habit that blind us to the profound weirdness of Sgt. Pepper. In this episode, Phil and JF reimagine the Beatles' masterpiece as an egregore, a magical operation that changes future and past alike, and a spiritual machine for "turning us on" to the invisible background against which we strut and fret our hours on the stage.

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Weird Studies, Episode 31 on Glenn Gould’s ‘Prospects of Recording’
Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art
Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Weird Studies, Episode 33 On Duchamp’s Fountain
Emmanuel Carrère, La Moustache
Rob Reiner, This is Spinal Tap
Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night
Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 2
James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games
Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, What is Philosophy?
Arthur Machen, “A Fragment of Life”
David Lynch, Lost Highway
Zhuangzi (Butterfly dream)
Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head

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Support us on Patreon:
Find us on Discord
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack

REFERENCES

Weird Studies, Episode 31 on Glenn Gould’s ‘Prospects of Recording’
Nelson Goodman, Languages of Art
Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Weird Studies, Episode 33 On Duchamp’s Fountain
Emmanuel Carrère, La Moustache
Rob Reiner, This is Spinal Tap
Richard Lester, A Hard Day's Night
Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 2
James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games
Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, What is Philosophy?
Arthur Machen, “A Fragment of Life”
David Lynch, Lost Highway
Zhuangzi (Butterfly dream)
Ian MacDonald, Revolution in the Head

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