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Music

• A synth stab from As if it Would Have a Universal and Memorable Ending by Shane Carruth's score to his film, Upstream Color, a movie I love deeply. 
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by the Platters
• The Girl Who was Frightened of Ashtrays by Charlie Megira
• Sambolero by Luiz Bonfa. 
• Water by So Percussion
• Divertimiento Fur Tenorsaxophon Und Kleines Ensemble (Part 4) from Carl Oesterhelt and Johannes Ender.
• Ball by Duval Timothy
• Piece 3 by the great Warren Ellis.
• Chora tua Tristeza from Lalo Schiffrin
• Growing Up from Ben Sollee's score to Maidentrip
• (Vibraphone, Marimbaphone, Malletted Wood, Two Synthesizers) and (Two Bells) by Josiah Steinbrick
• Main et lee from Michel Portal

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• Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani
• Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set
• French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis
• The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga
• Wave I by Elor Saxl
• Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura

Notes

• I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That Way, which still holds up.

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• Un geant dans la mer and Triste soiree III from the score to Marie et les naufrages by the genius, Sebastian Tellier. 
• Love is Blue by Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors.
• Rocky Passage by Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer
• Morris Visits Dr. Pratt from John Barry's score to The Wrong Box
• Adios Muchachos from Andre Popp
• Moonlight in Vermont from the great Dorothy Ashby. 
• Midnight Moon by The Portland Cello Project
• Dance PM by Hiroshi Yoshimura
• And we hear Blind Andy Jenkins' "Floyd Collins in Sand Cave" followed by Vernon Dalhart doing the same song under the name, "The Death of Floyd Collins." We also hear Jimmy Osbourne do Andy's, "The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus."

Notes

• I have a note in my years-long running list of possible story ideas that says, "event songs," but I could never remember why. Then I was reading Charles Hirschberg and Mark Zwonitzer's, Will You Miss me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music and was reminded of Andy's story (that book is great).
• I also recommend the always-useful, Country Music USA, by Bill C. Malone for more on Andy and his era as well as Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity by Richard A. Peterson.
• If you want more about poor Floyd Collins, you could turn to Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Bruckner's, Trapped!: The Story of Floyd Collins.

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Music

• Abisme by Shida Shahadi
• Ellen’s Image from Lalo Schiffiren’s genius score to The Fox
• Circulation by H. Takahasi
• Liquid Spear Waltz from Michael Andrews’ score to Donnie Darko
• A8 from a terrific record called NuNu by Clever Austin

Notes

• I found a lot of insight in a terrific book called Extraordinary Beliefs by Peter Lamont. In it, there’s a smart historical, psychological exploration of why spiritualism was able to flourish despite all sorts of evidence opposing it. 

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• Una Bravata from Carlo Rustichelli’s score to Amici Miei.

• Sunshine on Fish Skin by Girls in Airports.

• The Vienna Glass Armonica Duo performs Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Harmonium.

• The Fellowship by John Shabason

Notes

• The best read on Mills is a 2022 article by Nate Hopper in The New Yorker about the challenges of keeping time on the internet.

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• Je ne pas si c’est tout le monde - Theme Comedie from Vincent Delerm’s score to the film of the same, long name.

• Forbin’s Hi Fi from Michel Colombier’s score to Colossus: The Forbin Project

• Boo’s Lullaby by Maria Chiara Agriro and Jamie Leeming

• Helle (Ballade) from the great Phillipe Sarde score to that picture.

• L’Espagne pour memoire from Michel Portal’s score to Un et a la garoupe

• The Rain Never Stops on Venus by Michael Wollney

• Je t’ai meme pas dit by Vincent Delerm.

• From a Dream by Oregon

• A version of Narcisus for Clarinet and Electronics as played by Thea Musgrave.

Notes

• Good sources if you want to know more are Peter Manseau’s book about spirit photography and the spiritualist age (Cutting intersects interestingly with that crea), The Apparitionists, as well as this article by Jerry Ryan about the history of aquariums in Boston.

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This is a special holiday bonus episode, a sequel to Episode 210. You’ll want to listen to that one first.

Music

• The Parisienne by the Henri Crolla Ensemble

• Violette… by Philippe Sarde

• Gift by Makasuta Takagi

• The Sammy Herman Sextet plays The Bells of St. Mary’s

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• I Believe in the Night by Keith Kenniff

• Improvisations sur les folies d’Espagne (extraits) from Marin Marais and Jordi Savall

• Finally by Lambert

• Voltige by Marin Lizotte

• Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick

• Fratres fur violin und klavier by Avro Part as played by Ursula Schloch and Marcel Worms

• Dungen by Henrik Lindstom

Notes

• There are plenty of places to go to read about Smoky and Bill but why would want to go anywhere else than his book, Yorkie Doodle Dandy?

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• 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 from their score to 5 to 7.

• And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called Dila Ni Dila in there too.

Notes

• Do yourself a favor and read Frances Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.

• Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.

• And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.

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• Dave Pajo/Aerial M does Plastic Energy Man

• Patricia Rossborough played To a Wild Rose

• Mal Waldron plays Warm Canto

• We hear Muff Gets a Share from Joel P. West’s score to Band of Robbers

• We hear another song I absolutely love, Turned Out I Was Everyone, by Sasami

• We finish on Popcorn and Life from Ben Sollee’s lovely score to Maidentrip.

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• The Theory by Clem Leek

• Hiddensee by Caeys

• The Clock Tower by Hampshire and Foat

Notes

• If you want to know more about Gardner, I’d suggest Witness to an Era: the Life and Photographs of Alexander Gardner, by Mark Katz.

• On Brady, Matthew Brady: Portraits of a Nation, by Robert Wilson.

• I’d also suggest reading the New York Times’ review of the exhibit. It’s pretty stunning.