Podcasts about many beautiful things

Vincent Schiavelli, character actor, chef, and author is the our subject! We look at his book Many Beautiful Things, his wonderfully idiosyncratic memoir/cookbook/fable anthology. Anne and Jim are still scheming to get to Sicily. Maybe we're closer to pulling the trigger. Who knows? In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this feast.

Some of you may know him as "JP", from his time on the TV reality series, Made In Chelsea - others will know him as Josh Patterson.  Josh is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve when he talks about his family, friends, loved ones and of course; his beautiful baby daughter.. India. Admirably, he's spoken candidly in the past about his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. Not only is he working hard on his own personal goals and mental health, he's also doing some incredible work educating people about the power of the mind and the body-mind connection through his YouTube series: Limitless.  Not to mention training for an incredible endurance test and world record attempt which will see him travelling the 900 miles by wheelchair from John O Groats - Lands End in April of this year.  Huge thanks to Josh for sharing his journey and insight with us. Keep on top of what Josh is up to @joshuapatterson_jp on Instagram and @Josh_JP on Twitter.

Chicane has taken a couple of weeks off after the launch of his new album “The Place You Can’t Remember, The Place You Can’t Forget” so Canada’s Dezza steps into the hotseat for a special takeoever episode of Sun:Sets. He’s picked out music from Yotto, Radiohead, Estiva, Jerome Isma-Ae, and of course Chicane, and there’s the usual Soundtrack Selection from one of the Sun:Sets family from around the world. 1. Chicane - Fear I Must First Let You Go2. Matt Fax, Dezza - Sweet Dream (Matt Fax Chill Mix)3. Chicane - Rainbow4. Soundtrack Selection: Chosen by Paul in SurreySleeping At Last - I’ll Keep You Safe (From the film Many Beautiful Things)5. Yotto - Radiate6. Volen Sentir - Na Dvore Dozhd’7. Chicane - A Love That’s Hard To Find (Dezza Remix)8. Radiohead - Everything In It’s Right Place (Dezza Bootleg) (Spencer Brown Rethink)9. Jerome Isma-Ae & Alastor - Timelapse (Extended)10. ALPHA 9 - All We Need11. Estiva - Hero (ft Dezza)12. The Midnight - Days of Thunder (PROFF pres Soultorque Remix)

Sleeping At Last is the moniker of Chicago-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, Ryan O’Neal.You may know Sleeping At Last from various Films and TV Shows such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 1, The Fault in Our Stars, Grey's Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, Believe, Vampire Diaries and many more. He has collaborated or sang with many artists including Jon Foreman, Billy Corgan, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Von Merens, John Goodmanson, Alanis Morissette and many more. Ryan recently scored the upcoming feature documentary film, “Many Beautiful Things” which will release in 2015, along with an official motion picture soundtrack.Web: www.sleepingatlast.com Twitter: @sleepingatlast Instagram: sleepingatlast

This is Design Speaks - Ep 1 An introduction to this Design podcast: Who we are and why we are doing this Show Notes: :52 Elevator Pitch… sort of… Michelle and Brandi introduce each other. Brandi is a graphic designer. “Design makes the world prettier.” Michelle is a production assistant for a team of videographers. She’s explored the realm of radio and has explored a few facets of the creative world. 4:12 How old is Brandi? She’s 35. We’re bad at math, and she doesn’t know her own age. She loves sports, literature, whimsy, and Sam & Dean from Supernatural. 6:45 Michelle is 29. She’s sure. 8:09 Brandi Sea Design thinking education. She has a blog, she has a YouTube. All good things. Go check them out if you have a moment. However, she didn’t feel that she was getting to fully explore some of the things she was talking about and also learning about, thus, the Design Speaks podcast is born! 10:28 The goal of this particular podcast is to inform people who don’t know about the importance of design and to advance the design thinking of those who already know and love it. 11:45 We have sparkling personalities, so we hope you keep listening because of how great we are. (Are you convinced?) 13:00 What do we have in store for you? We want to share what’s inspiring us every week, whether it be music, book covers, books, movies, a shirt we saw at a store… Whatever is on our minds each week. 14:14 Nothing is off limits because... creativity. 15:06 Vesperteen - please do yourself a favor and go check out this music. (You’re welcome.) The intro/outro song is kind of our podcast soundtrack. The whole EP has a has great energy, “unfunks” us when we’re in a funk. 16:10 What We Could Have Been by Vesperteen (not a part of the original EP) 17:53 Brandi How to stay creative and motivated. 18:37 A tactic Brandi uses is listening to a specific set of music. Her music of choice is a score by Sleeping as Last called Many Beautiful Things.  Like Pavlov’s Dog, she’s conditioned her mind to be ready to work by the time specific songs hit. 20:16 She starts playing the score at 5:30 am, and by the second song, her brain gets to work. Ideas happen. It feels like magic. 20:48 Sean Wes says that it all starts with writing. Regardless of what kind of work you do, you should write every day. If you don’t know what to write about, then free form. 21:32 Sean Wes says to wake up, feet on the floor, open up your computer or whatever you write with, and write. Don’t delete. 21:46 Nope - an app for your computer that encourages writing without editing. The Most Dangers Writing App - Another great resource to kickstart your writing habits. 23:42 #6amclub - Brandi is a big fan of Sean Wes. 24:50 Question of the week: What inspires you? 25:35 Check out BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Linked-in, and feel free to chime in with your thoughts, comments, and questions you have about anything graphic design. We’d love to talk about it!

In which we spend some time talking with Ryan O’Neal of Sleeping at Last about his soundtrack for the film Many Beautiful Things, and then branch out to discuss business and distribution models for artists in the 21st century. Links Many Beautiful Things: The score Stream it The documentary about Lilias Trotter trailer Sleeping at Last on television Kid President Notes on making “Mercury” Yearbook Box set iTunes Atlas: Year One Atlas: Year Two subscription Hans Zimmer The Buggles Rotten Tomatoes Previously on the show: 2.11: Encoding Quality: Potato 0.11: Only Acceptable Cream Cheese Before You Go Charity water: Overview Ryan’s campaign Narcos Music All music from Many Beautiful Things by Sleeping at Last. Used by permission. Go buy this fantastic album! Intro: “Overture (Instrumental)” 5:38–6:58: “Almost Idyllic” 17:07–18:58: “Seeing” 27:10–28:28: “Ill Equipped” “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho, who wishes he were cool enough to write 36 songs in a year. Sponsors Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors: Jeremy W. Sherman Jeremy Cherfas If you’d like to support the show, you can make a pledge at Patreon or give directly via Square Cash. Respond We love to hear your thoughts. Hit us up on Twitter, App.net, Facebook, or via email.

Sleeping At Last is the moniker of Chicago-based singer-songwriter, producer and composer, Ryan O’Neal.You may know Sleeping At Last from various Films and TV Shows such as The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 1, The Fault in Our Stars, Grey's Anatomy, So You Think You Can Dance, Criminal Minds, Bones, Believe, Vampire Diaries and many more. He has collaborated or sang with many artists including Jon Foreman, Billy Corgan, Van Dyke Parks, Paul Von Merens, John Goodmanson, Alanis Morissette and many more. Ryan recently scored the upcoming feature documentary film, “Many Beautiful Things” which will release in 2015, along with an official motion picture soundtrack.Web: www.sleepingatlast.com Twitter: @sleepingatlast Instagram: sleepatlast

This short but (almost literally) sweet concoction grabs you by the ears from the get-go! It's the result of a challenge issued to Richard to write an entirely happy song -- and trust us, for Richard, that IS a challenge. The result is a thickly-layered, frenetic song that features Richard ... um ... well ... rapping! Feast your ears.