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Where do the famous artists, actors, writers, musicians and poets stay when they're in New York? Over 120 years old, The Chelsea Hotel has housed and nurtured countless creative individuals, as Sara Fishko reports in this edition of the Fishko Files.
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Where do the famous artists, actors, writers, musicians and poets stay when they're in New York? Over 120 years old, The Chelsea Hotel has housed and nurtured countless creative individuals, as Sara Fishko reports in this edition of the Fishko Files.
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Review of WNYC's Fishko Files: Chelsea HotelSara Fishko came to WNYC as a music host, but before long the station recognized her talents as a producer of sound-rich, well-written cultural features. Soon she found herself in charge of her own cultural series 'WNYC's Fishko Files.' This story about New York City's Chelsea Hotel is a fine example of Fishko?s talent for finding vibrant ways to tell stories about potentially 'dry' topics. Fishko gives us a well-paced narration, she punctuates it with some great tape cuts from the Chelsea Hotel's longtime staff members, and she embroiders throughout with a treasure trove of archival music and sounds. This piece literally makes the walls of a venerable cultural institution talk, sing, and dance as they must have done in their heyday. |
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Review of WNYC's Fishko Files: Chelsea HotelWhat a wonderful piece! Informative, Entertaining, Interesting! A Homerun! The Chelsea Hotel is one of our national treasures. It's the hot of creativity and American ethos for generations and this piece captures the spirit and the heart of the building and the people who made it what it is. What's better is this piece is s tightly produced, well written piece. Dang, it's got vivid imagery too. I could smell the joint; I could hear the sounds in the hallways. I wanted to jump on a train and visit it as tourist destination. I also appreciated the narrator's subtle delivery that allows the subject of the piece, not the host, to take center stage. To be sure, the host has all the talent we expect from our news and feature staffs. Top Notch! But there is a nuance here that makes the story of the hotel come a live. Miller and Dylan are the stars and they come alive to us in this piece. If you have a place to use it do so!!! |
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Review of WNYC's Fishko Files: Chelsea Hotel
I heard this on the PRX Station Showcase podcast. It is a very professional piece. Sara Fishko has a familiar sounding voice. This piece is fun to hear, features good sound, a good narrative and excellent writing. There is a line at the end to the effect 'If the walls could talk, they would make a toast across generations.' And Sara says it better than I write it.
For PDs, this is one that sounds like a public radio piece. It's solid and interesting in every way and would feel right with any theme about creative people (writers especially) or the "good ole days."