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Music

• We hear Waltz from the score to Angels & Insects.

• Movements IV and II from David Liptak’s Serenade for Alto Sax and Strings.

• A bit of Violin Solo no. 1 from Peter Broderick.

• Some of Zucht 2 from Machienfabrik.

• A bit of Origami Tulips from Lullatone.

• Unseen Forces from Justin Walter.

• Midnight Moon from Annalisa Tornfelt and Gideon Freudman

• Ida Lupino from Paul Bley’s Changes album from 1965.

• And Lost Fur (Reprise) from the score to Where the Wild Things Are.

Notes

• Many of my favorite things I read for this piece were contemporary newspaper tributes upon her death in 1911. They’re easy to find.

• By far the most useful thing I read was Lenore Skomal’s *The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter: The Remarkable True Story of American Heroine, Ida Lewis. *It’s very well researched and highly readable.

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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 mind, convincingly solves the mystery of the vanishing locusts.

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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 Joanna Brouk
• In an 18th Century Drawing Room from Raymond Scott.
• And Evelop from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

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 pieces is Triumph by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino from Fill the Heart- Shaped Cup * Finally, there’s 13 Ghosts II by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts I-IV

White Heat, White Lights

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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).
• Colleen's Geometria del Universo.
• Bug's Walk by Peter Storby Jutbring.
• Touch Me & Die by Kara-Lis Coverdale
• The Last Tears of a Deceased by the inimitable Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou.

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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.

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

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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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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