Episode 159: Three Songs, with Meredith Michael

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
0:04.0	Greetings listeners, J.F. here, chiming in before the curtain drops with an invitation to an exclusive event with my brother Pierre Rive and myself for the festive season.
0:15.0	Pierre Rive Martel needs no introduction here. He writes and performs all the original music featured on the show.
0:21.8	Together we've devised an evening of ideas and music delving into the mysteries of the winter
0:26.5	solstice. Lords of Darkness and Light is happening on the day, December 21st, 2003, via the
0:34.7	NeuroLearning platform. To learn more and get tickets, visit neuralarning.com. That's
0:39.7	N-U-R-A-Learning.com. Happy weirding.
0:48.3	Welcome to Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel.
0:57.7	For more episodes or to support the podcast, go to weird Studies.
1:29.3	This is Phil.
1:31.0	This week, our always-intrepid production assistant Meredith Michael joins J.F. and me on the mic once again.
1:38.9	It's always a party when Meredith comes on.
1:41.4	If you haven't heard our conversation with her on Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away,
1:46.7	or our live show at Illuminated Brew Works in Chicago, or our story swap episodes from last year,
1:54.1	betake yourself heads and listen. Meredith is the straw that stirs the drink. This time we decided to do a song swap.
2:03.6	Each of us chose a song for show and tell.
2:06.8	Meredith's is Viennetang's Hymn to Axiom.
2:10.2	J.F.'s is Iron and Wines' passing afternoon,
2:13.1	and mine is Lili Boulanger's V Prier Boudique, or Old Buddhist Prayer.
2:20.1	Hym to Axiom is from Vienitang's 2013 album Ames.
2:25.0	Passing Afternoon is from Iron and Wine, aka Sam Beam's 2004 album, Our Endless Numbered Days.
2:32.7	And Boulanger's Viet-Burdique is a composition from
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