Weirder Together with Ben Lee and Ione Skye

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This week we try out new Sydney spot Paradise from the Fratelli Paradiso team, discuss why the Riki Lindhome/Heather McDonald pod was our super bowl, ask why are so many lesbians coming out as Hetero-curious, consider Lil Wayne's vulnerability, Marc Maron having reached the peak of the pod summit, Alex Cooper's upcoming doc, and rave about seeing Kamasi Washington live at Carriageworks.For a deeper dive into our world visit us at http://weirdertogether.substack.com

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On this weeks pod we discuss Joel Madden's revelation that Good Charlotte wouldn't exist without Ben, the way different artists respond to opportunity, planning for marital discord, the story of up and coming Aussie artist Rainbow Sally, performing in a storm at Cauldron Distillery, Holly Greenwood's art show at Olsen, and why Sirens is perfect “bad” television.To take a deeper dive into our world sign up for our newsletter at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

Description: in our first of a series, we answer questions directly from you, our Beautiful Babies! To ask a question please email weirdertogetherpod@gmail.com

On today's episode we chat about the radical subversion of "Pee-wee as Himself”, discuss catching up with Evan Dando recently, review Sigur Ros at the Opera House, and hear the story of Ione's secret vendetta against Jonsi. Ione discusses her dad Donovan's reaction to reading her memoir. Ben puts an awesome band together for his “Awake” 20th anniversary shows.To take a deeper dive into our world sign up for our mailing list at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

This week Ben gets nostalgic announcing the “Awake” 20th anniversary tour. We have our minds blown by Romance Was Born at Australian Fashion Week. Shamir releases a new album. Bar Fredas is what Sydney needs. We wonder if Redheads are actually Black, as TikTok has been telling us. Take a deeper dive into our world on the Weirder Together mailing list at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

On today's pod, Ben and Ione are joined by Lauren Meisner, founder of Centennial World, an award-winning independent Gen Z media brand based in Sydney, Australia that exclusively covers internet culture, social media, and the creator economy.Take a deeper dive into our world by signing up for our newsletter at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ 

This week we pay tribute to our late friend, singer-songwriter, Jill Sobule. We also chat about Louis Theroux's documentary “The Settlers”, new Sydney club Bar Freda's, Alexei Toliopoulos and Zachary Ruane's show “Refused Classification”, how we feel about censorship and art, and the unique catchphrase that Aussie actor Kieren Darcy-Smith claims to have invented.Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ 

How on earth did Ione end up on Chaka Kahn's Instagram grid? Why does Ben feel Lana Del Rey's mention of Ross Dress For Less is a songwriting breakthrough? Why is Jojo Siwa's cheating symptomatic of a need for performers to escape reality? We chat about all this as well as Kylie Minogue, Dashville and the Aum Shinrikyo cult documentary on this weeks pod!Dive deeper into our world by visiting us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com….Weirder Together Productionswww.weirdertogether.com

Ben and Ione are predictably obsessed with Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal 2, but equally excited by the RHOBH reunion finale and the new season of Vanderpump spin-off the Valley. They also contemplate storage issues for Furries, the new Lana Del Rey single, hanging out with Allee Willis and what, if anything, reality tv stars owe the viewer. To dive deeper into our world, sign up to our newsletter athttp://weirdertogether.substack.com

Ben and Ione chat housekeeping, gigs in Beechworth, staying in Ned Kelly's cottage, Melbourne band Convenience Store, getting positive texts from Caveh Zahedi, Love on the Spectrum, Ione's Sydney book launch at the Lord Dudley, the trade war on Tiktok, Bon Iver's universe building, The Moorepark Dachshund Festival, Bernie Sanders at Coachella, Neil Young at the Fighting Oligarchy rally and answer listener questions about glamorous restrooms, humans needs for the supernatural, whether Ben and Ione are threatened by their past relationships, talking dirty, and a brief history of Ben's involvement in cults.To dive deeper into our universe head over to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

Ben and Ione recap a wild week hosting Ione's childhood friend Karis in Sydney and Melbourne, contemplate Henry Winklers casting in Happy Days, and why the Caterpillar Club is committing an unforgivable sin with their door policy. To dive deeper into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

Today we discuss the new Andy Kaufman doco “Thank You Very Much”, Jefferey Lewis and Michigan woodland fisting circles, before being joined in the studio by Australian EDM genius Ninajirachi. To dive deeper into our world, and to hear the full finished version of Nina's song, visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

On our most mildly controversial pod yet, Ben asserts the theory that Ben Harper is single handedly responsible for unintentionally ruining Australian music. Meanwhile, Ione shocks Miranda July with her bisexuality, and we explain why Oasis are the most generous pop stars of the modern era. We also touch on Dave Navarro's body modification kink, why Pete Hegseth's group chat mistake is very relatable, wonder whether we should we care that 23andMe have our DNA, and why no one seems to be drilling holes in their heads as a bio-hack anymore.To delve deeper into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

TRAILER: Ben Lee and Ione Skye give their hot take on Led Zeppelin

Ben and Ione sit down with guest Cameron James to discuss all the things including Kanye West allow daughter North West to be on a track with P Diddy

On today's episode, we celebrate Ione officially making the New York Times Best Seller list, Ben's experience at PJ Harvey, whether Kanye's use of the swastika is cultural appropriation and we catch up with Aussie comedian Cameron James and chat about his new special “Bangers”

Ione throws a wild party at Chateau Marmont to celebrate her book. Ben wonders is he really a simp?For a deeper dive into our world visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

Huge day as Ione's memoir “Say Everything” hits the stores in the US! She fills us in about Ione's reading at the Strand with Eric Stoltz and Naomi Fry's iconic bday party. Ben talks seeing Green Day, Mallrat and Kylie Minogue this week, getting drunk with Brad Troemel and they pair share some surprising Oscar hot takes!For extra content visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

Ione is in LA. Ben is in Sydney.A remote pod where we delve into the topics of the day while Ione promotes her upcoming memoir and Ben preps for a road trip with Gus the puppy.To delve deeper into our world visit http://weirdertogether.substack.comTo pre-order Ione's book visit https://linktr.ee/ioneskye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, we talk about our friendship and collaboration with legendary American author Tom Robbins, celebrating his memory following his death this week at the age of 92.To listen to the album "B is for Beer: The Musical" visithttps://open.spotify.com/album/1DRtV1Ma9ySGQa2z8b9fRZ?si=NSEV2gQkRrayiFAASu0vHwTo donate to one of Tom's favorite charities see links below:Hospice of the Northwesthttps://www.hospicenw.org/The Museum of Northwest Arthttps://www.monamuseum.org/The La Conner Swinomish Library https://www.laconnerswinomishlibrary.org/SPOT Animal Rescuehttps://www.savingpetsoneatatime.org/To watch the full video of this episode, and for a deeper dive into our world, visit us athttps://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On today's pod we discuss the big news of Ione starring in the new comedic reboot of “Anaconda”, shooting on the Gold Coast while the terrifying LA wildfires raged and lots more!Deeper dive, as always, up on our Substack at http://weirdertogether.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are back with a holiday pod discussing Christmas in Australia, holidays in Terrigal, Dan and Jedda Stricker's iconic Christmas party, the search for the perfect haircut, the magic of Byron Spencer, not loving Anora, whether cinema can ever belong to young people the way pop music does, the Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni lawsuit, Hollywood smear campaigns, the witch archetype, the art of the personal media narrative, Lana Turner, Ione's audiobook, Mick Fleetwood and why drummers have big personalities, Buckethead vs Slash, Carrot Top and the perfect blend of looks and charisma, the Pulp 33 1/3 book, career suicide, Jarvis vs Michael Jackson, and why we still love 7” singles.For more info on all of this and to subscribe to our newsletter visithttps://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's pod we chat about Ione's top secret new job, the inexplicable economics of iPhone games, Apple Martin and Le Bal des Debutantes, Timotee Dylan and Rock Biopics, cancelling vs karma, 70s parties, the delicate nature of jamming, Paris Hilton melodies, Thanksgiving in Sydney, Black Sabbath's hippy side, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's unbroken eye contact, the isolated end game of being rich, Tilda Swinton and Chris Chang's art photo fanzine “18 & Over”.For more info on all this join our FREE Substack mailing list via https://weirdertogether.substack.com/p/tilda-swinton-black-sabbath-block Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's pod we chat Ben's Eddie Vedder experience, Ione going to see the Pixies last week, Amanda De Cadenet joining RHOBH, “Didion & Babitz” by Lili Anolik, top secret projects in Taiwan, bootleg sweatshirts, Jesse Eisenberg's trauma tourism, remembering hearing the Strokes for the first time, whether Green Day are “hot”, Father John Misty winning over older female fans with his new album “Mahashmashana”, Schoolies Porn being shot in Surfer's Paradise, and lots more! Visit http://weirdertogether.substack.com for additional show notes and our weekly "Pick of the Week" free newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We GET INTO IT on this weeks pod about all the above juicy subjects as well as chatting about vintage Dior nightgowns, Heavenly Creatures friendships, cult like meditation teachers and Paul Simon, as well as premiering new music from Georgia Maq and On Occassion.To dive deeper into our world, sign up for our free newsletter at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The plague has passed through our humbled abode and we reconvene to discuss Ione conquering her FOMO while living outside of the US, feeling lucky in Sydney, Jokermen podcast, Randy Newman, Paul Simon's “Graceland”, friends who are reading advance copies of Ione's memoir, US election anxiety and leftist tantrums, William Tyler, Timothy Leary, hanging chads, The Cure's new album, The Try-Outs, “Saturday Night”, Ben's controversial spelling video that led to a confused text from Missy Higgins, Harmony Korine, Andy Kaufman, emailing with Crispin Glover, and Ben's new duet with Johanna Samuels “Sunset Marquis”.To dive deeper into our world, and to sign up for our free newsletter visithttps://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We haven't podded for a minute so excitedly talk over each other about all kinds of subjects: Ione takes aim at Ben's lack of compassion for the lowly Bin Chicken, we recap SXSW Sydney and Alexi Wasser's visit. We discuss what makes the perfect houseguest, shirtless Travis Scott fans, Morrissey's love life, The LA Times Presidential endorsement controversy, cheering on Lidia Thorpe while feeling co-dependent with the oppressor and the new Tegen and Sara documentary. For more free content, sign up to our newsletter at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we reluctantly attempt to jump the cultural bandwagon of “Industry”-fandom, share Kris Kristofferson stories, get excited for SXSW Sydney and our friend Alexi Wasser's visit to Australia to screen her film “Messy” as well as shareing some inspiration gleaned from hanging with Belinda Carlisle this week.Sign up to our mailing list for fun extra free content like our PICK OF THE WEEK!http://weirdertogether.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Were you sad when David Blaine died?” asks Goldie, opening a fun hectic family pod episode. We realize she's thinking of Houdini, and move on to cover growing up watching Nathan Fielder, generational concepts of gender, Big Mouth, getting the sex talk from your parents, and then do a listen through to Ben's new album “This One's for the Old Headz” OUT TODAY. We reflect on the themes of growing up, nostalgia, being friends with freaks and not giving up the fight.For more info sign up to our free Weirder Together email list https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's our joint bday week and Ben decides its time to put the hard sell on why he thinks Ione should be on DWTS much to her chagrin. We also recap Ione's Omakase sushi dinner at Besuto, a million dollar bath tub invention, why the word “Child” gave Ione a mood swing, our new PICK OF THE WEEK column, The English Teacher, multi-tasking, marriage as a mutual training program, Christmas dinner with Liev Schreiber, late NYC nights with Sam Rockwell, Amy Taylor's BIG SOUND keynote, as well as Australia's tall poppy syndrome.To sign up for our "PICK OF THE WEEK" sign up here!http://weirdertogether.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the day after Australian Father's Day, and we are chilling on our couch in Sydney and getting into it! We chat the Oasis reunion, Allday's Sydney show, Harmony's controversial comments at Venice, Run DMC, Blondie, corporate gigs, Steve Pav, 10 William, and Adam Sandler' new special LOVE YOU.To dive deeper into these subjects and for more free content head to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 4 kicks off with chatter about the band Speed, mysterious bruises, Ione's first trip to Brisbane,anarchism, "spannering", Radio Free Alice, Bicycle Day, the Steve Martin documentary, Ben's take on AI, our recent party for FVNERAL, Harry Nilsson's Aussie connection, and new music from Mallrat, Sycco, Amyl & the Sniffers and Illiuminati Hotties.Come visit our Substack at http://weirdertogether.substack.comfor deeper dives into all these subjects and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Today's pod has some BIG ENERGY as we chat the appeal of small town Australia, the public's response to Positive Energy, lifting up your little scene, Raygun at the olympics, why jojo is the new john cage, the moral conflict of loving pop culture, wondering why old people become nationalists, IT ENDS WITH US drama, Ione turning in the final draft of her memoir “Say Everything”, creative hangovers and on-set power struggles in Hollywood!To watch the full video of this episode and for extra content please visithttp://weirdertogether.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are we the only podcast in existence that touches on all these subjects this week?Probably! And that's why you love us, or at least tolerate us!To watch the full video of this podcast head to our substackhttps://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode we chat about the stalkery photos Ione took of Ben sleeping, if Lenny Kravitz has ever looked shlubby, what Jarvis Cocker mean by “The Fear”, and Ben's pride in setting up a meeting between Beck and Danny McBride.To watch the full video of this episode for free visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/Check out Ben's upcoming tour dates at https://www.ben-lee.com/tour-datesAnd pre-order Ione's memoir “SAY EVERYTHING” athttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Say-Everything/Ione-Skye/9781668048269 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's pod we chat the pressure to have controversial opinions, Dan Clowes short films, child modelling in the 80s and Ione showing Goldie the “Pretty Baby” trailer.To watch the full video of this pod for free head to https://weirdertogether.substack.comTo see Ben on tour visit http://ben-lee.com/tour-datesTo pre-order Ione's memoir SAY EVERYTHING visit https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Say-Everything/Ione-Skye/9781668048269 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is a Philly raised, Los Angeles braised multi-hyphenate joy bomb, Addie Weyrich.She has a new album out under the name ADDIE ADDIE ADDIE called "well it all had to go somewhere"that you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZPKFNtBqFGFmSTTo9gqra?si=p4_oQ0KyQUWq6_wtXSndyATo watch the full video version of this interview head over to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We chat practicing failing, raw dogging flights, trying not to over-schedule creativity and letting projects go.To watch the video of this episode and for more exclusive content, subscribe to our Substack for $5/month athttp://weirdertogether.substack.comThe song at the end of the episode is "Industry" by Addie Addie Addiehttps://open.spotify.com/track/305IAWoH8ICpY321qPhCQl?si=bd0e02d8873343ed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ione recaps VOLUME at the NSW Art Gallery with DeepFaith, how Janicza Bravo's instagram brings people together, and what its like writing about her cult experiences for her upcoming memoir…all while Ben sits in a holiday resort in Coffs Harbour.To hear this full episode, subscribe to our Substack over at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ for only $5/month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We breakdown a jam-packed week in which Ione announced pre-order of her memoir (https://bit.ly/4cz9ECv ) , we hosted an excellent Sydney Weirder Together party featuring cutting edge weirdness like DeepFaith, Vigilantonie, BuzzKull, Lauren Bonner and Cameron James, Ione gets some inappropriate DMs, we throw a dinner party and we entertain insuring our body parts.To watch the full video of this episode (and for more exclusive content) visit http://weirdertogether.substack.comTo watch the full interactive video for Ben's new single "So Damn Hard (to be So Damn Good) head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcS4WrHCNjY&lc=UgwlotbpHVA9F7XTVFF4AaABAg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shopping at Above the Clouds, checking out party venues, debating seminal Jimi Hendrix tracks - its all happening on this week's WEIRDER TOGETHER!To watch the full video of this episode head to weirdertogether.substack.comFor tix to Ben's shows or the Sydney Weirder Together party head to www.ben-lee.com/tour-dates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ione has FOMO about Griffin Dunne's party at the Chateau.Ben enters the crucible.Goldie gets pet rats.To watch the video of this episode and for bonus content head to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/For tickets to upcoming shows and the Sydney Weirder Together party on June 26 head to https://www.ben-lee.com/tour-dates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss "Otto On Otto", Neal Brennan, Stephen Sondheim, Tim Minchin, leaving the stage like Elvis and Martin Scorcese's tiktok era.To watch the full video of this episode and for other exclusive content joinhttps://weirdertogether.substack.com/For tickets to Ben's shows or the Weirder Together Sydney party hithttps://www.ben-lee.com/tour-dates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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On todays episode we discuss Ben shows in Brunswick Heads, Brisbane and Eumundi, Ione's dinner at Hubert,we wonder do birds chit chat and can Ione control the weather?Ione also gives her top 5 gay films of all time in honour of Pride month, and Ben waxes lyrical about the Willow Smith/Questlove podcast.(The song at the end is "symptom of life" by Willow)We also announce a SYDNEY WEIRDER TOGETHER PARTY on June 26 at the Great Club!Tix via https://tickets.themusicandboozeco.com.au/outlet/event/0874dab7-2cfe-409c-9c20-d9019a8a61f8For more exclusive content head over to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ione is "balls deep" into her memoir and getting ready to turn it in to her publisher.Ben feels un-Australian for not knowing who Hugo Weaving is married to.To watch the video of this episode, and for other exclusive content, subscribe to our Substack at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.