The Lonely Palette

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Ep. 26 - C.M. Coolidge's "Dogs Playing Poker" (1903) Feb 15, 2018

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Your Listener Patreon Challenge has been accepted! And now, let's dive together into kitsch: the frequency low enough for us all to hear.

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Music used:
The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"
The Blue Dot Sessions, "Rose Ornamental," "Flattered," "Arizona Moon," "Laser Focus," "Alchemical," "Two in the Back," "Maisie Dreamer," "Gullwing Sailor," "Maldoc"
Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"

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Ep. 25 - Mission: Mona Lisa Dec 22, 2017

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Our lady of the hour, muse of Dan Brown, satisfier of bucket lists, those eyes, that smile, La Gioconda, El Hefe. Just in time for the holidays, we bring you a super-sized episode on a super-sized love affair with a dinky little portrait.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Tar and Spackle", "Welcome Home Sonny", "Caprese", "Tiny Putty", "Festering", "Inamorata", "Sunset at Sandy Isle", "Spins and Never Falls"

Nat King Cole, "Mona Lisa"

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Ep. 24 - Meditations on Mark Rothko Nov 21, 2017

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Whether you think Mark Rothko is the portal to spiritual transcendence or emotional-ambulance-chasing bunk, let's take the necessary time to explore his work without feeling like our souls are at stake.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "A Simple Blur", "Thematic", "Cases to Rest", "Plate Grayscale", "Drone Thistle," "Sage the Hunter"

Dar Williams, "Mark Rothko Song"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"

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Ep. 23 - Umberto Boccioni's "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" (1913) Oct 31, 2017

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At the intersection of past and future sits a pack of hormonal dudes punching each other and making beautiful art.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

Podington Bear, "Kaleidoscope"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Chase and We Follow", "The Telling", "Trelaga", "Thirteens"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"

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Bonus - Introducing Hub & Spoke (by way of Soonish) Oct 25, 2017

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The Lonely Palette is thrilled to announce that we're a founding member of Hub & Spoke, a brand spanking new collective of Boston-centric, idea-driven podcasts. To kick things off, we're proud to present an episode of Soonish, the podcast about the future, hosted by veteran technology journalist Wade Roush. This episode, "Can Technology Save Museums?" not only asks some important questions about the future of art museums, but features me telling The Lonely Palette's origin story (spoiler: I say puke a lot). Learn more about Soonish and Hub & Spoke: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/10/24/special-episode-10-introducing-hub-spoke-by-way-of-soonish Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, "When In The West", "Cases to Rest"

Ep. 22 - Jasper Johns' "Target" (1961) Sep 27, 2017

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Ceci n'est pas un target, and other bewildering and profound pronouncements by conceptual neo-Dadaist (with abstract Pop Art sensibilities) Jasper Johns.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Soothe", "Helado", "Chapel Donder", "The Summit"

Jason Leonard, "Ritual Six"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees"

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Ep. 21 - Mary Cassatt's "In the Loge" (1878) Sep 05, 2017

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So. It appears that art history has a woman problem.

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Music used:

The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

The Blue Dot Sessions, "Waterborne", "Pat Dog", "Partly Sage", "Illway", "Turning to You", "Horizon Liner", "Soothe"

Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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Ep. 20 - Henryk Ross's Photographs of the Lodz Ghetto (1940-44) Jul 04, 2017

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In this special episode, we look at the exhibition Memory Unearthed: Henryk Ross’s Photographs of the Lodz Ghetto, and explore the Lodz ghetto specifically, Holocaust photography more generally, and the role our need for a good story has played in shaping our understanding of both.

Memory Unearthed was on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston until July 30, 2017.

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Music Used: The Blue Dot Sessions, "Doghouse", "Drone Pine", "Drone Birch", "3rd Chair", "Our Fingers Cold"

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Ep. 19 - Guanyin, Bodhisattva of Compassion (Song Dynasty, 12th c. CE) Jun 13, 2017

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Take a load off as you relax into this Song Dynasty masterpiece. You're going to be here for a while.

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Music used: The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Masonry", "Exceter Lask", "Hickory Interlude", "Copper Halls", "Feathering", "Inside the Paper Crane", "Doghouse" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

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