the memory palace

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June 04, 2018No Summer (Episode 127)
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Music
White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama
Between the Trees by Akira Kosemura
Clockwork Toccatta, Op. 68 from Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
End of Summer Part 3 by Hildur Gudnadottir and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
A Gathering to Lead Me When You're Gone by Brian McBride
Notes
While the most comprehensive and useful thing I read for this piece was The Year Without a Summer: 1816 and the Volcano that Darkened the World and Changed history by William and Nicholas Klingaman, my favorite thing was this video of a news report on the work of Vermont historian, Howard Coffin.
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May 17, 2018Episode 126 (The 8th Story)
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Music
We start with Waveland by Norm Pikelny.
Then a smidge of N.Y.C. from the original Broadway cast recording of Annie.
The Stars vs. Creatures by Colleen.
Wiese by Roedelius & Arnold Kasar.
Then there's some chaos built out of Missing Piece from the score to Broken City, Fog Tropes by Ingram Marshall, Spindrift by Colin Stetson, and Longing for a Frozen Sky by Ernst Reijseger.
That heads into Wake by Aaron Martin & Machinfabriek.
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand by Hampshire & Foat.
Finishing on Minuet for Cheap Piano by Winged Victory for the Sullen
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13min
April 25, 2018Episode 125: Snakes!
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Music
We hear Ferris Wheel by Gabor Szabo from one of his better late sixties records.
Herman's Malt from Jeff Russo's score to Fargo Season 2.
David Goes Hunting from Larry Groupe's score to Straw Dogs.
Double Portrait by Double Edge from the album, U.S. Choice.
A snippet of Idea of Order at Kyson Point from an album Brian Eno did with Tom Rogerson.
Bicycles and Flasks by Dan Romer.
A bit of Il Tamoure dei Bambini from Piero Umiliani's score to Le Isole Dell'amore
A Naga Swaram-Snake Charmers Melody from Folk Music of India
Finishes out on Completely Gone from Ludwig Goransson's score to Everything Everything.
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16min
April 06, 2018Episode 124 (Junk Room)
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Music
We start off with Theme de Simon from Georges Delerue.
Go to Alpine Sketch from Christian Loffler's Young Alaska.
Hear some of Three Dances: II Pavane arranged for the Chromos Tuba Quartet.
The Plum Blossom from Yusuf Lateef's great Eastern Sounds record.
Juve & Fandor by amiina.
The Unquestioned Answer by Laura Spiegel.
Etude by Joep Beving.
Rainfall by David Darling and Michael Jones.
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16min
March 27, 2018 A quick update and a bonus episode
A quick update and a brief little bonus episode.
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10min
March 12, 2018Episode 123: Outliers
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Music
We hear Valentine My Funny by Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm from the album Tag Eins Tag Zwei.
Notes
This idea came to me a long time ago while researching an old episode. I read an extraordinary article from the 1890s that hung with me, particularly the notion of folks writing in to try to become sideshow attractions.
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10min
February 23, 2018Big Block of Cheese - Bonus episode
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This special episode was originally made for a live episode of The West Wing Weekly. To hear a live version of this story (and the rest of a particularly delightful TWWW episode), visit thewestwingweekly.com.
Music
Moonbow by aAirial
Two from scores by Marcelo Zavros: Wipe the Slate Clean, from The Beaver and Awkward Ride from his score to Please Give.
Justine and Sami from Nathan Johnson's lovely score to The Day I Saw Your Heart.
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11min
February 12, 2018Episode 122 (Hercules)
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Music
We start with Facing the Obstacles, from Robert Simonson's score to The Final Member.
Nice Breeze Isn't It? by Simon Rackham
The Things Left Unsaid, by Caleb Burhans.
View from a Balcony by Isorinne.
1979 by Deru.
The Julianna Barwick remix of This Will Destroy You's The Puritan.
Notes
I found this article by Chelsea Lenhart particularly useful.
As I did this one by Edward Lawler, Jr.
And this one by Kathryn Gehred.
As well as W.E.B. DuBois' The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study.
Fritz Herschfield's George Washington and Slavery, A Documentary Study.
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14min
January 28, 2018Episode 121 (The Nickel Candy Bar)
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Music
We hit two sections from Bernard Herrmann's score to Tender is the Night: The Embrace and The Breakdown.
A bit of Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa.
Labyrinth II by Caitlin Aurelia Smith.
Walter Meets the Beaver from Marcel Zavros' score to The Beaver.
Two tracks, "1" & "2" from AAESPO's album, Layers.
Maria Arvos' Last Days of Summer.
And Time Times Three by Palm.
Notes
The most comprehensive article I encountered on Doug Davis is here.
I found this biographical essay on Otto Schnering particularly useful.
The Oxford Companion to American Food & Drink, edited by Andrew F. Smith.
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14min
January 13, 2018Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habita
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Music
We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens': Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of the Animals: Aviary and the Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods.
We hit Juneau from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike.
And The Waltz from their score to 5 to 7.
And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called Dila Ni Dila in there too.
Notes
Do yourself a favor and read France Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.
Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.
And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.
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