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- Ep. 118 Aftershow (PREMIUM) on Songwriting feat. ex-Camper Chris Molla
A highlight from our musician-packed breakdown of our songwriting episode. Featuring a third (ex-) member of Camper Van Beethoven, plus Chase Fiorenza, Mike Wilson, Maxx Bartko, Danny Lobell, Mark Linsenmayer, and (not heard on this preview) Adrian Cho and Fischerspooner's Warren Fischer. We discuss authenticity, the state of the music biz, humor in music, and more.
19 min - Episode 119: Nietzsche on Tragedy and the Psychology of Art
On Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy (1872). Nietzsche thought that you could tell how vital or decadent a civilization was by its art, and said that ancient Greek tragedy was so great because it was a perfect synthesis of something highly formal/orderly/beautiful with the intuitive/unconscious/chaotic. But then Socrates ruined everything! With guest John Castro.
Includes a preview of the Aftershow feat. Greg Sadler.
End song: "Some Act" by Mark Lint and the Fake from "So Whaddaya Think?" (2000).
2 hr 47 min - Ep. 117 Aftershow (PREMIUM) on Antigone with Danny Lobell
Listen to or watch the Aftershow for Episode 117 on Antigone, with Danny Lobell, Wes Alwan, and a bunch of PEL listeners like you. Also, learn about our new Citizen feed: get the full Aftershow delivered right to your smartphone!
18 min - Episode 118: The Musical Life with Guests from Camper van Beethoven
Victor Krummenacher and Jonathan Segel join Mark and Wes to discuss songwriting and authenticity in the age of Internet consumerism. This episode prefigured Mark's Nakedly Examined Music podcast.
Includes a preview of the Aftershow featuring more musicians including ex-Camper Chris Molla.
End songs: "The Bastards Never Show Themselves" by the Monks of Doom and Mike Wilson's "RG."
1 hr 56 min - Episode 117: Discussing Sophocles’s “Antigone”
Philosophically considering the ancient Greek tragedy, which we also performed with Lucy Lawless and Paul Provenza.
End song: "Woe Is Me" (live, 2002) by Madison Lint.
Features a preview of the Aftershow, feat. Wes and host Danny Lobell.
1 hr 58 min - “Antigone” Read by PEL with Lucy Lawless and Paul Provenza
An unrehearsed, fun read-through of the Greek Tragedy from 441 BCE, plus some discussion with the cast of Greek drama, our selected translation, and other stuff. Enjoy!
PEL Citizens can get an ad-free, extended version.
End song: "Antigone (Choragos Speaks)" by Mark Lint. Read about it.
1 hr 26 min - Episode 116: Freud on Dreams
On Sigmund Freud's On Dreams (1902) and other stuff. Are dreams just random, or our best key to understanding the mind?
After you listen to this, check out the Aftershow.
End song: "Sleep" by Mark Lint. Read about it.
2 hr 26 min - Episode 115: Schopenhauer on Music with Guest Jonathan SegelThe Camper Van Beethoven violinist/composer/multi-instrumentalist joins us to discuss The World as Will and Representation, book 3 selections.2 hr 16 min
- Episode 114: Schopenhauer: “The World Is Will”On The World As Will and Representation (1818), book 2. The world is a blind, striving force!2 hr 11 min
- Episode 113: Jesus’s ParablesInterpreting the Parables using texts from Paul Ricoeur, John Dominic Crossan, Paul Tillich, et al, with guest Law Ware.2 hr 25 min
About Phi Fic
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Dicussions of literature from a philosophical perspective.