The Memory Palace
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Published
May 11,2010
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First section is chopped up from the title sequence to Tokyo Story (the Ozu film). Followed by The Bunker by Beirut and a polka from an odd little record by Federal Music Society. Then, back to the title sequence well: Shoot the Piano Player. We hear April by Akira Kosumura a couple of times. Blues for Elvin by John Coltrane. Grassland by Arkira Kosumura (which gets mixed in with a little snippet from the Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack). It ends on something else from the Eternal Sunshine soundtrack as well.
There’s a lot written about Weyman. The most fun things to read are the original newspaper accounts (there’s a fun one from the Milwaukee Sentinal on google books; you can find his obituary on NYtimes.com). But the most comprehensive thing I read was from a New Yorker profile from 1968 (which, incidentally, spends pages on literally psychoanalyzing Weyman).
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another well done episode! i found myself wishing it wouldn’t end
This is one of the best ones yet. The story structure is masterful and your telling really illicits a strong emotional response. Incredibly well dug up story – love the prankster tales.
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beautifully well done.
this one had me crying like lil nippers. vintage memory palace.
I hate to play favorites but I think this is it. Thank you, yet again, for the memory palace.
This is one of the best ones yet. The story structure is masterful and your telling really illicits a strong emotional response. Incredibly well dug up story – love the prankster tales.
+1
Great stuff as usual. However, I believe the killers were armed robbers, and not burglers. A small detail, but history is nothing if not a series of small details that add up to the big picture.
Thanks for your efforts.