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the memory palace - Nate’s Episode of the Year: If You Have to be a Floor
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 Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Special thanks to Jimmy LaValle and Mark Kozelek.
The Art Discussed
- Gallery 719, the Alexandria Ballroom.
Music
- The piece features excerpts of two, instrumental outtakes from Ceiling Gazing from Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle's album, Perils from the Sea.
- California Dawn and Mountain Path from WMD.
- An instrumental version of Retune by The Range.
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Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
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the memory palace - Episode 119 (John C. Calhoun from the Opposite Side of the Line that Divides the Living from the Dead)
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 Barbara Weisberg.
- Which us, among other places to J.H. Fowler's New Testament "miracles" and Modern "miracles"
- And to the delightfully named, The Ordeal of Life: Graphically Illustrated in the Experiences of Fifteen Hundred Individuals Promiscuously Drawn from All Nations, Religions, Classes, & Conditions of Men Alphabetically Arranged and Given Psychometrically, Through the Mediumship of John C. Grinnell, In the Presence of the Compiler, Thomas R. Hazard.
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In the South Bay's colorful salt ponds, a decades-old industry continues to crystalize.
Reporter by Lauren Sommer with KQED Science. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi, Suzie Racho, Erika Kelly, Julia McEvoy and Katie McMurran.
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Some wards vote on how to spend some taxpayer money. Does it help spread the wealth or is it just a feel-good exercise?
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How economics and cultural acceptance are changing queer communities across the Bay Area.
Reported by Ryan Levi. Produced and edited by Olivia Allen-Price, Erika Kelly, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Jessica Placzek and David Weir. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
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It took decades for Chicago's first and only female mayor to land an official honor from City Council. Is there a reason it took so long?