On today’s pod we discuss the bizarre 80s Australian obsession with square dancing, Ione’s failed soccer dreams and Ben’s internal conflicts as an Australian creative artist.

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If you’re in Sydney come along to the next Weirder Together Variety Show at the Great Club on April 18

https://tickets.themusicandboozeco.com.au/outlet/event/c0013589-c604-4f4b-b335-5dbea7c1314d

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Ione makes contact with her Scottish (and Patois) roots.

Ben plays a gig in the bush.

We need help naming our Sydney house.

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If you’re in Sydney, come along to the next Weirder Together Variety Show feat. Sally Seltmann, Alexei Toliopolis, AcidMeatballSpaghetti and lots of surprises.

April 18 at the Great Club Marrickville

https://tickets.themusicandboozeco.com.au/outlet/event/c0013589-c604-4f4b-b335-5dbea7c1314d

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Ok we finally have wifi and are prepared to get back to our regular programming!

In todays ep in our new Sydney pad we discuss why Ione will never shame Wifi, urban homophobic legends of our teen years, the future of music festivals and micro-niche communities.

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Today our special guest on the pod is musical legend Joe Wong.

Joe is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and podcaster best known as host of The Trap Set,a weekly podcast and radio show about the lives of musicians. He is also the composer for great tv shows like Russian Doll and The Midnight Gospel.

In this episode we reference Joe's epic interview with Questlove you can find here

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trap-set-with-joe-wong/id958778095?i=1000584740884

and Joe's new album Mere Survival

https://open.spotify.com/album/3M92kWTW5PqvZeW23CpPdJ?si=ycS5Xp6fRH2QJYwL4RSoQQ

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Hi from Sydney!

We land on our feet in a Double Bay AirBnb, ready to visit the barber, eat passionfruit, debate Cool Shoes vs The Ick, and go to the Opera.

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For tix to:

March 27 WEIRDER TOGETHER VARIETY SHOW, Sydney

April 5 Dashville Nights, Hunter Valley, NSW

May 3 The Round Nunawading, VIC

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We discuss Barbara Streisand, emotional transparency, The Hobbit, and why AirPods feel like tiny penises in your ears.

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We record live from our living room floor, surrounded by moving boxes, while we prepare to move to Sydney for 6 months.

We discuss impermanence, openness and slushie brains.

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On today’s subscriber-only episode of our podcast, we share news of our return to Australia for a stint, that includes resurrecting the WEIRDER TOGETHER VARIETY SHOW!

Those that came to any of our Sydney variety shows in 2021 will remember how full of amazing music, comedy and awesome surprises these nights were - we would have guests like Rove, Sally Seltmann, Andrew from Wolfmother, Sam Campbell, Concetta Caristo and Cameron James pop by and do sets!

We can already tell you that art pop visionary Montaigne will be performing, along with everyones favorite filthy comedian Nina Oyama. Who else might show up? 

TIX HERE https://thegreatclub.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/56f378a7-84b8-4b85-b6eb-9e3b261ad023

We also confirm the BLIND GOSSIP item from a few weeks back since it broke on Twitter yesterday! cough cough Rick Rubin

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Our guest today is our good pal, Canadian author, director, and screenwriter Kelly Oxford.

We talk about sex, partnership, parasocial relationships, why wheelchairs are more useful than film school, Piscean friends, and her recent health crisis.

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Reeling from the online controversy caused by Lou Barlow's take on Taylor Swift/Led Zeppelin on our last episode, we talk causing internet controversy, the power and joy of name dropping, Magic Dirt in Geelong in the early 90s and Ione's lesbian chic short film screening. Ione describes doing mundane errands with Mick Jagger, Ben reminisces about doing a Oujia Board with Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn.

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