Aaron Henkin is out the gate with a Joe Frank deadpan intro, finds a tone somewhere between Weekend Edition's Scott Simon and Weekend Update's Dan Aykroyd, and never gives up his fresh, upbeat journalism in this look at Nerds Gone Wild.
Gaming organizer Bob Keller comes across with perfect interviewee candor -- as if he were standing on the other end of a beer pitcher, pouring, not on the other end of a microphone, talking. And in sum, Henkin's crisp selection of "talent" -- the voices he lets advance the story -- insures the human and humorous impact of "Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party". Precise FX support but never steamroller Henkin's storyline, and he engages reportorially on-mic precisely when the listener is itching with a question.
Smart, fun writing and spotless production make "Pimp" an exemplary long-segment feature story. Aaron Henkin serves a vignette that vibrates beyond the video game environment of his protagonists. Fun!
PDs, if you don't see "Pimp my PC!" in the DACS rundown of a network magazine soon, grab it yourself and lay it in over any ATC segment (you'll have to plaster on a music bed to fit it in B or D) on rollover that dogged first time through. Your listeners will fill your PC with appreciative TKUs.
Review of Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party
Geo Beach
Posted on December 30, 2004 at 11:30 PM
Gaming organizer Bob Keller comes across with perfect interviewee candor -- as if he were standing on the other end of a beer pitcher, pouring, not on the other end of a microphone, talking. And in sum, Henkin's crisp selection of "talent" -- the voices he lets advance the story -- insures the human and humorous impact of "Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party". Precise FX support but never steamroller Henkin's storyline, and he engages reportorially on-mic precisely when the listener is itching with a question.
Smart, fun writing and spotless production make "Pimp" an exemplary long-segment feature story. Aaron Henkin serves a vignette that vibrates beyond the video game environment of his protagonists. Fun!
PDs, if you don't see "Pimp my PC!" in the DACS rundown of a network magazine soon, grab it yourself and lay it in over any ATC segment (you'll have to plaster on a music bed to fit it in B or D) on rollover that dogged first time through. Your listeners will fill your PC with appreciative TKUs.