Episode 147: Shipwreck Kelly

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Anyway...

Music

• We hear Vaggvisa by Henrik Lindstrand.

• Then Kestrel, off the album by the same name from Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

• Ljuva mekaniska jag by 1900.

• A loop from When it's Time to Go, by Buddy Fo & his Group.

• A bit of Movement II from Martynov, "Come in!" by Vladimir Martynov.

• Making Love in the Apartment from Krysztof Komeda's score to Rosemary's Baby.

• And the Mistral Noir, from Daniel Herkedal.

Notes

• There's a lot written about Kelly and his times, none more enjoyable than Bill Bryson's in One Summer: America, 1927.

• The best academic book that touches on Kelly and his times is Dance Marathons: Performing American Culture in the 1920s and 30s, by Carol Martin.