Comments for Another Lousy Day

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This piece belongs to the series "Homeplace Series"

Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister

Other pieces by Long Haul Productions

Summary: A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.
 

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Review of Another Lousy Day

The title and premise grabbed me. Found diaries in a thrift shop! How much longer will it be possible to find diaries at thrift shops with the advent of the computer and internet blogs? Sherlock Holmes and pre-Bridget Jones's Diary combined. Production is great. I enjoyed listening to Kodeski's bemused voice and Slickman's sometimes sardonic renderings of the diary entries. History at its most personal. Dare I say it's a modern day version of Samuel Pepy's diaries. Soundtracks from movies and time period add to the piece. The late fifties and early sixties come back with a vengeance. Seventeen minutes of great radio. Thank you.

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Review of Another Lousy Day

Nice work. Excellent basis for the piece, talk about 'lost and found sound'. Only questions I have would be regarding the use of non-incidental music (Doris, and Elvis), not sure they were absolutely necessary. Also the ending somehow left me hanging, although the story had closure, the piece seemed to end to abruptly-maybe I wanted to know more about how the author felt about the whole episode, maybe it's just me. Otherwise, thoroughly enjoyable, engaging, and well executed.