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August 28 , 2005 (#24)- The God Show
Originally broadcast June 12, 2005
Shadow of a Doubt
Jane Ulman- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
People have seen images of the Virgin Mary all over the world in the strangest of places: under the train platform, on the walls of buildings, in a grilled cheese sandwich. This is a lovingly constructed portrait of a town in Australia and what happened there when the image of Mary was sighted in a fence post. (ABC’s The Listening Room, 2003 )
If You Build an Oracle They Will Come
Julie Subrin- Producer, The Next Big Thing
Dean Olsher- Host/Producer, The Next Big Thing
A hardware store may seem like an unlikely place to find an oracle, but when you think about it, why not? A decent hardware store has something for everyone and so should any oracle worth its salt. So, when the electronic billboard above Pinchink's hardware store in Brooklyn started soliciting questions from passersby like a modern-day oracle, Dean Olsher was there to see how it all worked out. (PRI’s The Next Big Thing, 2004)
Of the Word God
Paul de Jong- The Books
Nick Zammuta- The Books
Musicians and found sound enthusiasts, The Books, distill a 60 minute sermon down to its elemental form.
The Gods of Times Square
David Isay- Executive Producer, Sound Portraits
Richard Sandler- Photographer/Independent Producer
If there is one place in the US that symbolizes the cathedral America has built to itself and its obsessions, it is Times Square: massive billboards crowding out the sky, teeming tourists and hawkers of every kind. Photographer Richar Sandler was drawn there to make a film who come to Times Square to explore the notion of God, to preach, proselytize, or pray. After shooting over 100 hours of footage, he ran out of money to finish the film. So he teamed up with Sound Portraits producer David Isay to make an audio documentary with the video footage he collected. (NPR’s All Things Considered, 1994)
Two Awesome Popes in a Row!
Re:sound producer Roman Mars shares his most recent audio obsession: twenty-one seconds of glorious audio tape from NPR’s coverage of the election of the new Pope. Awesome! (NPR's Morning Edition, 2005)
Featured Music:
Iron & Wine, “On Our Wings,” Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop, 2004)
Lullatone, “Puddles on the Playground,” Little Songs About Raindrops (Audio Dregs, 2004)
The Books, “It Never Changes to Stop,” Lost and Safe (Tomlab, 2005)
Autumn Thieves, “Bit O’ Monkai,” Autumn Thieves (Theft, 2005)
Sufjan Stevens, “Transfiguration,” Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre, 2004)
Sufjan Stevens, “All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands,” Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre, 2004)
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August 21 , 2005 (#23)
Originally broadcast May 29, 2005
Just Another Fish Story
Molly Menschel—Independent Producer
In 1994, a 60-ton dead whale washed up on the Atlantic shore of Lubec, a rural town in the poorest county of Maine. Molly Menschel traveled there and asked the residents to recall what happened to them, the town, and the whale. (Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 2004)
The Impersovader
Sean Cole—Producer, WBUR Radio, Boston
Benjamen Walker—Host and Producer, The Theory of Everything
Reporter Sean Cole explores the nature of pure evil with the “real” Darth Vader: Salem, Massachusetts, resident Bo Jackson. (WZBC'sYour Radio Nightlight, 2002)
Thirteen Ways
Pejk Malinovski—Producer, The Next Big Thing
Writer Sam Swope visits a class of restless, imaginative 11-year-olds in Queens, New York, where he embraces the challenge of teaching Wallace Stevens's poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” (PRI's The Next Big Thing from WNYC Radio, 2003)
This segment won the Directors' Choice award at the 2004 Third Coast International Audio Festival/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
Voices in Your Head
Pamela Z—Independent Producer
After a falling-out with her psychic counselor, a mother is plagued by angry voices day and night. This segment was originally part of producer Pamela Z's live performance piece, Voci.
Featured Music
Ratatat, “Cherry,” Ratatat (XL Recordings, 2004)
Ratatat, “Breaking Away,” Ratatat (XL Recordings, 2004)
Cars Are the Stars, “Toute Me Parle,” Fragments (Chez Moi, 2005)
E*vax, “To Scale a Fish,” Parking Lot Music (Audio Dregs, 2001)
Rainstick Orchestra, “Powderly,” The Floating Glass Key in the Sky (Ninja Tune, 2004)
Mice Parade, “The Days before Fiction,” Ben-Vinda Vontade (Bubble Core, 2005)
Langius, “A Simple Thought,” The Four Walls (Plug Research, 2004)
Mice Parade, “Passing and Galloping,” Ben-Vinda Vontade (Bubble Core, 2005)
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August 14, 2005 (#21)- The Phone Show
Originally broadcast May 9, 2005
Wiretap
Jonathan Goldstein- Producer/Host, Wiretap, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Jonathan Goldstein gets an earful from his sister and obsesses about obsession. Also, Re:sound producer Roman Mars talks with Jonathan Goldstein about Wiretap and why the phone works so well for telling stories on the radio. (CBC’s Wiretap, 2004) (Interview excerpts originally aired on KALW’s Invisible Ink.)
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Julie Shapiro- Managing Director, Third Coast Festival
When Julie was 10 years old, she had an enormous crush on Steve, the star of the high school football team. Twenty years later, Julie calls him to see if he remembers the grade school girl who was his biggest fan.
My Personal Board
Eurydice Aroney- Independent Producer
Five alarmingly self aware people get together on the phone each week to talk about their lives and goals. This is the first episode of a 20 part reality radio soap opera, that’s very intimate, strangely amusing and totally addictive. (ABC’s Radio Eye)
Call to Canada
Benjamen Walker- Independent Producer, Theory of Everything
A depressed and frightened American seeks asylum in Canada because the U.S. government is “trying to kill him.” ( WZBC’s Your Radio Nightlight, 2003)
30 Second Phone Tour of the Smithsonian
Ann Dentry- Producer, Radio Smithsonian
The Radio Smithsonian team gives a guided phone tour of the Institute’s various and bizarre departments. (Radio Smithsonian pilot. It was never broadcast.)
Featured Music
The Books, “Tokyo,” The Lemon of Pink (Tomlab, 2003)
Viva Las Vegas, “Automata,” Viva Las Vegas (Acuarela, 2001)
Hymie’s Basement, “Parrots,” Hymie’s Basement (Lex Records, 2003)
F.S. Blumm, “Zweit Bohne,” Lichten (Phantom, 2003)
Pram, “Track of the Cat,” Dark Island (Merge, 2003)
Casino Vs. Japan, “Summer Clip,” Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark, 2002)
Sufjan Stevens, “Chicago,” Come on Feel the Illiniose (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
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August 7 , 2005 (#30)
In So Many Words
Teresa Goff- Independent Producer
According to his daughter, Stephen Goff was an outspoken father -- the kind who loved to engage in political debate -- and win. He was also a successful salesman making a lot of money. Then, at the age of forty-eight he had a stroke that left him largely unable to speak. His condition is called aphasia. After years of re-learning how to communicate with her father, Teresa Goff took out her microphone to talk to him about his condition, their relationship, what the stroke took away and what it offered him in return.
Grey Ghost
Allan Coukell- Independent Producer
Most experts agree that the South Island Kokako bird, a native of New Zealand, is now extinct. But one person is convinced otherwise. He’s Rhys Buckingham, he’s a "freelance ornithologist," and he’s been searching for the bird for the last quarter century. Even though the last Official sighting was in the sixties, Buckingham is unfazed. Or is he? Noted for its beautiful song, the elusive kokako has taken hold of Buckingham's thoughts and by all accounts,he’s become a little obsessive about it.
Callers of a feather, flocking together
Larry Massett — Independent Producer
Even if the South Island Kokako is forever extinct, her cousins, common urban birds – sparrows, morning doves, robins and the like – are out and singing like crazy. If we could be privy to their language, their calls, their songs, what would they be saying?
Featured Music:
Lullatone, “Morning Coffee,” Little Songs About Raindrops (Audio Dregs, 2004)
E-Rock, “Birds,” Conscious (Audio Dregs, 2003)
F.S. Blumm, “Zweit Bohne,” Lichten (Phantom, 2003)
Sufjan Stevens, “The Lord God Bird” (2005)
Special Thanks to Abner Serd for use of his series “On Call: An Introduction to Identifying Birds by Sound.”
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Postcards From a Fanatic Reactionary Pedestrian
by Abner Serd |
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Hannibal: The Ghost of Mark Twain
by Larry Massett |
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