Episode 24: Life, Death, Ego and Eternity
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The original Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in the hills above Glendale, may be best known outside California for inspiring the sledgehammer satire of the 1965 cult comedy “The Loved One.” For tourists and curiosity-seekers, it’s the gonzo life’s work of Hubert Eaton, who memorialized himself as The Builder in the park’s every corner. For the families of the people interred there, though, it’s something more, and harder to joke away: A place of their own, green and quiet, and eternity-adjacent. Take a video tour of Forest Lawn. MUSIC: * “Prelude No. 20,” by Chris Zabriskie * “Locked Up,” by Scott Holmes * “Pick Up The Tempo,” by Podington Bear * “Glass Slipper,” by Podington Bear * “Prelude No. 21,” by Chris Zabriskie * “Ascending Light,” by Scott Holmes * “Gentle Reminder,” by Blue Dot Sessions * “Cylinder Six,” by Chris Zabriskie Thanks to Adam Papagan, Adrian Glick Kudler (whose excellent story “Los Angeles Is Killing Us” is here) and Elizabeth Harper.
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