Muses

In this episode of Muses: An Ampersand Podcast, Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) are talking about the painter of The Scream, Edvard Munch, the inspiration for Bastille's song Blue Sky & The Painter, which you can hear here: https://bastille.lnk.to/BlueSkyHow did his mental health affect his art? Did his work get worse when he was happy? Was he a Nazi? How happy would he be that his legacy is the Home Alone poster?Say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse, with research by Genevieve Johnson-Smith. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.Cover design by Chris Barker.Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.Recorded by Tim Lozinski at TL Multimedia.Mixed by Miles Wheway.Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.Sources:Berman, Patricia G. “Edvard Munch’s Self-Portrait with Cigarette” The Art Bulletin 75, no.4 (1993): 627-646Berman, Patricia G. “(Re-) Reading Edvard Munch” Scandinavian Studies 66, no. 1 (1994): 45–67Eggum, Arne. Edvard Munch, New York: C. N. Potter, 1984Finger, Stanley, and Elisabetta Sirgiovanni. “The Electrified Artist” Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 33, no.3, 2024: 241–74Kendzior, Sarah. “’The Face of ‘Scream’” Fangoria 189, no.29 (2000)Loren’s Ghost: The Haunted History Of The SCREAM Mask” FangoriaLund, Ida K. “Edvard Munch.” Parnassus 9, no. 3 (1937): 21–24Mcelroy Bowen, Anne. “Munch and Agoraphobia” RACAR 15, no. 1 (1988): 23–50Prideaux, Sue. Edvard Munch. Yale University Press, 2005Vernon, McCay, and Marjie L. Baughman. “Art, Madness, and Human Interaction.” Art Journal 31, no. 4 (1972): 413–20Wylie Jr., Harold W. “Edvard Munch.” American Imago 37, no. 4 (1980): 413-443“After Munch.” Munchmuseet

In this episode of Muses: An Ampersand Podcast, Emma and Dan are talking about the American poet Emily Dickinson, who inspired Dan's/Bastille's song Emily & Her Penthouse In The Sky, which you can hear here: https://bastille.lnk.to/EmilyThey talk about Emily's life and work, including her "friendship" with a "gal pal", and why she may not have been as much as a recluse as her reputation suggests - as well as who is to blame for that reputation. They also talk about Hey Arnold a surprising amount (ie: at all), and whether Dan wants his unreleased music burned when he dies. Say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse, with research by Genevieve Johnson-Smith. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.Cover design by Chris Barker.Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.Recorded by Tim Lozinski at TL Multimedia.Mixed by Miles Wheway.Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.

In this first episode of Muses: An Ampersand Podcast, Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) look at the life of Eve, who inspired Dan's/Bastille's song Eve & Paradise Lost, which you can hear here: https://bastille.lnk.to/EveEmma and Dan talk about exactly what the Bible (and the Qur'an) say about her; the different interpretations of her story; and the impact her story has had on popular culture, from Desperate Housewives to No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom; and Dan talks about the process of turning the story into the song. Dan also recites all of Paradise Lost from memory, and Emma does a deep dive into the lyrics of the song and that isn't awkward at all.You can say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.Cover design by Chris Barker.Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.Recorded by Rich Andrews at Spiritland Productions.Mixed by Miles Wheway.Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.Sources:Brenner-Idan, Athalya, ed. A Feminist Companion to Genesis. The Feminist Companion to the Bible 2. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.Colette, Shelly. “Eroticizing Eve: A Narrative Analysis of Eve Images in Fashion Magazine Advertising.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 31.2 (2015): 5.Genesis 2-3Sanders, Theresa. Approaching Eden: Adam and Eve in Popular Culture. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc, 2009.

Muses: An Ampersand Podcast sees Dan Smith (Bastille) and Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) take a deep dive into the lives of some amazing people from history and mythology, all of whom Dan wrote songs about for his latest project, Ampersand. Each episode is a conversation about history, music, mythology and popular culture, and how those things overlap. Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is a Lead Mojo production.