Rhyme & Reason: Recent Episodes
Rhyme & Reason
A lyrical podcast where hosts Kelsey and Lily take you on a deep dive through their favorite song lyrics.
Fancy seeing you here! Hi, it's me. I'm back...kinda? Welcome to Rhyme & Reason 2.0. Enjoy my thoughts on an 80s bop :)
For your reference, reverence, and reading pleasure:
Want to know more about this song? Visit the Wiki page about The Whole of the Moon.
Listen to The Whole of the Moon on Spotify.
The Whole of the Moon music video is also such a vibe.
The Killers (fav band ever) also covered this song, check out their live rendition!
I recently read Carmilla, by Sheridan Le Fanu. Check it out at your local library if you're looking for a proper Gothic Horror to welcome October!
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...Hi. We're so sorry we've been gone. Life is crazy sometimes. There's a lot that has been going on in our lives, but we're back with a close reading of Tears of Rain. Join us in our discussion of freshwater, climate change, unicorns, and dowsing rods.
For your reference, reverence, and reading pleasure:
Go pet your cat, and click this link to read about how petting your cat can reduce stress.
Top 10 Cutest Animals in 2022
Click here to listen to The Unicorn Song
A list of songs that make us feel better :)
59th Street Bridge Song- Simon & Garfunkel
My Girls- Tears for Fears
Poems, Prayers and Promises- John Denver
I Won't Run From It- Big Red Machine
Tubthumping- Chumbawamba
Can You Get to That- Funkadelic
It's Your Own Body And Mind- Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine
When the Morning Comes- Daryl Hall & John Oates
More Today Than Yesterday- The Spiral Starecase
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay- Otis Redding
Religious Man- Mister Loco
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Hey it's me, Lily!
Please enjoy this bonus episode where I close read Mid Air by Paul Buchanan. In this episode, I discuss ideas of grief, memory, and being a human.
This episode is part of our celebration of National Poetry Month- cheers!
-Lily
What up, what up, what up! We're back again with a banger of an episode. This one is huge, guys!
In Episode 5, we're bringing all kinds of literary works into conversation- Kafka, Akhmatova, Thoreau, Ginsberg, Rilke, and more! Age of Machine, track 5 off The Battle at Garden's Gate, was the source of inspiration during our conversation. This episode is not like the others, but we hope you'll stick around for our shenanigans because we really love this episode! Let us know what you think of this one- your feedback is truly appreciated!
For your reference, reverence, and reading pleasure:
Regina Spektor- Machine (song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thQd1KYCgKU
Anna Akhmatova- Petrograd, 1919: https://americanliterature.com/author/anna-akhmatova/poem/petrograd-1919
Allen Ginsberg- Howl: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
Rainer Maria Rilke- Sonnets to Orpheus: https://www.amazon.com/Duino-Elegies-Sonnets-Orpheus-Dual-Language/dp/0307473732
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We hope you'll forgive the slight delay in this week's episode release- the world is a crazy place to be.
In this episode, we take a closer look at track 4 off The Battle at Garden's Gate, Built by Nations. As a bit of a warning, this episode is much less chipper than our others, so make sure you take a little extra care of yourself this week if the weight of the world is feeling extra heavy. We hope that you find this episode meaningful and that you'll join us again soon when we tackle the next tune.
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Make music, make love, make podcasts...but do not make war.
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Welcome to Episode 3! If you've made it this far, give yourself a huge pat on the back for sticking it out with us.
Let's close read Broken Bells! We probably should have titled this episode "Tangential," because that's what the whole thing becomes by the end. But this episode is full of little gems- a Rilke reading, a Gabagool affirmation, a breathing exercise. It's well-rounded...like a clock...or a ring... We hope you can take something positive from this episode, and that you'll join us again in Episode 4 in two weeks.
For your reference, reverence, and reading pleasure:
The Rilke poem: https://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/R/RilkeRainerM/Silentfriend/index.html
Mitchell's translations of The Sonnets to Orpheus: https://www.amazon.com/Duino-Elegies-Sonnets-Orpheus-Dual-Language/dp/0307473732/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1645061017&sr=1-2
Valjean's Soliloquy (somehow this is relevant, but also we just need you to see it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJx1pRCey78
"Orpheus's" singing in Hadestown (recommendation given by Kelsey, pls you'll love it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K77nr8-uhZ8
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Episode 2- Greta Van Flatts? Hey, hey, hey- us again! Your friendly neighborhood menaces to society. Sorry to make you wait so long for Episode 2! We hope you'll forgive us. In this completely unhinged episode, we attempt to close read My Way, Soon...aka track 2 off The Battle at Garden's Gate (or Tbagg, as we lovingly refer to it). Things go completely off the rails in this episode, and we hope you have as much fun listening to it as we had while recording it. We've got no links for you this time. Just sit back and enjoy. Maybe you'll find yourself getting the urge to watch the Pixar animated film Cars? Ka-chow??
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Episode 1 of Rhyme & Reason- Tears: the body’s rain? Close read (aka analyze, aka interpret, aka think really hard about) the GVF song Heat Above with us! (P.S. we highly recommend you go listen to the song before you listen to this episode- even if you’ve already heard it 1000 times like us)
For your reference, reverence, and reading pleasure: Welcome to the Anthropocene: https://vimeo.com/39048998 The Inhuman Anthropocene: https://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2015/03/22/the-inhuman-anthropocene/ The Climate of Man, Parts I, II, and III: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/25/the-climate-of-man-i https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/02/the-climate-of-man-ii https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/09/the-climate-of-man-iii Per our Sila discussion, the Ecotopian Lexicon: https://www.ecotopianlexicon.com/
Find us in the void! Instagram: @rhyme.and.reason.pod Tik Tok: @rhyme.and.reason.pod Email: alyricalpod@gmail.com Listen to R&R wherever you get your podcasts. Keep an ear out for Episode 2, a reading of My Way, Soon.