the memory palace - Episode 81 (Below, from Above)

Music

* We start off with Wien, by Labradford. * The guys head out to the work site to Piano 3, from Jon Brion's score to Synecdoche, New York. * Then we hear a bit of Metamorphosis by Vladamir Ussachevsky before being bombarded with bits of Fast Pasture by Todd Reynolds. * There's a long stretch of Fog Tropes by Ingram Marshall * Followed by Fragment I by Library Tapes * Before ending on Berceuse, by Alexandra Sileski.

Notes * This is a story I've been wanting to do forever. In fact, falling in love with the story of the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the things that sent me on a path to doing The Memory Palace at all. So, most of this stuff I just kind of already knew. But it was a particular pleasure to go back and read David McCullough's masterful, lovely The Great Bridge. And to read a ton of contemporary accounts of its construction, particularly the New York Time's piece where the reporter heads down into the Brooklyn Caisson.

ABR's Poem of the Week - #9 – Joel Deane ‘Following The Many Elbows Of The Yarra’

In ABR's first 'Poem of the Week' for 2016, Joel Deane discusses and reads his poem 'Following the many elbows of the Yarra'. You can find out more about 'Poem of the Week', and read 'Following the many elbows of the Yarra', by visiting our website: https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/