Piece Comment

Review of Profile of Cpl. Chris Kotch


A brief, intense audio portrait of a moment in young Kotch's life that is almost cinematic in its precise imagery. While we don't know exactly what happened to him, or what the injury was, the sound of his voice tells you something bad happened. It is not a normal sound, this voice he has. To hear him describe his "million dollar wound," (a wound that sends you home) followed by his yearning to return to the war is haunting. His descriptions of his erratic behavior and of his mother's reactions, are powerful and succinct. Very well edited. Already been on ATC, but would work as drop-in on ME, or around any programming about the war, the soldiers, the losses incurred.