the memory palace - Episode 100 (Peregrinar)
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Notes
- I relied most heavily on The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawell.
- Enjoyed Jaques Levy's oral history, Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa
- I read a lot of the local accounts on Newspapers.com and was informed particularly by the coverage in the Fresno Bee.
Music
- Starts with Affinity by Gavin Luke.
- Moves into Little Dume by Christian Naujoks.
- Finish of with Call from Julianna Barwick.
Crimetown - S1 E03: The Making of a Mayor
Buddy Cianci runs for mayor as the anti-corruption candidate, promising to change Providence. He’s a novice Republican politician in a city ruled by Democrats and mobbed-up unions. As he struggles to get elected, he faces an impossible choice: stay clean and lose, or get a little dirty and win.
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the memory palace - Episode 99, Met Residency #3 (Full Circle)
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 second 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 Kathy Tu and research Assistance from Andrea Milne. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Art Discussed * John Vanderlyn's Panoramic View of the Gardens of Versailles.
Music * Falling Asleep with a Book on Your Chest and Brass Practice by Lullatone. * Moonbow by aAirial. * Pauvre Simon, L'approach Du Nuage, and The Tunnel from Sylvain Chauvau's album Nuage. * So Long to Scream from Joshua Moshier's score to Good Enough.
Crimetown - S1 E02: The Wiseguys
How does a kid from Providence become a mob enforcer? Two men share their personal stories of joining Raymond Patriarca’s crime family. As they move from their formative years on the street to maximum security, they come up against murder charges, jailhouse feuds…and even the occasional farm animal.
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Crimetown - S1 E01: Divine Providence
Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, a city where organized crime corrupted every aspect of public life. In the first episode of Crimetown, a young prosecutor named Buddy Cianci takes on a gruesome murder case. As the investigation heats up, Buddy goes head to head with the most notorious mob boss in the country—and launches a career that will change Providence forever.
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the memory palace - An odd, pre-election bonus episode: a full reading of Song of Myself
As counter-programming to the clamor and nonsense of these last days before the American Presidential election, here is Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" in its entirety. Really.
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
New episode next week.