the memory palace

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• Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani
• Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set
• French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis
• The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga
• Wave I by Elor Saxl
• Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura

Notes

• I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That ...

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• Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier. 
• Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors.
• Rocky Passage by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer
• Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry's score to The Wrong Box
• Adios Muchachos from Andre Popp
• Moonlight in Vermont from the great ...

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• Abisme by Shida Shahadi
• Ellen’s Image from Lalo Schiffiren’s genius score to The Fox
• Circulation by H. Takahasi
• Liquid Spear Waltz from Michael Andrews’ score to Donnie Darko
• A8 from a terrific record called NuNu by Clever Austin

Notes

• I found a lot of insight in a terrific book called Extraordinary Beliefs by Peter Lamont. In it, there’s a smart ...

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• Una Bravata from Carlo Rustichelli’s score to Amici Miei.

• Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports.

• The Vienna Glass Armonica Duo performs Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonium.

• The Fellowship by John Shabason

Notes

• The best read on Mills is a 2022 article by Nate Hopper in The New Yorker about the challenges of keeping time on the intern...

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• Je ne pas si c’est tout le monde - Theme Comedie from Vincent Delerm’s score to the film of the same, long name.

• Forbin’s Hi Fi from Michel Colombier’s score to Colossus: The Forbin Project

• Boo’s Lullaby by Maria Chiara Agriro and Jamie Leeming

• Helle (Ballade) from the great Phillipe Sarde score to that picture.

• L’Espagne pour memoire from Michel Port...

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• I Believe in the Night by Keith Kenniff

• Improvisations sur les folies d’Espagne (extraits) from Marin Marais and Jordi Savall

• Finally by Lambert

• Voltige by Marin Lizotte

• Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick

• Fratres fur violin und klavier by Avro Part as played by Ursula Schloch and Marcel Worms

• Dungen by Henrik Lindstom

Notes

• There are pl...

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• 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 ...

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• The Theory by Clem Leek

• Hiddensee by Caeys

• The Clock Tower by Hampshire and Foat

Notes

• If you want to know more about Gardner, I’d suggest Witness to an Era: the Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, by Mark Katz.

• On Brady, Matthew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, by Robert Wilson.

• I’d also suggest reading the New York Times’ review of ...

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• Inception by radio.string.quintet.vienna

• Julie With by Group Listening

• Nice Breeze Isn’t It? by friend of the show, Simon Rackham

• Wet by Taylor Deupree

• Times Like This II by Jean Kopperud and Stephen Gosling

• Broad Channel by Bing and Ruth

• Cradle (with Akira) by ghost and tape

• Lithosphere by Caoimhin O Raghellagh

• and by Caoimhin O Raghelagh and Thomas...

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• Halcyon and Photosynteses and Embryo by H. Takehashi

• Intro by Library Tapes

• The Florist Wears Knee Breeches by M. Sage

Notes

• I found Andrew Isenberg's book, The Destruction of the Bison, An Environmental History, completely fascinating.

• If you want to do a deep dive on Madison Grant, I'd recommend Defending the Master Race: Conservation, ...

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This episode was originally released in November, 2015.

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* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.
* They first meet to a piece called Brouillard (version 1) from Georges Delaure’s extraordinary score to Jules et Jim. (A second version comes in later when J.J. Audubon is living the high life in England).
* We a...

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This episode was originally released in 2016 in the days after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is...

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• Pollen and Photosynteses by H. Takehashi

• Ediacaran Moonrise by Barry Walker, Jr.

• To the Cellar from Krzysztof Komeda’s wonderful score to The Fearless Vampire Killers.

• Blue Sutura from Piero Piccioni’s score to Il medico della mutua.

• 3-Sized PF and Let’s Go Crazy!, both by Takahiro Kido

• Emerald Ash by Golden Brown

• Merry-Go-Round by Domenique Dumont

• A...

This episode was originally released in 2015.

Proceeds from this episode are being donated to the Transgender Law Center.

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*Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.
*The piece opens with Rainfall, by David Darling and Michael Jones.
*Her brief love story is scored by Nathan Johnson’s Penelope’s Theme from his score to The Brothers Bloom.
*When she lands her ...

This episode was originally released in summer of 2015.

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* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.
* Then, we have the most obvious crickets/summer night song ever: the fantastic, perpetually delightful Green Arrow from Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, which has soundtracked many crickety summer nights for me over the years.
* The cops roll in to a...

This episode was originally released in September of 2019.

Music

• We start with the Opening of Craig Armstrong’s score to Far From the Madding Crowd.

• Glass Houses no. 13 from Ann Southam.

• Earring from Julia Wolf.

• Occam II for Violin from Eliane Radigue.

• Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea.

• A bit of Movement II from Martynov, “Come in!” by Vladimir Martynov.

Notes

• Plenty written...