PEL Special: Nakedly Examined Music #1 with David Lowery

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2016

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Nakedly Examined Music, our first spin-off of PEL. Hear more at nakedlyexaminedmusic.com or find it via iTunes. Mark interviews songwriters about why and how they do what they do. Think of it as applied philosophy. Four episodes are now posted; this cross-post of our pilot features David Lowery of Camper van Beethoven and Cracker talking through three of his songs. He's as well-spoken and full of ideas as many a decent philosopher, so sit back and turn on your active listening function!

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0:00.0	This is a historic event in partially examined life history as we have unleashed our first
0:11.6	spin-off podcast for cross-posting just this first episode of Nakedly Examined Music into
0:17.2	the partially examined life feed in the hopes that you will be inspired to go to NakedlyExaminedMusic.com
0:22.8	or look up the podcast on iTunes or elsewhere. You'll see there are now at least four episodes
0:26.9	posted. I've recorded eight of them. This is a real thing that's going to continue. Now what is
0:31.4	philosophical about this? If you listen to our episode 118 where I talk to different members of
0:36.4	Camper Van Beethoven then you're about to hear here. You will see that for me the artistic life and the
0:40.5	philosophical life are very tightly related. What is the meaning to our lives? What are we supposed to
0:44.7	be doing? If you're artistic in any sense you answer that question through action. What I want to
0:50.1	know through this podcast is why songwriters choose to do what they do in the way that they do it.
0:55.2	Now even if you have no interest in songwriting itself,
0:58.0	show a good chance you're going to like this on the grounds of music appreciation. We talk a lot
1:02.1	in the partially examined life about practical philosophy about being centered, about concentrating,
1:07.5	what active listening is a very immediate form of that and this podcast is all about encouraging that.
1:13.2	I hope you enjoy it.
1:18.3	Welcome to the premiere episode of Nakedly Examined Music. My name is Mark Linton-Mire.
1:23.6	On this podcast I'll be interviewing songwriters and composers who play three full recordings of
1:28.5	their songs to discuss in depth. Why did you write that? Why did you write it that way? Whether we
1:33.8	end up talking about the stories behind the songs or influences or lyrics or the career development
1:38.6	of a musician or music theory really just depends on the emphasis of the particular person I'm talking to.
1:43.9	My guess this time is David Lowry and son of the indie rock band Camper Van Beethoven in the
1:48.4	early 80s and then the alt rock band Cracker in the early 90s. The music you're hearing right now
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