Ione Skye

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  1. Joan Armatrading, Vegas Celebrity Impersonators & Going Viral on TikTok

    Aug 31

    Joan Armatrading, Vegas Celebrity Impersonators & Going Viral on TikTok

    This week: Sydney weather as business class: once you’ve had it, going back to coach is brutal….and the ethics of putting your dog to sleep, covered in the first four minutes. We went to Cybele Malinowski’s photography show “Deep Fake”, portraits of Las Vegas celebrity impersonators, including the story of one MJ impersonator who took a homeless man under his wing and taught him the craft. Plus our Vegas stories: Ione at the Hard Rock Hotel opening in the early 90s with Sofia Coppola, Stephen Dorff and Zoe Cassavetes (the politics of free chips for famous people), and Ben waking up at Lollapalooza 93 to what may be the worst smell in human history. We hung with Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson: his song is going viral on TikTok across American college campuses, and he shared a piece of songwriting wisdom we can’t stop thinking about. Ben is processing his hair transplant fork in the road. We fell down an Etsy witches rabbit hole. And we had a full psychic moment playing Rummy Tiles. Weirder Together is officially calling it: collective Joan Armatrading rediscovery moment incoming.

  2. Australian Traitors Deep Dive, Greg Araki's New Movie and Bumping Into Peking Duk

    Aug 24

    Australian Traitors Deep Dive, Greg Araki's New Movie and Bumping Into Peking Duk

    This week: nostalgia for Moviefone and Rob Brezny's Dial-a-Horoscope, the Jungian idea that your unconscious is trying to help you, and the one Timothy Leary quote Ben has actually carried with him his whole life — "the goal of life is calm and compassionate gameplay." We saw Greg Araki's new film with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman (co-written by Slutever's Karly Scortino) — a genuinely sexy movie that also makes you think, which is rarer than it should be. Plus: bumping into Peking Duk outside the Ritz in Randwick on the night their album went to #1 in Australia, ARIA plaques and all. (Randwick: possibly the least rock and roll suburb in Sydney.) A full Australian Traitors deep dive — how secretly Machiavellian Australians are, Dicko's voting block strategy, and the question the show keeps raising: is emotional gameplay still manipulation if the emotion is real? We saw the Bondi Boys at Hollywood Hotel (neon mic stand, expanded set, Gen X energy), Ben smells beer and thinks about his entire touring life, Ione smells Carmex and thinks about Paris 1987, and we're making a fanzine with Kate Dunn (@moonfurhat on Instagram) as merch for the Australia and Japan tour. We end with a challenge: Ione proves she's a better liar than Ben by closing the podcast with a lie. We'll let you decide if she pulled it off.

  3. Ben Lee and Ione Skye, Our Close Friends

    03/12/2024

    Ben Lee and Ione Skye, Our Close Friends

    The Boys enter arbitration with BEN LEE and IONE SKYE to divide up their weird couple behaviors.  Get a Hat Pack Hat here! Watch the video of today’s episode at Patreon.com/TheFlagrantOnes.  Like the show? Rate Hollywood Handbook 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts Advertise on Hollywood Handbook via Gumball.fm  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. Listener Question: Does Creative Collaboration Help or Hurt Marriage?

    Aug 27

    Listener Question: Does Creative Collaboration Help or Hurt Marriage?

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  5. Kate Moss, Nirvana Unplugged & Why AI Music Misses the Entire Point

    Aug 17

    Kate Moss, Nirvana Unplugged & Why AI Music Misses the Entire Point

    This week: moving stuff out of our LA storage and crying over a broccoli pan, Ione’s first visit to Phoenix Central Park, and a young band called Mouseatouille doing something genuinely exciting. We talk about Kelly from Camp Cope’s book “It’s Not For You” — about female musicians in Australia — and what it made us think about fighting for sensitivity in a cutthroat industry. Then a big conversation about masterworks vs. process: is the pressure to make your definitive statement actually just a marketing construct? Why Phoebe Bridgers is a genius of timing, why Fugazi understood something most artists don’t, and our primary argument against AI music. And then there are the Kate Moss stories. Nirvana Unplugged. The airport with Naomi Campbell. The ecstasy at Max Fish with Evan Dando. What Kate actually said. Also big recommendations this week are Johanna Samuels’ album “Sorry Kid” and Whitmer Thomas’ comedy special “Terminal Crew of Dudes”. Plus: Ben’s Australia and Japan tour with Georgia Maq (tickets available now), the condom misunderstanding that nearly destroyed our marriage, and the woman at dinner who had met every celebrity, billionaire and king — and was impressed by none of them. Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com

  6. I Was Once Accidentally In A Scientology Dance Class

    06/18/2024

    I Was Once Accidentally In A Scientology Dance Class

    Ione has FOMO about Griffin Dunne's party at the Chateau. Ben enters the crucible. Goldie gets pet rats. To watch the video of this episode and for bonus content head to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ For tickets to upcoming shows and the Sydney Weirder Together party on June 26 head to https://www.ben-lee.com/tour-dates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Chateau Marmont Book Party. Drew Barrymore. Bitch Boys. Bret Easton Ellis. White Lotus.

    03/11/2025

    Chateau Marmont Book Party. Drew Barrymore. Bitch Boys. Bret Easton Ellis. White Lotus.

    Ione throws a wild party at Chateau Marmont to celebrate her book. Ben wonders is he really a simp? For a deeper dive into our world visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

  8. Leading With A Bullet Bra

    12/12/2023

    Leading With A Bullet Bra

    Here comes The Fear again.... We discuss Ione's penchant for sharing her mom's dirty laundry and Ben's reluctance to get a Prince Albert piercing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  9. That Musician Nightmare of Playing a Gig And the Only Audience Member is Steve Albini

    12/19/2023

    That Musician Nightmare of Playing a Gig And the Only Audience Member is Steve Albini

    Ione falls in slow motion. Ben re-considers despair. We attend an illuminati Hollywood party (jk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  10. Oasis. Miranda July. Lonnie Holley. 23 & Me. Dave Navarro. Ben Harper.

    03/26/2025

    Oasis. Miranda July. Lonnie Holley. 23 & Me. Dave Navarro. Ben Harper.

    On our most mildly controversial pod yet, Ben asserts the theory that Ben Harper is single handedly responsible for unintentionally ruining Australian music. Meanwhile, Ione shocks Miranda July with her bisexuality, and we explain why Oasis are the most generous pop stars of the modern era. We also touch on Dave Navarro’s body modification kink, why Pete Hegseth’s group chat mistake is very relatable, wonder whether we should we care that 23andMe have our DNA, and why no one seems to be drilling holes in their heads as a bio-hack anymore.To delve deeper into our world visit us at https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

  11. Olivia Rodrigo's Festival, Wham!'s 40th & The German Croc Warning

    Jun 23

    Olivia Rodrigo's Festival, Wham!'s 40th & The German Croc Warning

    Dive deeper into our world + tour ticket presales at https://weirdertogether.substack.com Ben's back from 60 shows around Australia (and avoided all crocodiles). Ione has been nursing a six-foot baby. And we have a lot to catch up on.This week: Olivia Rodrigo just announced Daisy Chain Fields — an all-female festival with Bikini Kill, Stevie Nicks, Mitski, Chappell Roan, Karen O, and more — and we get into why it matters, what Lilith Fair got right and wrong, and why the 90s community ethos feels more radical than ever in 2026. Also: it's the 40th anniversary of Wham! breaking up, and Ione has a memory involving a gay music promoter on her childhood street, early vinyl promos, and George Michael not yet being out. Plus: why Hal Hartley is the most underrated director of the American indie film era, the troll who called Ben a "soy boy," and Ione's lifelong crush on a boy who wrestled a crocodile.

  12. Listener Question: Chaos Agents vs Stabilisers?

    Jul 16

    Listener Question: Chaos Agents vs Stabilisers?

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  13. 2charm's Horny Show, Stassi's Comeback & What Cancelled People Never Learn

    Aug 10

    2charm's Horny Show, Stassi's Comeback & What Cancelled People Never Learn

    This week we’re back together after Ione wraps filming her mysterious Melbourne movie. We talk about the impossible position the music industry puts beautiful women in (you need the looks to get in the door, then you get dismissed for them), the incredible 2charm show at the Enmore Theatre — think Pet Shop Boys if they took peptides — and what Stassi Schroeder’s comeback show gets right that Drea de Matteo and Ariel Pink completely missed about their own cancellations. Plus: Ione accidentally texts her friend that her holiday “looks expensive,” and Ben gives a talk at APRA AMCOS about originality and why the “stay in your lane” era is finally over. Dive deeper into our world at https://weirdertogether.substack.com

  14. The Unlistenable Star Spangled Banner

    06/24/2024

    The Unlistenable Star Spangled Banner

    Shopping at Above the Clouds, checking out party venues, debating seminal Jimi Hendrix tracks - its all happening on this week's WEIRDER TOGETHER! To watch the full video of this episode head to weirdertogether.substack.com For tix to Ben's shows or the Sydney Weirder Together party head to www.ben-lee.com/tour-dates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  15. Episode 106 - Ione Skye

    08/27/2018

    Episode 106 - Ione Skye

    Ione Skye needs no introduction. She's Ione Skye. You've seen her in plenty of film and television. Like many, I first saw her as Valedictorian Diane Court in Cameron Crowe's iconic Say Anything. We talk about her winding career, unorthodox family, falling in and out of love, and how she's managed to stay positive in a city and system that often feels bleak.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

  16. Hanging with Addie Weyrich (Addie Addie Addie)

    07/13/2024

    Hanging with Addie Weyrich (Addie Addie Addie)

    Our guest today is a Philly raised, Los Angeles braised multi-hyphenate joy bomb, Addie Weyrich. She has a new album out under the name ADDIE ADDIE ADDIE called "well it all had to go somewhere" that you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZPKFNtBqFGFmSTTo9gqra?si=p4_oQ0KyQUWq6_wtXSndyA To watch the full video version of this interview head over to https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  17. Sydney Party Recap!

    07/02/2024

    Sydney Party Recap!

    We breakdown a jam-packed week in which Ione announced pre-order of her memoir (https://bit.ly/4cz9ECv ) , we hosted an excellent Sydney Weirder Together party featuring cutting edge weirdness like DeepFaith, Vigilantonie, BuzzKull, Lauren Bonner and Cameron James, Ione gets some inappropriate DMs, we throw a dinner party and we entertain insuring our body parts.To watch the full video of this episode (and for more exclusive content) visit http://weirdertogether.substack.comTo watch the full interactive video for Ben's new single "So Damn Hard (to be So Damn Good) head to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcS4WrHCNjY&lc=UgwlotbpHVA9F7XTVFF4AaABAg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  18. Ione’s US Book Launch. Green Day. Kylie Minogue. Mallrat. Brad Troemel. Naomi Fry’s Bday

    03/04/2025

    Ione’s US Book Launch. Green Day. Kylie Minogue. Mallrat. Brad Troemel. Naomi Fry’s Bday

    Huge day as Ione’s memoir “Say Everything” hits the stores in the US! She fills us in about Ione’s reading at the Strand with Eric Stoltz and Naomi Fry’s iconic bday party. Ben talks seeing Green Day, Mallrat and Kylie Minogue this week, getting drunk with Brad Troemel and they pair share some surprising Oscar hot takes! For extra content visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/

  19. Crispin Glover, The Cure, Jokermen, Paul Simon, Andy Kaufman

    11/05/2024

    Crispin Glover, The Cure, Jokermen, Paul Simon, Andy Kaufman

    The plague has passed through our humbled abode and we reconvene to discuss Ione conquering her FOMO while living outside of the US, feeling lucky in Sydney, Jokermen podcast, Randy Newman, Paul Simon’s “Graceland”, friends who are reading advance copies of Ione’s memoir, US election anxiety and leftist tantrums, William Tyler, Timothy Leary, hanging chads, The Cure’s new album, The Try-Outs, “Saturday Night”, Ben’s controversial spelling video that led to a confused text from Missy Higgins, Harmony Korine, Andy Kaufman, emailing with Crispin Glover, and Ben’s new duet with Johanna Samuels “Sunset Marquis”. To dive deeper into our world, and to sign up for our free newsletter visit https://weirdertogether.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  20. Listener Question: The Songs You Couldn't Write?

    Jun 18

    Listener Question: The Songs You Couldn't Write?

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