the memory palace

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music The music on this one comes from  High Aura'd , a project from my old friend, John Kolodij. The main drone piece is  All the Spirits that Dance . The beginning and end were composed specifically for this episode. Notes I read a lot of articles from a lot of sources on this one, but the linchpin here is Jeffrey Lockwood's  book  that, to my...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music We start with  Penguins  from Michael Hurley. Hit  Lullaby (the 1st)  by the legendary, Lauren Connors, twice. Hear Gentle Threat , from Chilly Gonzalez. Equality Under the Law  from John Williams' Lincoln score. Start talking Philadelphia with Sun Ra's Arkestra doing  The Lady with the Golden Stockings . Maggi's Flute - Lifting Off , by Jo...

Music * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score. * The opening loop is from  Mr. Knight  from  Coltrane Plays the Blues , which you should own. * The violin piece is  Occam II  for Violin, a piece by Silvia Tarozzi, played by Pauline Oliveros. * Next up is  Mikuro’s Blues  from the mighty David S. Ware’ mighty Go See the World. * The amazing orchestral pie...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music The Bundt Diaries  from Ludwig Goransson's score to Everything, Everything. Kola (Lighthouse Version)  by Amiina. Snow Canon  by Group Listening. The Morning After  by the Chico Hamilton Quintet. (Man, I just watched The Sweet Smell of Success recently; the Chico Hamilton Quintet makes the best, sustained appearance in a great, great movie)...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. Music Drunken Aviator by Ida. Back to Paris by Cyril Morin. Notes  There's a great resource of old ads and articles, including the one referenced in the piece  here . The definitive work on this subject is  Help Me to Find My People  by Heather Andrea Williams. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

This piece was originally released a few days after the shooting deaths of 49 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is re-released here on the second anniversary of the event.  If you are so moved, please donate to any of these charities: Equality Florida . Human Rights Campaign. Everytown for Gun Safety .   Trans Lifeline Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. 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 Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. 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 Stetso...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia. 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 To...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX. 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. Etud...

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The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. 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 writi...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. 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 th...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. 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 Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. 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 A...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. 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  f...

  Show Notes Nate DiMeo is the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He is producing ten pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the sixth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund. This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sad Seine by Lambert. Titan's Island by Ancient Ocean Flowering Jasmine as performed by Georgs Pelicis and Gidon Kremer Malpensa by Julia Kent Notes I first came upon the Calhoun bit while re-reading Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Ba...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Musica Seqenza play Schreza Infida Frederico Durand plas Lluvia de Estrellas The Martin Hayes Quintet plays The Boy in the Gap East Forest by Provenance There's a bit of Madame Ovary from Bensi and Jurriaans and Christine It finishes on Three Dances: II. Pavane from Chromo T...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Up Niek Mountain by Peter Broderick El cascabel de plata by Federico Durand We hear just a little bit of imgs/ r by Kara-Lis Coverdale Dissolving Clouds by Biosphere Nebula by Julianna Barwick Only in the Dark by Ben Lukas Boysen Notes Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin, & t...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Afkald  by Bremer/McCoy Peace  by Oliver Coates. Day One Four  by F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Displacement  by Rafael Anton Irisarri Notes Some sources for this one were The Glory and the Dream by William Manchester. Herbert Hoover: A Life by Glen Jeansonne Herbert Hoover in t...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music Sunrise Through the Dusty Nebula  by Hannah Peel Keep  by Nils Frahm Horizon Variations  by Max Richter She cycles through:  Where or When  by Hal Kemp & His Orchestra,  Smarty (You Know it All)  by Fats Waller,  Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You  by Judy Garland, Hel...

The Memory Palace is a proud member of  Radiotopia , from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. SPOILERS AHEAD Music Memory as Mist  by C. Diab Low Sudden  by Daniel Lanois and Rocco DaLuca Beyond Romance  by Lubomyr Melnyk Notes By far the most comprehensive resource I found was Florida's Hurricane History by Jay Barnes. If you're looking to learn more, I'd definitely start...

Show Notes Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's  Artist in Residence  for 2016/2017. He produced 8 episodes inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eigth episode of that residency. This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund. This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from El...

In lieu of your standard end-of-summer re-run, here is a very special re-run. No! Wait! I mean it. It's pretty cool. Here's the thing:  Todavia , a new literary publisher in Brazil has just put out a book of Memory Palace stories translated into Brazilian Portuguese. (Purchasable world-wide through  this site , if you happen to be interested), This very special re-run has all sorts of Brazil-relat...