Gus & Tony get inspired by an article from the Atlantic by James Parker that uses vivid imagery to describe the music & voices of Lana & Miley, discuss whether criticism is worth spending time on, analyze Lana Del Rey's song Video Games, Sinatrafy Miley Cyrus's song Flowers, and stick to their allotted time.

Playlist for this episode (includes songs mentioned in Parker article, plus an arrangement of See You Again Tony did for his college a capella group):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DfMtzbt1MzWNpEFG1pToB?si=05eaf565e65f4c4b

Tony's Backyard Music Festival Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Fc6bkWWiZvhJuOzjnOKcK?si=e32d4dfd3de4412b

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Goodies to get ya thinkin':

The referenced James Parker article (you need a subscription to the Atlantic to read this—ask a friend!):

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/04/miley-cyrus-flowers-song-lana-del-rey-music/673092/

Details from the article that I investigated because I was curious:

About Frederick Seidel (Molly Young, 2010): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69484/good-poems-about-ugly-things

Daddy, by Sylvia Plath: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48999/daddy-56d22aafa45b2

Miley singing Slide Away at MTV awards 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N1E80FY0aw

And more:

Dissect episode containing Cole's thoughts on criticism:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2684Yy4El60WpZddx1qKTl?si=gwQ0IgeoSZCUiOD5UFQbTQ

Daily Mail (July 2013) article with Miley expressing some of her personal philosophy:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2371313/Miley-Cyrus-reveals-raunchy-video-We-Cant-Stop-MORE-explicit-opens-shedding-squeaky-clean-past.html

Defense & exploration of music criticism by Ms. Tiarney Miekus (2015): ⁠http://collapseboard.com/where-the-metaphor-fails-writing-about-music-is-like-dancing-about-architecture/⁠

On metaphysics: https://www.britannica.com/topic/metaphysics