The Memory Palace
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Published
Jul 16,2009
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That’s Running Thoughts, by Deerhoof up top followed by a chopped up, I’m Still Your Fag by Broken Social Scene. Two Psapp cuts (King Kong and Chapter). And then Jupiter, by Jersey Turnpike. (Jersey Turnpike make their second appearance in two episodes).
Best thing I read about Walker? A book called “Fillibusters and Financiers: The Story of William Walker and His Associates” by Walter Oscar Scroggs, written in 1916. Thank you Google Books.
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I wait for these every week. These stories remind me of a mashup of This American Life and an audio version of James Burke’s Connections. Thanks for doing this.
loved it. reminded me of a more benign character, emperor norton of california. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
I first heard of William Walker on vacation to Costa Rica. According to our naturalist guide, it’s a big part of their history involving the US but I’d wager that few of us have ever heard of him.