2 Bit Musicologists

HAPPY PRIDE! This June join Skye and Beth as they explore two very different paths to love. They start their dive with the sexual awakening and devastating drama of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and follow up with the sweet, sentimental letters of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.

In one of the steamiest episodes, Skye dives into the Dance of the Seven Veils and the various interpretations of Salome and Elizabeth gives us her favorite Moulin Rouge trivia while they both confess their undying love of Ewan McGregor.

Join Elizabeth and Skye in their very late, pseudo-holiday episode featuring a deep dive on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the unknown influential Mexican Composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo.

Join Elizabeth and Skye as they dive into the superstitions of each others worlds! Learn about the Ghost Light, how you should Break a Leg, and Macbeth vs. Tosca!

Dive into the composition and namesake of the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise in another episode focusing on inspirational pieces! Then join Elizabeth on her dive into NPRs This American Life episode 528 where she explores locked closets, weed, zombie mice, a bus, and some of our favorite celebrities.

Join Elizabeth as she dives into Mae West's film career and how she saved Paramount and then take a trip over to Italy as Skye gives the briefest of Italian history lessons while proving that music can inspire, unite, and help win battles!

Join Elizabeth as she dives into the life of the scandalous vaudevillian Mae West, while Skye tells the tale of the notorious premiere of The Rite of Spring.

Skye dives into the love life of Julie D'Aubigny and Elizabeth dives into Heathers the musical! With awards and rankings this episode is sure to entertain. You're welcome.

This week Skye dives into the notorious career of Julie D'Aubigny that includes fencing, fighting, and a bit of fraternizing! Elizabeth dips her toe into minstrelsy but dives into vaudeville and how it made way for women in entertainment.

Skye and Elizabeth celebrate St. Patty's Day by discussing Irish composer Thomas Moore's literary crime and the Good Samaritan of Dublin in the Oscar winning movie Once. With guest appearances from Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, and Bob Dylan you can't go wrong.